mom and Add go out on the town.

Mindy Gledhill was putting on a show in Provo for her new album.  

Ethan and I talked about it, it was on a school night and didn't start until 8 pm.  

Addi absolutely loves Mindy Gledhill so Ethan said I had to take her and bought us tickets to go.

Add was so excited.  

We went out to dinner first.

She chose Chik Fil A.

She was hilarious....talked my ear off the whole time.

I loved it.

The tickets said the show was at 8 so we got there around 7:30 and got in line.

We heard some people say that the doors wouldn't open until 8 and the show would be at 8:30.

grrr.

Add did great in line even though we waited outside almost an hour.

Once we got inside we had to buy a t-shirt.

We were going to share it because I didn't want to buy two.

After Add put it on she said, "Can this just be mine and you can get your own?" haha.

We got right up front:

The opening band was pretty good....we were anxious for Mindy to come out.

She didn't come on stage until around 9:45.  

It was all worth it when she came out on stage and was within arm's reach.

Add was beaming and singing her heart out.

She didn't last too long and we left early.

We stopped for a water on the way home and then she promptly fell asleep in the car.

Cute girl ready for school:

Oh, how I love this girl.

mindy gledhill!!

Mindy Gledhill was headlining the Rooftop Concert Series, so of course we had to go.

Playing cards while we wait:

Kade brought his wallet which has his passport photo in it:

Ethan met us after work and we got dinner there.

The boys decided to head home and Add and I went up to the front of the stage.

She sang her little heart out.  It was so, so fun.

We saw my friend, Amy and she took these pics for us.

Thanks Amy!

Justin Hackworth helped us get this shot with Mindy.  

Add was in HEAVEN.

Bridal Veil Falls

Brian, Rachel and the boys slept over at our house on Monday night.

We got a babysitter and met Eric and Jackie for dinner.

Tuesday, Bri and Rach got up early and went to Crossfit with Ethan in the morning.

We went to the library and to lunch and then took them up to Bridal Veil Falls for a little walk. 

The kids did great and it's always beautiful up there.

We could not get all the kids to smile at once.

Poor Kade has allergies...

We came home and they all napped and rested up.

That evening Add had her final Singer's Co. performance.

She did great.  It is fun to see her perform.

She loved that everyone came to watch.

We hit up the waffle truck on the way home.

Add's birthday weekend

We celebrated Add's birthday with family on Friday night.

Mom and Paul came down and took Addi and Jewelia to get manicures and pedicures first.

Then we had cake (white texas sheet cake) and ice-cream (tillamook chocolate PB and mint chocolate chip) with Aar, Nan and the boys, Uncle and Jackie and Mich and the girls.

Add had Michelle pull her top middle tooth out so now she is toothless:

Saturday morning we had Add's birthday party breakfast.  She wanted donuts and fruit and a cat theme.

We had cat plates, made cat ears and tails, cat collars, and played cat games.

We did musical chairs (cat style) and cat, cat, mouse instead of duck, duck, goose.

I think everyone had a fun time.

I was super impressed with Add.  When she opened her gifts she would jump up and hug each friend after opening their gift and say thanks right away.  She got a few gifts that she already had and she was very polite and said thanks!  and then whispered to me, "we'll have to go trade this in."  

After everyone went home, we cleaned up a bit and then took off for the day.

We went to Scheels and then up to SL for some shopping.

Add picked out these cute flips and paid for them herself with birthday money.

 Sage slept over and it was a great end to the birthday fun.

Sunday morning.  I was laughing to myself bc we have three bathrooms yet all of us were crammed into ours getting ready.

late for church, sitting in the foyer:

It was a really fun weekend and I am so grateful we could all spend time together.