"Out of the Box" Is Good for the Soul

Being a mom is the hardest, greatest, most rewarding job ever! As we all know it takes all of our time and we often get put last.The last month I have been lucky enough to have had two big adventures. First Good Things Utah and then mine and Hayley's quest to meet John Mayer. Can't believe they happened so close together. But they have made me realize the importance of "stepping out of my comfortable box" and doing something different once in a while! I truly feel recharged and hope I continue to find new adventures!
Good Things Utah was such a great experience and every one there is genuinely wonderful. Nicea, Angie and Reagan really make you feel comfortable and they are all really neat people with a neat job!
I am trying to figure out how in the world to put my mic on.
You can barely see my face.

Cooking with Angel Shannon...baked spagetti.

A big THANK YOU to Paula for talking me out of the brown shirt I had picked out, that would have made me look like I was part of this fashion show!

George Severson, the creator and producer. He is a blast and such a great guy! Thanks George!

My Fan Club!

Last one up...I had a lot to live up to. Thanks for making it up that morning with me girls!

I had some good butterflies going but when I looked over and saw my Indi sitting there in the audience it calmed me down...she was my good luck charm!

The Fam! Greg, my VERY laid back husband admitted he got really nervous for me when the show started.

I was SO lucky to have Paula and her girls...my second daughters, Ashley and Paige in town from California for the show! It made it all the more special. Thanks for putting up with all the pre-show fashion shows!

It was so fun to see Shannon, Cristen and Stacey there! We missed ya Darcie!

Bunco!!!

I think we were talking about how Angie licks off the cheese from her Doritos...then eats them.

The girls with Craig Worth.

Carly's face resembles those cartoons a little too well.

Ummmm....Ya!! HOLY CRAP!!!

Disclaimer: If someone obsessed with John Mayer annoys you, stop reading now.

P.S. The hubby is fine with my obsession.

Hayley and I have had a really bad case of John Mayer on the brain....Particularly meeting him. And we have seriously believed we could do it somehow. That is the only way I can explain this how this happened.

This is a very short version of this heavenly story.

If you remember a few posts back I talked about the benefit concert in California. Things weirdly fell into place and there we were...first getting our photo with him, then we had him alone in a lobby for a few minutes...where he held my hands, or I held his, and he said both of our names! Then we sat 12 feet away from him during the concert and after it was over....

Me, Hayley, BJ Novak (stars in and writes The Office) and JOHN MAYER were talking in the Beverly Wilshire Hotel lobby! Just the four of us! Where Hayley told John that BJ told her that they have the same favorite line from The Office. (The String Cheese one) Which lead to me asking him about his recent trip to Japan where he went to clear his head. THEN he looked straight into my eyes and said, "I'm going to tell you a story..." No joke my pupils were 18 inches away from his while he told me a ten minute liberating experience he had in Japan! Never looking away once!

"Before I recognize this moment, this moment will be gone."

-John Mayer

Hayley driving us to the hotel as we had lots of high hopes, but were just excited to have an out of the ordinary fancy night together. She looked like this the whole way there.
This was the GPS Lady that directed our journey. Hayley later wrote and sang a beautiful song about her.

We pulled into the Beverly Wilshire Hotel's valet parking among nothing but black Mercedes, Range Rovers, and Escalades in our silver Chevy Impala. Soon after...out walk Jay Z, Beyonce and their nephew. She said no to a picture, her driver said it was because she was without her make up. Tip: if you want to see famous people go to this hotel and sit there for an hour. It is amazing.

This is Solonge, Beyonces sister.

This is Beyonce's driver we made friends with, with the goal of getting "info."

This is Beyonces licence plate. I'm thinking of getting mine changed to Diva 77.

This is my man KaMillionaire.
(i have no idea if i spelled that right)

Rosanna Arquette

Ballroom as they were getting it ready.

On our way in.

Yep.. those brown eyes are looking at me.

This is DJ from Full House!

Hayley was almost just as excited to meet BJ Novak, Ryan from The Office. He was SO nice, he was our buddy by the end of the night.

Us with comedian Sara Silverman and our buddy Kyle. His aunt got him this job as a volunteer at the benefit because he is a huge fan of John. He is going to music school and one day we will be famous for knowing him.

If you want some good wholesome entertainment, DO NOT go to one of Sara's shows.

Who is this guy? I will give you a dollar!

Tom Bergeron!

Who you gonna call? Ghost Busters!

This is us at the end of our fabulous night, not wanting to walk into our hotel room hence ending our adventure. Thanks Hay for sharing one of the most fun nights of my life! And keeping me laughing... I will remember it forever!

