Tree Time

I love December and the decoration that comes with it. I love that we still all get together to put up the tree and listen to Christmas music. I don't know what I will do when Cam's gone and I won't have him to get up on the shelf, but for now, he is out heights man. 

She really was happy to put the tree up, just not for pictures. 

We thought the kids would be over the 'elf' but they asked the first few days of December where it was at. So we brought the elf back. Not as big as we did when they were little, but a few things. You can kind of see the candy poking out of their socks. 

The best look there is!

Another day they all got a small Lego car and we built it while we watched a movie. Just the time together is what I look forward to. 

Good Girls Hero's Quest

 Camden has really taken off and been cooking at least one meal a week recently. He wanted to try a Brazilian night and did a really good job with it. With it being Thanksgiving week, Cailey is home from college too. When we had pizza at their house before, Matt, her dad, mention a game Hero's Quest. We love and play that game a lot but not many people have heard of it. So Cam set up a time to Matt to come and play that with them, while Cailey and I watched "A Good Girls Guide to Murder" on Netflix. We both read and loved the book.  I really do love how Camden will just take over and cook a meal. A little side note.... Brad spoke in church about service but he talked about how we should be able to accept service, not just give. He gave a 'fake' story about a mom who would accept help from a child for a while, but eventually just decided to do it alone because it was easier. That mom was me. Cam would ask every day if he could help. While I did 'have it', he wanted to help and I should have let him. But me being me, I just did it alone. He eventually stopped asking, as anyone would, and one day it hit me that I did wrong and drove him away. He is now back in full force ( he does let me help him) and making amazing food. 

Back to Monday, the food was good. He did cheese bread, Bacon wrapped steak, grilled pineapple, yellow rice, Brazilian lemonade and a dessert. The boys played 3 quests and Cailey and I watched 3 episodes of our show. Both were good. We have a few more to watch, and they have a lot more quests to do as well. 

New Ride

This week we did something amazing and weird, we bought a car fully online... that we never drove or saw. It wasn't the first time we've done this. The house were in now, the first time we saw it in person was the day we signed the papers. However Paul did do a walk through it for us. 

With Cam taking the small car to college, we were needing another car here for us. Emery is gone all day at school. Beck has work and I go in a few times a year for a few weeks to train. We wanted to avoid salesmen so Brad started to look online. We decided on Carvana and it was so easy. Only downside was the cars went quick, we'd find one we liked and were waiting for a certain day before we bought it. Every one we really liked, we'd go back in and it was on hold or taken. We ordered it Wednesday and it was delivered to our door front door Friday. They even take care of all the registration. Easiest car purchase ever.  We love the car so far. It's a Nissan Rogue and so far so good. We have 7 days to try it out then the purchase is final. Now we keep it from the kids so they don't dent and scratch it up. 

Forest Blakk

 

It's been about a week, but recently Cam, Cailey and I went to Utah to see Forest Blakk. I love pretty much any song of his I hear and I was super excited to see he was coming semi close. It was about 12 hours in a car, there and back, but totally worth it. The venue was super small and got really hot, but he was so good live. 

Halloween

 

We have  started the holiday season, kicking it off with Halloween. Jackson is really the only one who still goes out. He goes out with his friend Luke and the just do the neighborhood. Not sure if he'll go next year though. We did run out of candy this year, which is kind of new. 

Emery's Weekend

Emery had an exiting weekend. For the past 3 years, her and her friend, Jenna, have gone to Haunted World. I'm not sure if the first year Emery was super into horror and scared, but she has since come to love it. They watch scary movies together all the time too. She actually took a few pictures that weren't just in .5. 

The on Saturday we went to a different friends house and hung out for a Halloween Party. She went as a divorced 40 year old dad. She has a good group of friends that she loves to hang out with. It's fun to see her happy with the Boise move. I know it's been a few years, but it took a while to get used to it all.  

Pocatello Again

This past weekend went to Pocatello to go to a school Halloween Dance (and see Cailey). Camden took Jacks to hang out at Bryan's, which Jacks loves when that happens. They went to dinner at Wingers. I love the smile on his face! He is happy at home, but you can tell he is SO happy when he sees Cailey. 

Cailey is a witch and Cam is Jack from AJR.

He said the dance was lame, worse than a Stake Dance, but the company was the best. 

We had this mold making kit, to do something similar like this, but Brad and I never used it. We have been cleaning the house one room at a time on the weekends and found it and gave it to Cam. It turned out really cute. 

The went to a museum like Herrete's Center in Twin. Cam said Herrett's is better, but I think they have a child's eye thinking of it. I told him they need to go to it one of these times and see if it still lives up to his hype.  Of course they also played a lot of games. 

Cam's Pizzeria

Cailey's dad makes insanely good pizza. Before the kids started college we went over to their place for games and pizza. I think I ate like 4-5 pieces. He likes to make it all from scratch and does such a good job. Camden was on dinner this week and made pizza. He did an amazing job. He made 5 pizzas, I'd say about 8 inches and only a half was left. Now I feel like we need to get better products so he can make us pizza again. 

Set It Off Take 3

Yesterday Beck, Jacks Emery and I went to Set It Off. This is Beck and my third time seeing them. They are great every time. This one was at the Knitting Factory, not a big fan of this venue, but it was still so much fun. Both Emery and Beck worked so we got there right as Set It Off went on. It really was the perfect timing. It was Jacks' first concert like this, in a small venue. He said it was really loud but a lot of fun.  

Next Round of Concerts

 

It's another round of concerts coming up. I have 3 pretty close and the first two are this week. Sunday we had Breaking Benjamin, Staind and Daughtry. All in all it was a really good concert. It was long but really good. 

There was another band at first and they came out saying they are here to bleeping hype us up, lets get ready to rock and headband. Then he started to sing and the most twang country voice came out. The juxtaposition was so not what I expected. They sounded good but weren't what we thought. 

Awwweee, the cute pictures. 

Daughtry sang some good old songs and a few newer ones. 

I forgot how many Staind songs I really loved. They can do an amazing slow song. 

We saw Breaking Benjamin 9 years ago and loved them. I think I knew all but one song. "Dear Agony" hit me in the feels. I loved that one.

We didn't think it was going to be that long of a concert, it started at 5:30 pm but we got home 11 pm. It got colder than we thought it would have been, but worth it. 

Next is tomorrow.