I Heart Saturday AND.....vacation plans

Mom to Family: "So, what song should we be listening to when we drive across the Golden Gate Bridge for the first time?"

Nate: "Don't Start Believing" - Journey - definitely"

Family: "Perfect" - "Yes"

Good to know we are all on the same page.

I Heart Saturday AND........no line on the horizon

BFF's and Fiction Family

I am a Jon Foreman fan. I was so thrilled to hear he had teamed up with Nickel Creek to form Fiction Family and even more happy to find out they were playing live in San Diego.


They played here, a club called "anthology"

Way cool music venue. Cannot wait to go there again. Seriously an amazing club to go to with friends and family. We had some of the best seats. It is a hip dinner club. You eat over-priced yummy food or order over-priced fancy drinks, sit in white high-back leather chairs and enjoy music in an intimate setting.

This is poet Jon in a cute grey sweater and floppy hair.

This is Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek and Nicki R :)

He came down and sang on the tables.

Here he is on another table and a view of Jessica and Michele.

This is Sarah Watkins of Nickel Creek after the show. I am so happy I got to see her jam on her fiddle - so great.

Two of my all-time fav girls

Me and Nate

Jessica did take a very cute picture of me, Kelly and Michele, but of course I cannot find it. Somehow it got deleted along with a video I was trying to take of Fiction Family's version of Hey Jude.

So, instead I am posting a picture of what we ususally look like when we hang out. Yes, we are very spiritual and are dressed for any occassion.

A Music Weekend

This was a weekend of music performances for my family (minus me). Brian did a 40 minute set at the Temecula Arts and Music Fest. Just him and acoustic guitar. He was well received and did an excellent job. I love that he is playing gospel saturated songs at secular venues. He always hangs out to talk to people.

Matthew played his "graduation piece" at his recital held at the Temecula Library. He did so very well. It amazes me that he finds it so easy to memorize such long pieces of music. He is sounding better every year. It is always good to go to recitals, not just because the kids get to perform music they have been working so hard to perfect, but because they leave being excited about the more advanced performers and seeing what they will be working on next. It also makes me thankful for the time we have invested in getting them to practices each week, nagging all week to get them to work hard before play and for their amazing music teachers.

Bria played too. She did so well - she usually gets so nervous, but she improved a lot this time and had fun playing her music.

After her bows, she runs back to her seat! It cracks me up!

Nate wowed the audience with his latest piece - he did great!


My artist-types.....I think it is funny how much we all enjoy classical music.

memories

When the weight of all my dreams

Is resting heavy on my head,

And the thoughtful words of health and hopeHave all been nicely said.

But I’m still hurting,Wondering if I’ll ever beThe one I think I am.I think I am.

Then you gently re-remind meThat you’ve made me from the first,

And the more I try to be the bestThe more I get the worst.

And I realize the good in me,Is only there because of who you are.

Who you are...

And all I ever have to beIs what you’ve made me.

Any more or less would be a stepOut of your plan.

As you daily recreate me,Help me always keep in mind

That I only have to doWhat I can find.

And all I ever have to be

All I have to be

All I ever have to be

Is what you’ve made me.

Cannot tell you how I loved this song growing up. I had forgotten all about it until she sang it last night. - I cried. Well, actually I cried a few times. Its funny because Nate woke me up this morning to ask how the concert was. He was so sweet - and he asked "how many times did you cry?" :)

Thanks Mom - it was fun to have fun with you and remember being just a kid

My view of Amy

Holly's view of Amy!

My fellow Amy dork stayed an hour after the show and got a picture with this rockn' 48 year old. Love it!

guess who is going to see Amy tonight?

Thanks for all your encouragement! It will be fun - mom is coming along and she will love it. She knows all the songs too as Amy is all I listened to in Jr High. It will bring back such sweet memories of how God has used music to encourage me through family and personal trials growing up. We hope to see Holly and her sister who thinks I am such a crazy lady that I would blog about wanting to see Amy so bad who cannot even sing all that good - there tonight too! Im excited! :)

Radio Interview

Brian had a radio interview tonight on a New York station. It is a secular station that has a three hour spot on Sunday nights to highlight Christian music. The two DJ's are great and have really been promoting Brian's music over the past few weeks. He did great tonight! They ended up talking to him for 45 minutes and played three of his songs, Desperado, The Outlaw and Everything's Coming Down. They talked about everything from football, the Beatles, Norway, adoption, his family and the gospel. He did so good! He was funny! He mentioned on air that he would give away a CD to a caller - and to our delight (and relief) people called in! The boys were able to listen to the interview on the web and they were so proud.