Weekend with the Weimers

Bear Lake

SING A SONG

So I'm in a state of wonderment right now, if that is even a word....the other day while walking I was listening to a little Kelly Clarkson (love her!), and I always skipped her slow songs.  This particular day I didn't and when the song "Cry"  (wow, I just learned how to put a link in the blog..wow)  came on, instead of just skipping past it I listened to it. I must have not been walking that fast..ha.  Anyway, as I was listening I thought Man, this would be a super fun song to sing alone in the car, it was awesome, totally powerful, and I instantly wanted to go download a karaoke version of it.  It seemed in my range, if I could just go into my "head voice" for the last insane high part that Kelly effortlessly belts out.  So, the next day I found the karoake version online and just so I wouldn't sing the words on the wrong part, I decided to sing it along with Kelly and the lyrics a couple times.  Choosing a time that I thought my upstairs neighbors would be gone, since our walls are like paper thin, I sat in my bedroom and started belting out...I think if anyone would have heard that version of Cry they seriously would have cried!  It was just one big flat screech fest...The only thing that could save me was that there was a key changer on the karoake site, thank goodness.

So I am having this inner dilemma...My friend is teaching voice lessons and I really want to take from her (if she ends up teaching adults.)  I feel like some times in my life I had an ok voice, the thing I lack most is the confidence just to really sing it out!  All my life I've been in song and dance groups, and when it was time to audition for solos every girl would just immediately belt it out full-heartedly while I would just sing timidly and then on the way home in the car I would practice over and over again belting it out while no-one was listening and could do it just fine.  I feel like I am SOOO LOUD when I do it, and would hurt the people's ears next to me.  Which I believe means two things...one, I am probably singing incorrectly, and two, I've got some lungs, some really powerful ones, so if I could just learn to use them the right way, I could probably have a pretty good voice.  So, do I take voice lessons now and try to really learn how to sing, and really more importantly some confidence, or, just let that part of my life pass by and not worry about it.  It's not like I perform anymore, maybe once every couple years in church or something....So that is my dilemma of the day. Very interesting I know.  But it's something I really wish I could do. Just for a week, a month have some confidence that I actually figured out how to use these lungs and vocal chords and see if I am just fooling myself, or see if maybe I can actually learn how to sing...We'll see I guess!  You're never too old right?? Ha!  That's it for now.  The End.

California Trip - Catching Up

A month ago my dear sister in law Nicole reserved us a week at her beach house in California just north of Newport Beach.  Let's just say.....heaven.  Southern California is DEFINITELY one of the places I could live and be happy with.  The ocean smell, the beautiful waves, the PERFECT 80 degree weather...We had SO MUCH FUN playing in the ocean and really really relaxing.  We only left like 3 times to eat, get food the first night and go to the pier.  It was a real vacation, and hopefully someday we'll get to go back.  Good times were had with the family and all of us loved it.

YW Trip to St. George and Zion

So we took the YW to St. George and Zion.  Basically it was the coolest.  I do have to say it is so fun to be involved with them.  I am secretary and it's such a fun calling.  Our YW really are so much fun.  Here is a little video I threw together after the trip:

Happy Half Birthday

Just in case it's hard to read on the page, plus I need to start talking in 3rd person.

HAPPY 28.5 BIRTHDAY!!

Austin earns best husband of the year award!  He surprised Krissi for a half-birthday party with all of her family and dearest friends.  He told her they were going to the park to take Cooper on the slide.  He was extra excited and acting so funny, still Krissi had no idea what he had planned up his sleeve.  At the park we saw Courtney and Franklin filling up water balloons and she just froze with the most hilarious look on her face.  “What are you doing here?”  She pointed in the other direction and said she was having a party with water balloons and Austin just said, “Oh, Cool.” and took off in the other direction.  It was so funny.  Then we walked up to the pavilion and everyone started singing Happy Birthday to me.  Grandpa BBQ’d and Grandmas brought cake and ice-cream.  Thanks to everyone who made this the best June 25th Krissi has ever had. 
P.S. and she got a sweet climbing harness,  wahoooooo!!!

Congrats to Brad-Austin's Best Friend

Austin's best friend got married a couple of months ago.  Brad and Macy.  We thought it would be great to document it.

Also, I did a couple more photo pages from when Cooper was just 2 months old.  This is why I never wanted to start a scrapbook because I will always be behind, but either way, even if I just put a whole bunch of pictures on a page is better than keeping the pictures in a shoebox for years and years like the rest of my life :) He's already 8 months tomorrow.  Time flies too fast.  Lovin this mom thing..