Did you go to the William Joseph Concert?

We did.

I meant to put up a post about his concert BEFORE the actual concert telling you all that if you want a great night out with your honey, and you love live music, and you wanted a great show that's close to home, then you should definetly go. But I missed that, so here's the after post.

Two weeks ago we went to his show in Wickenberg. That's an interesting little town. We drove all that way because...

1. He's my friend and we couldn't miss seeing him in Arizona.

2. Even if I didn't know him I'd still think his music is the best.

3. He gave us free tickets since we couldn't make his Mesa Arts Center show. Thanks!

And we missed the concert at the Mesa Arts Center because one of my favorite cousins was getting married that same night across town. The house it was at was beautiful! And she was beautiful! And her sister, who was a bride's maid, was beautiful! Unfortunately I didn't get any good pictures of the bride in her pretty dress because the light was too dim by the time it started, but here's the lovely parents of the bride.
However, we still went to the after party for the concert. It was at de la Cruz Bistro on Main St. I'd never been there before. We just had dessert (mango passionfruit cheesecake). It was so yummy! The food smelled and looked amazing. We plan on going there sometime for a dinner date.
To start the entertainment, none other than Mary Hoffman, my buddy from high school. We used to talk guitars and stuff during chemistry class, but she actually did something with it. It was so good to see her. It was Keith's first time to see her perform and he loved it. Hopefully she'll go out for American Idol this next year. Keep your eyes peeled!
Most of the night was filled with laughs from some of the crew from Jester'z. They were hilarious.
Keith and I had a great night. It was nice to be out on the town again, but it's amazing how it's harder to stay out so late now!

NOT for sale

We found that putting grant in a box kept him entertained during the garage sale at Keith's parents house a couple weeks ago.

Halloween 2009

Grant was a turtle. I was Daphne (from Scooby Doo). Keith was a Mesa High baseball player. We took Grant trick-or-treating with his cousins. We saw a camaro like the one in the Transformers movie. Grant's cousin, Zoe, was a fish. Grant liked Aunt Jenny's white face. We had a good night with Keith's family.

Surprise!

We had a surprise birthday party for Keith's dad this past weekend. It was a success. We took a quick family picture during the party. This is obviously not a really good shot, but it will do to get the point across. Keith has 6 siblings in his family. And now will more grandkids coming, the group just keeps getting bigger and bigger.

How can...

this... turn into this so quickly?

Colorado 2009

We enjoyed the nice drive with Grandma & Grandpa Hurst. Grant did so well. Much better than our trip to Utah this summer.

We had a great time at my dad's parents house. My sisters came down from Wyoming to visit too. Grant got to sit in the highchair that used to be my dad's. We played croquet, went rollerblading by the river and at the park, ate my grandma's fantastic food, went shopping, watched General Conference, played farkle & dominos, and enjoyed being with family. It was pretty chilly so it was fun for us to wear our jackets since we don't get to do that often around here. For some reason Grant didn't think it important to sleep through the night on our trip like he usually does, so we had quite a few rough nights. He went back to being a great sleeper as soon as we got home.

Our traditional stop in Raton, NM.

I grew up in Albuquerque so we were excited to be going through there during the annual balloon fiesta, but it was raining so we didn't see any hot air balloons! But we did go to Dion's Pizza on our way up to Colorado and to Rudy's BBQ on the way back home.