Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Songs and Albums I love for a variety of reasons

I think my parents had the radio on often. I love all kinds of music from all different genre's. Sometimes I am shocked at the music I can remember and sing the words to. I am getting a little out of the loop now. Not a whole lot of current stuff I really relate to. Here is a list of some of my all time favorite albums and songs, just the ones I can think of tonite.

  • Peter Gabriel-Us
  • Peter Gabriel-Sixteen Greatest
  • Peter Murphy-Love Hysteria
  • Sting-"Why Should I Cry For You", "When We Dance" and more
  • Shawn Colvin- Steady On
  • Julia Fordham
  • Dave Matthews Band-love em
  • Moby-Play
  • kd lang
  • Mary Black-"Columbus"
  • Talk Talk
  • Coldplay
  • Tears for Fears
  • U2-The Joshua Tree in particular
  • Bruce Springsteen-Seeger Sessions and The Ghost of Tom Joad (these are so NOT "Born in the USA and I never thought I would like Bruce's stuff, but I do.)
  • Slaughter, Steelheart, Tesla, Skid Row, aka Butt Rock
  • 70's disco and rock
  • 80's music
  • Pearl Jam
  • Collective Soul
  • Jane Siberry
  • Matchbox 20-Rob Thomas' voice is lovely to me
  • Annie Lennox and the Eurythmics
  • Aztec Camera
  • The Verve-Bittersweet Symphony
  • Run DMC
  • The Fly's-"Got You Where I Want You"
  • Van Halen-with David Lee Roth
  • REO Speedwagon
  • Def Lepard-YEAH! I saw the one armed drummer up close and personal last year at USANA and was a happy girl
  • Journey-Steve Perry's voice is truly something unique and lovely

The Face of Grace






Saturday, July 26, 2008

Corbie and Ang



Wild Bill's Wild Ride


Will dressed himself in this getup and went for a ride. He looks like a turtle or some kind of nerdy guy.

Erika's Flavor of Love-Pumpkin


Erika is one of the coolest and funniest people I know. On the funny meter, from 1-10, she is a 12. Fetchin' funny is this girl, Erika. She is Todd's cousin, and has a super cool family, too. It's always a good time with them.



So, at The Cheesecake Factory we get a waitress, an ornery one, that reminds Erika of a girl named Pumpkin that is on the VH1 show Flavor of Love. On this show the object is to win over Mr. Flavor Flav, who is some sort of hip hop or rap artist who wears super large, silly necklaces and is not particularly attractive. Erika said she could swear our waitress is Pumpkin. So when the waitress came back to our table for us to order dessert she stood right next to Erika. I said, "Erika, didn't you want some PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE?" Erika looked at me and said, "No, that's not my favorite!" She'd totally missed my cue. After a few Pumpkin puns, Erika realized our waitress had no real connection to Flavor Flav and it turned out, our waitress wasn't Pumpkin. I wonder if all the girls on Flavor were named after foods?

Angie's Baby Shower at The Cheesecake Factory








Angie's Baby Shower at The Cheesecake Factory






Jett and Will





Amazing Grace



Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory






Amma sent this fun and messy chocolate fountain home with Gracie and Will. The kids were all excited to try it out. So after everyone finished their dinner and I cleaned up we were ready. I cut up bananas and loaded up the fountain with chocolate syrup and off they went. Those bananas disappeared fast!
What you don't see is chocolate syrup splattered all over everyone and the whole room. Acacia accidentally stuck her fork into the top and it sent chocolate syrup flying all over the room and kids. I was hustling to turn the camera off and turn the switch off to the fountain. This is probably a better activity for outside, but it sure was fun!