New Kids on the Block weekend

Okay so this weekend was a blast!!! We headed over Saturday morning and had a great drive. Stopped in Cle Elum and had lunch at Taco Del Mar. (It wasn't too bad.) We got into Tacoma and went to Nordstrom Rack and Lane Bryant. I got a cute pair of earrings at Nordstrom but nothing else. I resisted the urge to spend any money at Lane Bryant....I was very proud of myself. We then went and had dinner at Claim Jumper. We all three shared mozzarella sticks, zucchini sticks and chicken strips. It was sooo yummy. (Fattening but yummy!) After that we headed to check in at the hotel and drop mom off there. The hotel was really nice. So then Jennifer and I headed to one of the best concerts we have ever seen. We got there in plenty of time so we decided to get a glass of wine and sit down and relax before the concert. That was very weird feeling.....drinking wine while fulfilling a childhood dream....I felt like a teenager in a grown up body. SO anyway, the concert started with Lady Gaga, then Natasha Bedingfield (sp?) and then FINALLY New Kids on the Block took the stage and for the next 2 hrs they rocked the dome!!!! It was a great mix of old songs and new songs and even the old songs were slightly tweaked with more energy. It was an awesome concert. We had so much fun and screamed our voices hoarse. It was a truly surreal feeling to be watching the boy band that we had so much wanted to see 15 yrs ago. I am so ecstatic that my sister and I got to have that experience together and really I am glad we had to wait till we were adults because we are best friends now and we weren't back then. We got back to the hotel around 12:30am and then talked with mom until almost 2am. Mom and Jennifer woke up before 8am and so then I had to wake up apparently so we got up and got ready (slowly....three women all having to take showers and get beautified....yeah it was slow going) and went and stuffed ourselves at IHOP. YUM!!! After that we stopped by South Center and mom shopped for shoes and I went and picked up Garlic Pretzels from Auntie Anne's. Next we stopped at trader Joes and did some grocery shopping (I love that store) and then we headed home. The drive home seemed to take longer than the drive to but oh well we made it home and had an over all awesome trip. I am so glad I got to go and share the weekend with Mom and Jennifer. Anyway I gotta go get Ethan to sleep so will write again tomorrow and will post NKOTB pics soon as I know you are all dying to see them.

We are home!

Okay so we are home from Malo. We had a terrific weekend and the boys did awesome. It was so great to get to relax and spend time with Granny and Papa Pete. We really missed them and it's been a long time since we got to go up there so although I was sad that I missed scrapbook saturday I really am glad we went up there. We didn't really do anything exciting we just sat and visitied alot and relaxed. We even got to spend part of Papa Pete's birthday with him. It was friday and unfortunately we didn't know that until Granny told us friday night. So that was pretty cool I just wish we had known prior to going so we could have gotten him a card or something but he didn't mind. He was just glad we were there to visit. Anyway gotta go do some housework and get back on track after our 3 day weekend.




Remember, Life is not measured by the breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away. So live breathlessly!!!!!!