Sunday, September 20, 2009

My Husband, Billy Ray, and Me

Last night Josh took me to see Billy Ray Cyrus for his first REAL concert. It was a lot of fun and a great show. He did some oldies and some new songs (for the under 12 audience that showed up). It was funny to see the different demographics in the audience. There were a whole bunch of OLD people. And by old I mean canes and wheelchairs and shaky old men. But there were a lot of YOUNG people too. And by young I mean "I really really really hope Miley randomly shows up in the middle of her daddy's concert, but I only know one song he is singing" young.

We got a glimpse of Billy Ray with his new short hair signing autographs by his trailer before the show. We sat and wondered in detail how you got to go back behind the fence to get an autograph. I think we came to the conclusion you had to be handicapped or of a certain squealy age, which I have long surpassed.
When he came on stage he was a little farther away than I wanted, but I made do with the best zoom I could get on my camera. And I reassured myself with the fact that the people in the front were slightly beyond insane climbing on bushes and waving signs and screaming.
Even though Josh technically does not like country music, he enjoyed the show and even sang along when he knew the words.
My camera had a hard time with all the lighting changes, but I tried to catch an up close shot.
And, of course, one with his cowboy hat on. Only some people can pull off the cowboy look...cowboys being some of those people.
He interacted a lot with the audience, making jokes and talking to people, and later handing out guitar pics. AND an awkward hand holding with some older lady who proceeded to shake from excitement and try to hug him before he backed away in semi-apparent fear or concern.
Costume changes were done on stage. TALENTED, huh? Not really, he just took off his sweatshirt to reveal a plaid shirt, and then took that off to show off his white tee, afterwhich he got cold and put his sweatshirt back on. SOO complex.
The show only lasted about an hour and 15 minutes, but it was a lot of fun and definitely worth the ticket price. Plus, there was the added benefit of going on a date with my handsome husband. I even got a kiss afterwards...

Friday, September 18, 2009

OK...K!

This past week we learned things that start with K... and practiced making and recognizing the letter K as well.
K is for...
Kabobs
Kix
Kitchen (and by that I mean cleaning and reorganizing...
and then creating our own)
Kielbasa (it looks gross, but it was good)
Kites
Kangaroo
Kiwi
Kit Kat Houses
Katy No-Pocket, King Bidgood's In The Bathtub, and Kipper
and, of course, KFC!

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

J Week & Labor Day Weekend

Jump for Joy! Last week was J week. (Do you realize how hard it is to find things to do for some of these letter weeks btw?) We did our best and this is what we came up with...
We went to the library and borrowed Jump, Frog, Jump, Jumbo's Lullaby, and Jack and the Beanstalk and read them...a few times each.
We played the Jellybean game.
We ate Japanese food at Ziki Japanese Steakhouse....YUM!
Then we ate our leftover Japanese in front of the TV.
We JOUSTED!!
Complete with war paint...thanks to Daddy and a can of frosting!
We watched The Jungle Book on the computer while Daddy worked.
We ate Jawbreakers.
We drew a long Jump outside on the sidewalk...
Then we tried it out!
We wrote words that started with J on the sidewalk outside, like Jump. Jig, Jive, Joust, Josh...
We ate Jerky. Ok, so I ate jerky - Tyler licked a piece and said "ew that's dross."
We also ate Jello pudding.
We made our long Jump indoors too.
And, lastly we went to a jungle gym and found the word JUMP there too!
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After J week was Labor Day weekend. We didn't have anything big planned, but wanted to do something fun.
First, we went to Daddy's new office to hang up some pictures. On the way there we saw these cute little guys having a morning snack:
Daddy did most of the work...
Tyler "worked" on the computer by "typing some letters."
And drew a nice "diagram" on the dry erase board.
The finished product:
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After the office, we went to Great Falls. This was after Tyler's request the other day that he would like to "see a waterfall someday." Not only did he see a waterfall, but he also saw a horse, some kayakers, a boat, a nasty bug, some butterflies, rocks, and lots of trees.
Doesn't that water look disgusting?
We also saw this nasty looking bug. It looks like a worm with a GAZILLION feet. EWWWW.

It was a FUN weekend and a JOYOUS J week.