entertainer of the year

dudst got me such an awesome birthday present this year, and even though it was a little delayed, it was well worth the wait! he got me tickets to see this guy, and he was incredibly fantastic and wonderful! entertainer of the year for sure!!!

keith urban is amazing in case any of you are wondering, and i knew it before but am positively sure that he is beyond amazing now that i've seen him up close and personal :) such a fun night for us and such an awesome birthday present - thanks again hunny bunches! here we are anxiously awaiting the concert!

little big town opened for keith, and they were great! we didn't know many of their songs, but we left wanting to know more of them, so that's good sign! boondocks was awesome by the way kris, and i thought of you!

here's dust checking out the seat situation and trying to figure out if we could scam some closer seats. we probably could have, but we were too scared and just stayed put which was just fine with me :)

keith was all over the place in his performance. he had a little stage at the back on the floor and up in the crowd, and he really just seemed to LOVE what he was doing. he seemed so excited to be there and worked the crowd over so good, and he had us on our feet dancing and singing away most of the night!

 

his band was awesome too, and i think it may be like this with most concerts (if they're as good as him anyway), but i left as keith urban as my all-time most favorite singer. we listened to his songs the whole way home, and i just wished that we could have recorded the whole concert to play in the background every once in a while. so much fun!

 

he is an amazing guitar player too and just seems to be a truly nice guy. we were listening to an interview with him on the radio on the way home too, and he said that he wishes more people would realize that life is today. it's not yesterday or tomorrow, but it's right now, and we have to live life today - right now - and find joy in the journey. he also thanked every single one of the people at the concert for buying a ticket to come cuz he knows that things are hard for a lot of people right now. he said that it used to be so much easier to hit up a concert, but it's a lot more expensive and difficult now, and he truly seemed to appreciate every one of us there for our support and sacrifice to be there. such a nice, wise, friendly, awesome guy :) seriously!

 

we just loved every minute of it, and it was such a fun night. no beckam (thanks soooo much lace!) and dinner and a concert on the town in portland! love you friend and love you keith!

 

show time!

i love fall! i love the weather and the pretty leaves and that i get to wear jeans again and i love that my shows start again! i've always been a show kinda girl, and it's partly due to the fact that i have a super duper dedicated husband when it comes to school work, and it's also partly cuz i just love a good show :) dust is at school all day long and then spends time with us when he gets home, but then he goes to study again, and becks is in bed, so it's just me and my shows! i miss dust and can't wait for the time when WE can have family shows that we watch together, but for now, i love my shows and can't wait for them all to start up again! 2 of my favs are these ones, but i have a show or 2 for every night of the week and am going to make some popcorn right now to celebrate them coming back around again!

along with it being show time on tv, it was also show time over at lacey's this afternoon when we realized that miles is soon to be 3 months and becks is soon to be (tomorrow believe it or not!) 9 months. here are some of the products of yet another photo shoot by lace and me!

we know that miles and beckam are going to be the best of friends one day, but neither of them quite understands that other babies aren't toys yet! so, here are the ones we got of the 2 of them! haha beckam attacks miles, and then miles fights back - welcome to the life of boys!

beckam has been feeling a little under the weather lately and wasn't so into sitting still and smiling, so lace had the brilliant idea of getting out the lemon juice! becks loves lemons and wanted more of this sour stuff despite these faces of pure lemon torture! lol

and here is our little stud - collar up side profile shot! this curious concerned face is one of our favs around here!

check out that baby face and those blue eyes!

aj is probably beckam's favorite person. there is no getting him to eat or sit still when aj is around, but he can make becks smile like no one else! beckam waves for aj and will perform for him whenever and wherever, and we love it! cousins are the best :)

i couldn't decide between these 2 pictures of our 2 best friends. beckam looks up to aj so much already, so i love that one, and like i said, aj knows how to make beckam smile better than anyone else as shown in the other one. a simple clap of the hands, and beckam is putty in age's hands! soooo cute together!

it's not always smiles and happy times though! thank goodness the unhappy times are still cute enough for the moms to smile at :)

we LOVE our boys and love that they are such good friends!

our little stander man! he's good at balancing but hasn't quite figured out to balance and take a few steps at the same time yet!

i love this kid so much, and i love lacey's awesome camera and her amazing photography skills that get us some cute pictures of our boy every few months! here he is at 9 months, and we think he just keeps getting cuter and cuter!

3 way gratitude

i love 3 way mirrors! while i was home in canada for 3 1/2 weeks, i was reminded how great it is to be able to check the back of your hair and to make sure that all the pieces are straight or that there aren't any huge bubbles in your ponytail. sadly, we are lacking in 3 way love here in portland, and i'm always asking dust to check the back of my hair to make sure it looks ok. not that i don't trust him or anything and not that it even matters most of the time, but i like to check out the back of my hair for myself every once in a while! so here is a post dedicated in gratitude to the inventor or 3 way mirrors :) GREAT idea!

now.....here are a few pictures of what we've been up to since we've been home!
new toys!


standing in the crib! maybe time to lower the side i guess.......


dust got to share some birthday cake with jordan and aaron cuz they all had birthdays around the same time. thanks for making the cake jord :) delicious and nice candle blowing boys!


love our morning cartoons!


birthday bbq for aaron and dust :) we had lots of friends over to the park across the street for some hot dogs and hamburgers and treats, and it was lots of fun! we never actually sang to the boys or recognized their birthdays, so i guess it was more of an excuse to get together with friends, but that was ok with them. bocce ball and the park was enough entertainment for the boys and the kids, and us girls just loved chatting as usual!

 

can you tell what becks had for dinner? mmmm.....watermelon, and we will always have this shirt as proof that he liked fruit at one point cuz those stains are in there for good!

 

bath time with dad!!! becks LOVES his bath time with dad, and we love his little frog towel and this smile that he flahses around every once in a while. he just keeps getting cuter and cuter!

 

this old man......

he turned 1...... on september 3rd 26 years ago!

happy birthday darlin! i hope you are having the best day, and here is a little post for you on the 1st day of your 28th year :) i love you!

my friend is pretty much the coolest guy around! he helps me try new things and makes me laugh and makes me smile even when i'm not so happy. he works hard and is a family man through and through, and he is soooooooo funny! he is who i want with me every step of the way, and i'm so thankful that i get to love him forever and ever!

he is also father of the year every year and all year long. becks lights up like never before when his dad gets home from school every day :) he loves bath time with dad, and he loves reading and walking and playing with dad too. dust would rather spend time with his little buddy than anyone else, and i love that about him! he gets the biggest smiles and the best giggles, and he deserves them!

dust is so busy with school but comes home as soon as he can every day to get the mail with becks and to give him his bath and to do the father/son bonding thing :) then he straightens up and spends some time with me and goes back to the books. he amazes me with his dedication to us and to school and to family and to whatever is important in life, and i just feel so lucky to have him as mine!

i hope you are having a great day friend, and i love you eleventy four and can't wait to make your day even better tonight with my best ever bday present :) thank you for choosing me and for being the father of our family and my best friend!

like mother like son???

my dad has picked up a new interest in scanning these past few days, and one of the old pictures that he found was of me when i was around beckam's age. it's so fun to look back at baby pictures, and it's even more fun now that we have our own baby to compare pictures with! anyway........when my dad sent this picture, dust said that me and beckam look exactly the same. i'm not so sure about it, but i'll let you decide for yourself :)


i was a chunky little monkey and check out that sweet little birthmark eh! here are 2 pictures that i found of becks to compare with. dust says he got everything from me, but i definitely see some like father like son stuff going on!



thanks for the stroll down memory lane dad!