Fast Trips Home

So this past friday I took a trip up North the great state of Montana for Jordan's state tournament football game. They played Helena Capital, a team they had previously lost to by 2 points during the season. Helena is reigning state champs, and hadn't lost a game in 33 games. Their streak ended and CMR WON! It was a pretty fun game to watch too! Jordan played wide receiver as well as his usual tight end position, and it made for a fun game of finding which position he was at. Grandpa Harper and Jim were able to come and watch with us. The only people missing was Lindsey and her family. We missed them, but I am grateful I didn't have a baby to watch and got to focus on the game. Maybe when Zach has a state tournament the kiddo's can come! :) Here are some pictures I took during and after the game!

Jordan and his teammates must have been strategizing when I took this picture. I was just happy he took his helmet off for a minute during the game.

I'm not sure if this is just the seniors or what, but here are some of his teammates!

Jor at wide receiver.

The National Anthem...

I thought this was a pretty cool picture of Jordan.

After the game Jordan had all kinds of papers and news stations getting him to answer some of their questions.

BUT- We were able to get a family picture taken. Almost all my younger brothers are bigger than me now.

This picture is pretty funny because Lance has won his state football, jordan won his, and zach is holding up a 0 because he hasn't won any. It took me like 3 times before I got it! :)

Me and my little bro!

It was a pretty fun and fast trip, and I head back up again tomorrow for Thanksgiving! It should be quite the Thanksgiving with everyone home- I'll try to take some pictures while I'm there!

I Should've Been a Musician...

So, as I sit back and reflect on upcoming events and the events that have passed in my life there is a common theme.... Music. Now not being a stellar musician myself I realize I probably wouldn't make it in the music industry, however that does not stop me from enjoying those who can. I don't know whether to be proud at the amount of concerts I have gone to and still have planned to finish out the year, or embarrassed at how much money I put into the entertainment business. Either way- It make me happy, and I am blessed with friends who share the same love as I do. So as I begin this post just remember- I was meant to be a rockstar or at least meant to dream of it! :)

Just recently my besties Chelsea, Rachelle, and myself went to an Honor Society concert in SLC. Now no one has ever heard of them unless you went to a JB concert out of the state. Honor Society (HS) opened for the boys on their summer tour and now are doing a tour of their own. Needless to say, having never been to Utah there weren't many fans. So we were 3 fans in a less than 100 people crowd, and it was awesome!!! Here are highlights in the best form- PICTURES!!!

Here is Chels and I waiting at Wendy's. We got some food to take to stand in line at the theater...

And here is the boys bus.. and yes they were on the bus, yes they were waving to us, and yes we were their favorites! But I mean- who's favorites are we not?! :)

This is Alex. He's the drummer and probably our favorite, but the others are pretty cool too. They were going to sound check here- wish we had tickets, but we weren't so lucky!

Here's the girls- waiting in line! love it!

And then it started to rain, but Rachelle- such a smarty- brought an umbrella!!

We finally got into the show- and it was such a small venue! We were probably in the back row or closest too, and we were in the 4th row! It was the best- right in the line of vision for the guys, and we definitely got some shout outs by them! Michael loved me!

Here are the boys of Honor Society- From the left with ages- Alex (23), Jason (32),

Michael (30, and Andrew(29).

Michael is the lead singer, and he has an amazing voice!

Alex rocked it! He's an incredible drummer!

So we got meet and greet wristbands, and had to document it!

This is after the concert- we really had a good time, and we were so sweaty! hence the shiny faces!

This is Pete- he was really nice and he setup the stage, and told us all kinds of secrets about the boys! He was actually really nice!

He even gave us the set list!

Ok so here is my meet and greet picture... What you don't know about celebrities while they are on stage, or TV is that they are not always at "big" as they seem. The two guys I'm standing in between are not even kidding like 5'4". Now you may be asking yourselves why I look the same height as them, and the answer is that I am bending my knees.. ALOT! I actually felt bad, but I didn't want to be towering over them! They were actually a really good meet and greet! They gave us great hugs, and were so nice and personable, and yeah not celebrity like at all!

This is Esmee their opening act- she was founded by JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE- that lucky girl! She was good, but wasn't a standout to me. But apparently we're best friends- or so it appears in this picture! :)

This is all the stuff we got from the show! Rachelle caught the drumstick when Alex threw it out, and we have a bunch of pics the boys threw out into the audience, and their signatures, and meet and greets! It was a really fun concert.

so after the meet and greet we went and moved my car into a nearby parking lot and then went back by their bus hoping they'd come out soon. Oh and they did! We of course didn't think they were going to sign anything so we didn't bring anything but our cameras- so luckily Chels and Rachelle had their ticket stubs, but I of course didn't- so what did I do- well they signed my shirt... it was actually really funny. And with the bigger space to write I can tell who's signatures they are and Mike even signed it with a heart! He loves us! :)

So afterwards we were starving- so we hit up the local Artic Circle, and took some pictures to document our happiness after a super fun saturday! Needless to say by this time in the night we weren't our most beautiful selves- so we turned it black and white! Hiding some imperfections, but not our happiness!

This is a video of the guys, and you should know that Rachelle is taping, Chels is the girl rocking out in front of the camera, and I am to her left- Yes he points to me!!! I'm telling ya we were their favorites!