Neil and his Celebrity friends

Neil is a local celebrity of sorts. (He would disagree). He writes sports. Most guys like sports so I have gotten used to being stopped Everywhere (Did I say EVERYWHERE?) we go. Sometimes even when were in other states and sometimes in weird places. People will stare and wonder where they know him. I guess because his picture is in the paper. I'm not sure. But the kids and I are used to it. But now Neil has moved on and he is now hanging out with other (Real) celebrities. They are becoming his friends. The kids and I like to give him a hard time.

Neil and I had seen Safety Suit in concert last spring in Salt Lake and we really liked them.

Neil has been writing for alternativeaddiction.com and he did a story on SafetySuit see the story here. He got to know them a little with the story and found out the drummer Tate Cunningham really likes fly fishing.

When Neil heard that they were coming to play in Salt Lake he came up with an idea that he wanted to take Tate fly fishing. Any of you who know Neil...know he is not a good fisher-man. He rarely or maybe it's never catches anything. So first on the agenda was to get a guide (thanks Jim Oneil) so that he would know where to take Tate. The provo river is famous for fly fishing so Tate was excited to go and thought he might remember who Neil is and if I had to guess he probably googled Neil to find out who he was.

Afterall Tate was trusting him to pick him up and drive him around and with all the possible weirdo's out there it was brave of him...I thought. Neil met the tour bus in Park City on their way from Denver to Salt Lake. Neil met all the band members and then Neil and Tate took off for their fishing adventure. Neil had a great day and said they talked and talked.

Neil then took Tate up to Salt Lake barely in time for sound check.

Tate is a great fishermen. Check out his blog here.

He even wrote about Neil and their fishing day.

Neil went to the concert that night with Matt (I was sick...so sad).

He said the concert was great!

Neil is friends with J.R. Richards of Dishwalla and the group The Gufs and now Tate and the rest of Safety Suit. It will be fun to see who will be next. Neil your so much fun every celebrity or non-celebrity would be so lucky to have you as a friend.

A fun date

Gin Blossoms

Neil planned a fun date. We went to a Gin Blossom concert.

It was a fun date.

It was in Wendover (dive).

However the Concert Hall there is brand new and amazing.

This was after the concert.

Lots of funny people.

We went with Derek and Jamie. We had a great time.

Even went dancing. Neil is getting to be a good dancer.

Me and my Fella!

The concert was amazing. The lead singer came out into the crowd.

He is in red.

We love their new song "Super Girl" Neil names that song for Kinsey.

This date was actually sapposed to be for Kinsey

but you have to be 21 to go to the concert hall.

We had a great hotel room. It was really nice. I was surprised. Big fluffy beds with down comforter and pillows. (What a cute guy).

This really cool black carpet. It's kinda hard to see but it was all sculpted.

And a huge framed flat screened tv.

Which we didn't even turn on.

It was a great night. Neil thanks for a fun date.

Our kids laugh at us and say we are having a mid-life crisis.

Maybe...but really just reconnecting and getting used to

a new life without litte kids who constantly need us.

I love us... and even if we get laughed at I say oh well!

Preference 2009 Old Hollywood

Sammy and Maddie made cakes and baked a card with their names in the middle of the cake.

They decorated the cake and asked them to preference.

For the day date they kidnapped the boys bright and early and took them to breakfast.

They had dinner at Los Hermanos.

After the dance they came back to our house and had chocolate fondue.

The theme was Old Hollywood.

Sienna did Sammy's hair (thanks CC your the best).

It was fun to get all dressed up and that there was a fun theme.

Hope you have many more fun dances Sammy.

Happy New Year its 2010

New Years was pretty calm this year.

Sammy celebrated with her friends.

This was her boyfriend Jaun. He was her date for the evening

and he gave her the important kiss at midnight.

Not sure why she had this picture in with her pictures but it made me laugh.

Kinsey worked and then went to a friends house. Aaron was with friends and Neil and I had a really fun night. We had a great dinner at Outback (our favorite) then we went home built a fire watched movies but mostly just talked and talked. Looked over the past year and made plans for the new 2010. As each year passes and you look back you remember things that were hard and your so glad have passed. Mostly you see how very blessed and happy and grateful you are.