Family Pics

About six months ago the whole fam was together at Sunday dinner, which is pretty rare, so we decided to take some photos. However, Bryan and I didn't get the memo. We just showed up and got the surprise when we saw the camera gear set up. By some luck, I wasn't wearing my pajamas, my usual family dinner garb, and we even wore almost the designated colors. I just got the pics, so I thought I'd share a couple of my favs.

Star Struck

Last night we went with my family to the OC Tanner Gift of Music concert with the Tabernacle Choir and the Utah Symphony at the Conference Center. It was so good! First, I learned that the O in OC Tanner stands for OBERT, which I find completely entertaining. The music was excellent. And I'm just gonna cut right to it...the real reason we went was that BRYAN STOKES MITCHELL was one of the guest soloists. I referred to him in a previous post because he's AMAZING! This is the first time I've seen him live, and he totally lived up and even exceeded my expectations. WOW! Aside from hearing his delicious voice, the highlight of the evening was definitely meeting him after the show and getting his autograph. And, I got to tell him in person that when he sang "Sarah, come down to me." in the musical Ragtime, it was the greatest moment in music history. :) If you haven't heard it, DO!

The black and white photo is an attempt to hide the rosy cheeks from running to the JSMB to get in line.

HE WROTE MY NAME!!! (fanning face rapidly with hand)

Is It Just Me?

So, please say I'm not the only one who does this...Last night I chose fashion over reason. I fell in love! I fell for these beauties...

And I had to have them! It didn't matter that they're 1/2-1 size smaller than my actual feet. And I'm not even sure I have much to wear with them, not to mention that technically I'm not supposed to wear open-toed shoes to work, where I spend a huge majority of my time. All that mattered was they're HOT and I also scored them on a clearance sale. Now ladies, I'm pretty sure I'm not the only woman who has done this, but help me out...what have you done for the love of a piece of clothing?