the Avett Brothers cont....

if any of you peeps in utah would like to see some amazing music, go see the avett brothers in salt lake city. they're playing august 25th at red butte gardens.

and check out this link for another great video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlSZzKcoFp0

The Avett Brothers

Amber and I got away this weekend to attend a fabulous concert. It was wonderful to leave the girls home and enjoy such a beautiful, fun evening. We saw the Avett Brothers at a small outdoor amphitheater. We first saw these guys in Virginia four years ago with about 15 other people. We saw them again in Charlotte, NC on New Year's Eve when Amber was pregnant with Maya. We were surprised they were coming up to Minneapolis, and we jumped at the opportunity to see them again. The show was amazing. You can't watch these guys play and not feel intensely happy. Amber had so much fun that she wanted to touch them afterwards--unfortunately she didn't get the chance. But we thought we'd share some of the fun with you all. Enjoy.

It might be better to double click on the video to open it in its own window; the right side of each video appears to be cut off. Sorry.

rootbeer

i'm pretty sure maya would have drunk all the rootbeer we had, if we let her. i love how brynn is wrinkling her nose in the first picture. she had a grand old time slobbering all over the top. nothin' like a sweet sugar fix when you are camping.

my running trail

lucky me, i get to run on this amazing trail. i love minnesota for the crazy amounts of trails that they have. simply wonderful. this makes getting up at 6am to run, bearable.

last weekend

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we took the little ladies camping last weekend. it was brynn's first camping adventure of her life. she and maya were fantastic. we hiked, made lots of fires, which maya was more than giddy to help with, waded in the river, watched for fish, sang songs, ate and ate, and were amazed that with two little ladies it went so smoothly. brynn woke up at her usual 7am, and took a morning walk with daddy, was tired by 8am and then slept by maya until a little after 9am. glory be! it was heaven to sleep in a little. and yes, brynn is cross-eyed in the picture. :)

this lady

* is all potty trained, and it only took about 3 days

* would throw rocks in a river for the rest of her life

* tells me "mom, you are huge and wouldn't fit in a tunnel."

* has boundless energy

* sleeps in until 9am everyday

* loves dirt

* loves to help

* loves trains, planes and trucks

* loves her sister

* makes me a better mama

this little lady

* just started to say "ba ba ba" and "da da da"

* camped for the first time last weekend

* loves her sister

* is a morning girl

* loves to be tickled

* cries out of sympathy for others

* cannot go into any store without someone commenting on her eyes

* is pure joy