Up and Down

Tulsa / Ann Arbor

Opening birthday presents with Grandma Nancy:

Afternoon fun at Riverside Park:

Swimming laps in the Vaughn pool:

Crawling around in the grass at the park:

Enjoying a Drillers game at the very cool new downtown stadium:

Playing with Two-Speed:

Hanging out with Chris & Bev (and Connor's new Ugli-doll):

Playing with Great Gram Graham:

Crazy acrobatics with Aunt Elaine:

Petting the goats at Domino Farms:

Reading books and modeling U of M gear with Grandad Peter:

Feeding the geese at the Huron River:

Enjoying our last dinner by the Grill King (Peter):

The Hold Steady

On Tuesday night, we did something that we rarely ever do anymore. We got a babysitter for Connor, and met our friend Dave at Pizza Port in Solana Beach for pizza and pitchers, then walked over to the Belly Up to see The Hold Steady play on the day that their new album was released. It was fun to spend time with Dave, a good friend that we don't catch up with as much anymore. And the pizza/home-brewed beer combo was incredible as it always is at Pizza Port. The show was awesome - great energy, and a nice combo of old and new music. Courtesy of Dylan, we have a short video. The camera does move a lot, I think he was trying to capture Dave's excitement, but at least you can hear the music pretty well!