Boy's Night Out

The boys and I went to Breckenridge this last week to see one of our favorite bands. There was a concert at the city auditorium as Breckenridge was celebrating their 150 anniversary as a town and Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers were the headlining act. Roger Clyne was the lead singer of the band the Refreshments in the 90's and went on to form the Peacemakers after that. The Peacemakers are one of the few things other than family, friends and ASU football games that make me homesick as they are an Arizona based band. When we saw that they were playing in Breckenridge at a family friendly show it was a great opportunity for the boys to go to their first concert, and they love the Peacemakers. We drove up to Breckenridge and got in there early in the afternoon. After checking into the hotel we went downtown to walk around and get some dinner. We found a Mexican restaurant and decided that we would eat there. We were sitting out on that patio but went in to wash our hands, as we were heading back to our table a man noticed my ASU hat and said hey I went to ASU. I said I know we are here to see you, I introduced Dylan and Jax to Roger Clyne. It was very cool experience, he shook their hands and told us to enjoy the show. We got to the show early and it was open seating so we ended up right up front. The boys made their way to the stage and we stood with them leaning up against the stage for the entire show. I hope the boys understand how unique an experience that they had at their first concert. After the show Roger Clyne was very gracious and stayed and took pictures with many of the fans and their kids including Dylan and Jaxon. He evened asked us how our dinner was at the Mexican restaurant which I thought was cool that he remembered us. When we were leaving Jaxon gave him a high five and told him peace and that his band rocked. Roger told Jackson that he was a really cool kid and to keep on rocking. All in all it was a great experience that I was happy to have enjoyed with my boys.

The Boys with Roger Clyne

The boy's perch for the concert

Dylan at the Riverwalk
Jaxon at the Riverwalk

The view from our hotel, Breckenridge is beautiful.

Birthday Time

It's hard to believe that it's already been 8 years since Dylan was born. We are so proud oh him and the example that he is to his brother and sister. He will be getting baptized in Arizona in July so that our family and friends there will be able to Join us. We are grateful for all of those that have been good influences to him from his primary teachers to our dear friends here within our ward family. His birthday party was close to my heart, it was a bug themed party. We made a centipede cake and played bug themed games. Here are the pictures of the happy eight year old.

Dylan's Centipede cake, this is what happens when Justin is gone for Dylan's party.

Dylan with his cake, it's great being eight.

Sommar and the kids made these cool glasses.

The cherry on top, the boys got to meet Sox the Fox that night.

Boys Time

The older the boys get the more I enjoy the summer. We make an effort to get out and spend some time together and have a least a few "Boys Days". I am not sure who looks forward to these days more the boys or their mother. We took a hiking trip to the Crags a couple weeks ago and hiked for nearly 5 hours. The funny thing is, we have went to hike the Crags now twice and have never actually hiked the right trail. I discovered that the trail we want is actually much shorter and that I have driven past the trail head both times that we have gone out. We end up on a trail called Ring the Peaks and I am not completely sure that this trail actually ends. Either way the boys and I have a good time and it allows us a lot of time to just talk.