Jonas Brothers Concert

On July 29, 2009, I saw my absolute favorite band perform in Kansas City!

JONAS BROTHERS!

Their stage is round with two catwalks going out in opposite directions. I was right at the corner of one of the catwalks. Here they are at the end of the catwalk on my side of the stage singing the song from "Camp Rock". It raised them up while they were singing.

Here they are in the middle of their stage. That part revolves in a slow circle. Here they are singing "Turn Right", which is one of my favorite songs. For this song, Joe always sits on the piano and he's the main singer for this song, Kevin plays the piano, and Nick plays the guitar.

Here's Nick walking down the catwalk I was by.

Joe doesn't really play any instruments. He's mainly a stage guy. He runs around, interacts with the band and the fans, and does tricks like flips. He came down the catwalk a lot and was like 3 feet away from me! I couldn't believe that the guy I watch on T.V. was right there!

This was really cool. While they sang my absolute favorite song, "Love Bug", they stood inside a ring of water that fell from above the catwalk that I was by. It fell in patterns which I didn't get a picture of, but it looked really cool.

At the end of the concert, they went around the whole stage and waved.

I am so glad I went! It was amazing!

Why I like the Jonas Brothers:

• They are really cute!
• Their music is fun. I really like where they are going with it too. Their latest CD had a lot of new sounds and styles. It's my favorite album.
  
• I love that they write their own songs, and they write about things they care about.
• They love each other and their family so much. They completely respect each other and support each other no matter what. Joe and Kevin were totally accepting of Nick's desire to do a solo album.
• They are in charge...they handle everything. It is their business and they make all the decisions.
• They get involved with their fans as much as possible, like live web chats, their Say Now phone line, Facebook, and fan meetings. They always thank their fans and tell us that they love us.
  
• They completely don't care what anyone thinks about them. They stay themselves and if you don't like it, then that's ok they said.
• They know they are living the dream and are so full of gratitude. They don't take anything for granted.
• They have amazing values and morals. They get made fun of so much for their purity rings, but they don't care. Whenever someone brings them up, they just nicely say they would like to talk about the music. Their personal life is personal. I loved reading about Joe going to lunch with The Veronicas and they were drinking wine while he drank Sprite.
• They each have their own talents and goals, but they want to perform together for the rest of their lives while they do other things. Obviously, Nick wants to do more music on the side, Joe wants to act (and he's really good, he's hilarious) and Kevin just started his family and wants to have kids right away.
• Finally, their Disney Channel show Jonas, is the most hilarious show ever! You should watch them on Youtube...it is a crack up.

Missouri 2009

FIRST: Alaska

I went to Alaska for two weeks right after I got home to Missouri. It was great! Here's a couple pictures from there.

MISSOURI: Summer

I babysat for my sister a lot and loved being able to hang out with these precious kids.

My friend Brittany

I made a new friend here named Brittany. She is in my ward and is my age. She's been a really good friend for me here.

Missionaries

We have had some really great missionaries in our ward. The three that we have gotten to know really well are Elder Davis, Elder Olive, and Elder Calquin. Since my mom is primary president, we were required to have them over one a week for a lesson if they couldn't fill their weekly quota with investigators. They started feeling comfortable calling us for rides, leaving their bikes in our backyard, and coming for dinner when they didn't have one scheduled. They did a lot of service for us in return such as helping my dad with some work, painting our house, and raking our leaves.

Here is Elder Olive and Elder Calquin after helping my mom place bullet hole stickers on our van.

Raking our leaves.

Helping paint our living room.

Cricket

It has been so much fun being home with my kitty. She's been glued to my hip since I got home. This is the only way she drinks water. She won't drink from bowls. She runs into the bathroom behind you and hops in the tub, waiting for you to turn it on. What a weirdo.

She tears up the couch and carpet but I find declawing inhumane now. So we put caps on her claws. Here she is with sweet pink ones. She doesn't mind them at all.

Milking a cow

One of my life goals was to milk a cow. At the Missouri State Fair, I saw kids running around with stickers that said, "I milked a cow". I wanted one so bad! So we found where they got them but it was only a fake, wooden cow. The guy let me quickly milk a real one when no one was watching. :D Dream come true.

Being an aunt

I have loved every minute of being an aunt here! These kids finally know who I am and I love being with them.

The Pontius's

Brother and Sister Pontius from Alaska came Missouri and stopped by for dinner. It was so much fun seeing them again. We miss them a lot.

The Pool

We got summer passes to the Riverside pool and went almost every day. BriAnn and Emma came a couple of times with us.

Baby raccoon

My dad brought this little guy home from his work one day. It was fun getting to see him up close, because we see glimpses of them all the time. He didn't look very healthy though so we set him free over our fence.

Playing Outside

I was watching the kids one day and took them outside to play.

I love this picture! Water boots, swimsuit/pink leopard costume, and scooters.

BriAnn's 5th Birthday!

Chuck-E-Cheese

We went to Chuck-E-Cheese for Andrew's birthday and brought the girls with us. We have also gone there every now and then just to play some games.

Mirror Pictures with Ethan

Halloween

I really wanted to be a crayon this Halloween and had it all figured out. I asked Brittany if she wanted to be one too, so we made our shirts together. I made the stencils and we spray painted them. It was messy and we messed up a lot but we think they turned out pretty dang good.

We wore them to work and to the ward Halloween party. Then on Halloween, we painted pumpkins at her house and went trick-or-treating around her neighborhood. It was a fun Halloween.

Wisdom Teeth

I got my wisdom teeth out finally. They have been telling me to for 5 years. I didn't swell that much, but the pain killers made me nauseous and then I got strep throat which KILLED.

I have loved being home so much. I miss Alaska and being in school a lot, but I know that this is where I am supposed to be. I have loved being an aunt, learning to paint, and hanging out with my family.