Back Streets Back Alright!!!

Well I'm not 17 and its not the turn of the century, but last night it may as well have been. That is right, I attended a Back Street Boys concert in the year 2010. They are still around you ask? Turns out they didn't stop making music after I graduated HS. Who knew? When I saw they were coming to town, my first thought was, are you kidding me, they are still performing, my next thought was, Oh I bet I can get some girls to go with me. So I did. I rounded up some friends and we were going to go and sit on the lawn seats and be 17 again, but due to their popularity lawn tickets, and almost all tickets sold out quite rapidly. So April, Julie and I bit the bullet and payed double the money to buy a seat. Which I actually don't regret at all because can I say this. The concert was AWESOME!!!! It was so fun.

I had no idea what to expect, was it going to be a bunch of washed up almost 40 year old guys on stage doing a little singing, heck no, never underestimate the power of a boy band. They had all the same moves, and a few new ones, all your classic songs, great costumes, a great stage setup, fog, strobe lights, hot dancing girls (not that I cared so much about that part) but everything you would have expected from a boy band concert in the year 2000. Only this time they were a little older, AJ was practically bald, Nick Carter wasn't some scrawny little blonde anymore, he was the biggest guy in the group. Brian looked a little older, and Howie, well his hair wasn't as stupid looking as it used to be. Overall, it was good times, I wish I could do it again tonight, it was great to feel young again. I realize I need to take all the opportunities I can to seize the day, because when I saw BSB on stage and they were a lot older than they were 10 years ago, I thought man, life is passing by, I need to take a hold of it because it is just too short. So again, if anyone has any seize the day type of moments, count me in!


Signs that either I'm getting too old for BSB, or BSB is getting too old to perform when:
1. Brian Littrell's son is the one who introduces them onstage.
2. They make fun of themselves on stage mentioning how the only way to be this successful for 17 years is to have great fans like those in the audience. Some of whom, weren't even born yet.
3. During the concert I am thinking, I hope I don't get home too late, because my kids are going to have me up at 6am.
4. While they were dancing my thought was, how are they still doing that, don't their knees hurt?
5. When their hot dancer girls came on stage April turned to me and said, "Yeah I bet those aren't their wives." HA!!
6. While I'm singing along to all their songs memories of HS particularly Laura A, Laura Y, Katie, Rachel, Brynda, Eric, Cam, and EFY come flooding back to me. I felt like I was going to drive home to the plateau and go walk back into my old house. Sigh, bittersweet memories!

Where to start

We're not dead, I'm just lazy.

Its been so long since I've seriously blogged, or even stalked for that matter, I feel like I've forgotten how. And what do I share? I used to go through life experiencing moments and thinking to myself "this is going to make a good story for the blog." Have I run out of stories, or have I forgotten how to blog, become so wrapped up in other things? In an attempt to redeem myself I was going to tell some awesome story accompanied by some truly amazing pictures. But I realized I didn't have either, so this is a simple summary of my life in a nutshell, accompanied by a few cute pictures of my kids. Take it or leave it, this re-blogging thing is going to take some time.
Life in a nut shell:
1. I got so excited when my 20% off REI coupon came in the mail because my mind is consumed by two things right now. Moving to Atlanta and the Ragnar Relay. I spend every spare second (and also the ones I should probably be playing with kids) on the computer looking up reflective vest, LED lights, head lamps and houses in Atlanta. You can bet I saved 20% off my led lights, now if only I could save 20% on a house.

2. Summer is here, bring it on, bring on the heat, the pool, the BBQ's, just bring everything, I dare you.

3. I run, a lot. I like it, most of the time.

4. Family? Just kidding, my kids consume my almost every minute and my husband continues to provide for the family in a new setting, he's working hard so that hopefully we can have a better life soon enough. Austin is a dream child, the kid literally lights up my life with sunshine and laughter and an overwhelming love. Kenzie lights up my life in a different kind of way, she and I share moments every once in a while where I think, I really love you. Otherwise we just try and make it through. Today we had a moment, I was giving Kenzie a bath and Austin crawls in and a minute or two later I look beside me and he is standing up looking into the tub on Makenzie. She and I look at him in shock (he's never pulled himself to standing before) and Austin starts laughing hysterically, and so does Makenzie. They did it for about 3 minutes. It was great.

Super Hero Babies

Love at the fountains. They really are such good friends, it has been a blessing in my life, they make each other so happy. I'm in trouble in a few years when they team up against me.