(I love this picture of you!)

Having one last moment.

John...we'll see you in July at Usana!

Congrats Cass! 4th Place X Games SuperMoto!

(Cass is #15 in the lead, this isn't an X Games photo)

Cassidy and Governor Huntsman

Let me brag a minute about my little brother Cassidy. He is a Professional SuperMoto racer, he races for Honda Troy Lee. Today he finished 4th in the ESPN Moto X Games! He finished 1st in his qualifying heat race! SuperMoto is 80% street and 20% in the dirt. They literally go 100 miles an hour around a street track right into jumps in the dirt. They put street tires (slicks) on motocross bikes. He raced Supercross first, then retired then got into SuperMoto. He was the National Champion in 2006 and has been able to race in Italy, Japan and Belgium. Today Ricky Carmicheal came and sat down by Cassidy after his race and told him he thought he was the fastest on the street. He even gave him a few pointers. He also said if he came back to racing he would race SuperMoto which would be really cool for the sport.

Gov. Huntsman is a fan of Cassidy's, he has ridden with him at Miller Motor Sports Park and has said a lot of cool things about him. He told my dad Cassidy is a good representative of our state!Who would have thought he would be into motorcycles?

We are so proud of him and can't wait to see what this new season holds!

Go Cass!

My Three Cute Monkeys

I asked Hayley to take some new pictures of my girls to show on GTU and she said o.k but I wasn't invited.

( I tend to breath down her neck a little during photo shoots)

I guess she really doesn't need me there....looking at how cute they turned out.

It's a good thing having a sister who is such a talented photographer!

Thanks Hay!

I STILL CAN'T PUT THIS TITLE INTO WORDS

Thanks to my husband, my dad and the universe aligning....my sister Hayley and I are going to a

JOHN MAYER

BENEFIT CONCERT AT THE BEVERLY WILSHIRE HOTEL IN BEVERLY HILLS!!!

The room holds 800 max and they haven't sold out! We are seriously floating! It is "black tie optional" so we get to be fancy! My family will be out there for my brother's XGames race and I will fly in on Wed the 16th, the day of the concert! If you know me at all you know how unbelievably HUGE this is for me...and Hayley is equally obsessed. We are SO excited to have a sisters girls night out... go dress up, go to a fancy dinner and then watch and listen to you know who!! This is one of those..I never thought I would get to do something like this moments.

My plane better get in that day!

P.S. I own a 3x4 foot (maybe bigger) board mounted poster of the photo above.

Ba Ba Detox

Tonight was Sloane and Beaux's first night going to bed without their ba ba's! As you can see it didn't go smoothly. Beaux kept asking for one and I would tell her..no more ba ba's. She would give me such a sad confused look and say "Why Mom?" I know..I know Sloane is way to old to still have a ba ba but I wasn't going to suffer her wrath taking away hers and not Beaux's. So I waited till I was ready to get rid of Beaux's and get them all out of the house. It's funny how it sort of makes me sad to not have them around though. Just a reminder my kids are growing up. Sloane gave up after a while and fell asleep but Beaux has been up for an hour and a half...just fell asleep as I am posting this.

Well wish us luck for the next few nights!

My Favorite Things

I found a little piece of heaven at Target. There is nothing that I love more than crawling into a soft comfy bed at the end of the day, and sleeping in in one on Saturday morning. This is
the Simply Shabby Chic Cozy Blanket. It is the most SOFT, COMFORTABLE blanket I have ever felt! Mix it with my favorite flannel sheets and it's torture getting out of bed. I think you would call it chenille. And here is the other plus...all sizes are $49.99! Twin to King! I have seen baby blankets like this for $30.00! Next time you walk down the Shabby Chic isle touch this blanket and I dare you not to put it in your cart! It comes in baby blue, light pink, sage, and white.

HEAVEN!

What Am I Thinking?!

So if you don't know by now....a couple of my friends and I sent in a video to audition to be guest hosts on Good Things Utah. (Me thinking we would never be picked, so what the heck.) Well....THEY PICKED EVERYONE! My great friends Tiffany and Robyn have already hosted and both did fabulous jobs! I have a lot to live up to! I will have to say my biggest fears are maneuvering my lips over my giant metal braces and forgetting english. Everyone pray for me :)

We actually have had a blast going up together each time we have hosted and are feeling pretty at home there. Everyone up there is SO friendly, it is really a fun, great atmosphere. We will be really sad when it's all over. Also...if anyone has any cute ideas of something I could bring and talk about let me know..I need some help. So if you want to tune in or Tivo, Friday April 11 at 10 a.m. is the big day on channel 4.