Speaking of concerts...

In case any of you were wondering, I'm married to a freaking ROCKSTAR!

Yep. My husband is in a band- he rocks the bass guitar. I get to go to his concerts and say "I'm with the band." After hearing this, the guy at the front first bows down to me, then lets me in for free. It's pretty sweet.

(Justin is the green one)

His band is called Vicious Starfish. I'm sure you've heard of them. Well, at least I'm sure you have, now. Here's a video of their performance of "Lost Cause" on Park City TV:



And if you want to hear MORE of their awesome music, go visit their myspace page!

And if you are dying to see them live (who wouldn't be?), come to their next concert on Tuesday (April 29) at Kilby Court (downtown SLC)! It's only $6, and I, being the wife of the rockstar, will of course be there. What more could you ask for?

Let me know if you need directions or tickets!

Peace out, yo! (I'm using wife-of-a-rockstar lingo)

Best concert ever

My ears are still ringing. But it was SO worth it.

The night started off with a few local bands, who no one really listened to.

THEN Ben Lee performed. It was just him and his guitar- and he was really good. He's from Australia and has done some solo work as well as some stuff with Ben Folds. I think he looks like a leprechaun. But he was funny and talented.

Finally the moment we were all waiting for came: Ben Folds! He was absolutely incredible. I've never seen a performer interact so much with the audience.

It was awesome. At one point he directed us like a choir. In 3 parts. Everyone willingly participated except for the 2 guys standing behind us who were "too cool" to sing. They shouldn't be allowed at a Ben Folds concert.

He is a master at the piano... I couldn't believe how he played each song with such ease while singing so beautifully. I was swooning.

And he was hilarious. He is the type of performer where you feel like you know him- that you could go up to him and be like "Hey, Ben! What's up? Let's chill." Or something.

I told Justin I wanted to take Ben home with me. He told me he did, too.

Ok- and I found a video of him doing the 3 part harmony thing at a concert... but it's some guy in the audience recording it who sounds a bit tone deaf. And the audio is slightly slower than the video- but it gives you an idea of just how freaking awesome Ben Folds is:

Ok... so the dude recording it was REALLY tone deaf. Sorry.

Ben Folds!

Justin and I don't agree on music. Well, I guess I would be more accurate in saying that he doesn't agree with MY taste in music. He's a music snob. If it has the word "Love" in it, he holds up his cross and backs away.

I like almost all of the bands he listens to, but there's one who we both really like: Ben Folds (formerly Ben Folds Five). He is awesome.


He's nerdy, but in a cool way. And he's very talented. I think you all should start listening to him if you haven't already.

We're going to his concert tonight!! YAY!

"Landed" is one of his more recent popular songs, if you're wondering if you've heard of him.

Double Trouble

I am one of those incredibly lucky people who has a very best friend- like a soul mate. We've been BFF (um... like...helloo?? "Best Friends Forever"?) for over 14 years. To make things more convenient for people who meet us, her name is also Ashlee.

That was taken about 10 years ago.


This was taken about 10 months ago.

AND we, the Ashleye (pronounced "Ash-lie," which is plural for "Ashley." Kind of like the plural of "fungus" is "fungi"? Same concept.), try to go on annual trips, just the 2 of us. So far we've only been on one. And that was enough to get us hooked. We went to Cali and played on the beaches the entire time. (Best vacation of my life!)


This year we planned on going to Seattle to visit mi madre. We booked the tickets way back when, because they were on sale, and then, a few weeks later, we found out that Ashlee #1 (that's what we call her because she was born first) was pregnant!! YAY! And the trip was still on, because she would barely be in her third trimester. And we could go baby clothes shopping!

Then we find out that... what?? Not one baby...

... but TWO BABIES!!
Aren't they cute??

It's weird, but it kind of feels like they're my babies. I know for a fact I'm not the father, but I've known her quite a bit longer than the father has, so I think I should have just as many parental rights as he does, if not more. I told her that, if they're both girls, she should name them both Ashley. She didn't think that was such a good idea, but I still have 6 months to talk her into it.

So we start worrying about the trip. Mostly because the dumb doctor said she's at higher risk for having twins, it's not safe to fly in your third tri-mester, blah, blah, blah, what do they know? Gosh. Hehe

Our trip was scheduled for the end of June, which was the perfect weekend, so it was very difficult to find a different weekend that would be good. Turns out, the weekend that works the best for everyone is Mother's Day weekend! That means we get to go way sooner than we had planned, which is excellent, and what better way to spend Mother's Day than with my beautiful, wonderful, talented mom??

So, in 3 weeks we will be on our fabulous, much-needed, Ashleye vacation. We will relax, goof off, shop, play, talk about boys (our boys, of course) and eat. I can't wait.

Everyone needs an Ashlee.

Tradition, tradition! Tradition!

(For those of you who are uncultured, the title is from Fiddler on the Roof)

Family traditions.
Some are fun. Some are dull. Some are not even meant to be family traditions. Apparently, in my family, it was customary for us to be transients. We never lived in a house for longer than 4 years. I thought that once I was married, I would break away from this family "tradition" and actually live in the same neighborhood for longer than 5 years.

So far it looks like I've failed miserably by carrying on this custom. I actually think I'm shortening the time span down to 3 years.

House #1 (I don't know why I'm numbering it, since it's the only house we've actually lived in since we've been married, but oh well):

We bought a house when we were first married. It was so adorable. It was tiny (650 sq. feet), but it was ours. We were going to stay for a long time... maybe add on to the back...

And then, 3 years later, I remembered the moving custom that was ingrained in me.

Actually, a business opportunity opened up for us, so we moved. To Texas. Yep. We sold our house, and moved into an apartment ("house" #2) in Dallas.

Long story short, it didn't work out in Texas, so we moved back home (7 months later). Oh- and guess what!! By that time, the housing market went up like a bajillion times, so we had to rent! For the rest of our lives! We found a basement apartment, aka dungeon, and lived there for a year ("dungeon" #1, "house" #3), then we had to move because, well, I got that moving bug again, I guess. (Actually it's another long story, but I won't bore you with it.)

Throw some furniture in there and voila! Our living quarters:

In the span of 2 months, we moved 3 times: Into an apartment we THOUGHT we were going to move into, then we moved out the next day because it was a bummer deal, moved our junk into our storage unit, then when we finally found another place, we moved our stuff into the basement apartment we currently live in ("dungeon" #2, "house" #4). So...3 times in 2 months. Talk about carrying on family traditions.

Well, it's been another year. And now that we've moved so many times, I think it's more of a habit than anything else. Time to move, again. This time, our landlord is very flakey about things, and selling the house we're living in, so we're not sure how much longer we'll be able to live there, anyway. It just so happened that a couple in are ward are moving out of their duplex (2 story) and it is available for us to rent. We will no longer be in a dungeon! YAY!

At the beginning of next month, it will be Duplex #1, or "house" #5.

Oh- and we're planning on moving, again, after Justin finishes school (next year).

I don't like packing.

I'M PREGNANT!!!

Yep. I took the test this afternoon... and I'm with child.


April Fool's. He he.