near and dear to my heart....

these two things:
1. my mother in law- she is amazing. she is kind. she is talented. and she is having a concert tomorrow night at 8pm in salt lake city at the first presbyterian church. 12 C. street. it is thee perfect way to start your holiday. she also has a new christmas cd. it is already in the christmas rotation at our house and playing in my children's rooms at night as they settle down. tickets are $8 in advance/$10 at the door. visit www.coriconnors.com
2. families helping families- the charity that the concert is benefiting. they build houses for families in rocky point, mexico that desperately need houses. my family has done this for the last couple of years over christmas break. john and i will be going this year. it is a good cause.....
http://www.fhfmexico.blogspot.com/

i know the video is long, but it is worth watching. and my dad is just so cute.

see you tomorrow night... after BYU creams Utah. he he.

happy birthday babe!

Happy Birthday John! We love you so much!!

go steelers.

I am simply tired of looking at myself as an old lady, I needed a new post. So, in honor of the annual Silverado work trip to a NFL football game.... (John, Big Dave, My dad and my brother in laws are in Denver for the big game tonight)....

Go Steelers! Have fun boys!

growing old....

My super hip and hot friend Sunny turns thirty this very day. In her honor her new hubby threw her a surprise "old person" party. In my younger years I would do anything and find any reason to dress up. I had a hot pink pair of spandex that were quite often in the rotation. Call me lazy, or old, or busy or just too tired... but I haven't dressed up in forever. I think this weekend with Halloween and this party is putting me back in my groove. Watch out folks...

Kerstin borrowed us some hot outfits...complete with fat suits to wear to the party. They were rockin'. Thanks Kerst!

Kerstin, Shannon, Sunny and I as old ladies.

Kerstin and I.

Meanwhile... it just happened that the time of the party and the time of a concert we had tickets to happened to be the same. It may be that John finds a lot of cool music and keeps us in the know with what is new and good. It may also be that I bring a lot of good music to the table too... Jesse McCartney, MJ, The Outfield, Enrique... the list could go on forever. That being said there is always one album a year that John introduces me to that I just can't get enough of. This year it is Say Hi. (The band formerly known as Say Hi to Your Mom). Anyway, it was this certain band that was in concert last night, so I sent John along by himself and I went to party with some of my favorite girls.

Needless to say I was giddy (still am) when John brought me home a signed Say Hi LP that says, "I love Ashley". John swears he didn't tell him to write that. Either way, I'll take it.

I'm sure that one day John and I really will get old, and our fat suits won't be fake and we will still be sitting around listening to records, sipping diet cokes out of goblets. Not a bad way to grow old. In fact, I think it sounds heavenly.