It's Not Over

A free concert. What does that really mean? It means enjoy everything until it gets too crazy and then go home. So that is what we did.

Last night Downtown Greensboro had a free concert in order to impress the NCAA committee. Right now it is between Greensboro and Cleveland for the 2012 Women's Final Four. Good news is, Chris Daughtry is from the area and he was willing to do just that. If you don't know his music, it is country rock. We had a great time, but towards the end, it got a little crazy. The budget was 8,000 people, and at 9pm, it was announced that the crowd had exceeded 23,000. So that was when we decided to wait for Chris to sing a few songs and then we wouild leave. By the time we left, the crowd was very dense, and the beer smelled just terrible.

At this point you probably think we are terrible parents. However in our defense, and all the other families present, it was advertised as a famliy event. However, there were many beer stands selling booze for $4 with a one drink maximum. There was a sweaty guy in an Ohio St. jersey who just reeked of booze. Don't tell me that was from just one beer. So as we left we felt very lucky that we were not trampled. In fact no one heaved on us or the kids, so it could have been worse. So the next time an even like this is planned, and tickets cost 10-20 bucks, I will know that it is not to make a profit, it is to keep an area from beeing flooded witha sea of people half families and half redneck.

My hat is off to Daughtry. He has a broad fan base.

Atalya House

This is near Myrtle Beach, SC. I really enjoyed walking around this house. One of the coolest landmarks I have ever seen, and I had never heard about it before. I like how copper turns blue. Cu + O2 = Blue

Spring Break 2007

My parents took my sister Eden and brother Truman (the only two children still at home now, since Ethan left on his mission to Milan, Italy last week) to Myrtle Beach, SC for thier March break last week. They were kind enough to invite us to join them so we met up with them there last weekend. The resort that we stayed at had its own private beach which was very beautiful and Liam ran straight in despite the fact that the water was not at all warm yet. He has no fear when it comes to water, especially the ocean. He and Eden had a great time splashing togethor. Saturday also happened to be my mom's birthday so we went to what is probably her favourite restaurant in the whole world...Captain George's. She first went to one years ago in Williamsburg, Va. (there is a location in Virginia Beach as well) and we never pass up a chance to go if we are in the area. It is a seafood buffet that specializes in really amazing all you can eat crab legs. It was delicious. Afterwards we went mini golfing which was actually a lot of fun, Liam really liked it.

Sunday morning we went to Sacrament meeting and then went to check out Huntington Beach, National Park where we saw an aligator and some HUGE blue crabs in thier natural habitat (as opposed to my plate). This park is also the site of Atalaya, the former home of Archer and sculpture Anna Hyatt Huntington, which we toured as well. The sand dunes there were remarkable as well. Afterwards we went back to the condo and had dinner as well as Mom's birthday cake. It was a great family weekend and we got home Monday afternoon.