All these things...Good Times

So hey everybody. I finally was able to get the pictures. I was so proud of myself for getting them:) We have a huge amount to catch up on now. First, a while back ago actually. was Leith and Jake's wedding. I cant' remember if I updated y'all on it but it was beautiful! Here is our happy couple! And here is the Hottie I voted for this year! Ladies and Gents, may I introduce our new President-elect, Elliott William Forsman (imagine the young girls screaming and crying:)! I'm not old enough to vote, though...but I still would've voted for this guy:)HEY! or is it Hay? Well, I know "hay" is what horses eat, so this must've been what we were dealing with. Of course, this was not a recent picture, but I forgot to post all of them before, so you will get them all now. Camille and Elliott were so amazing and "buff" while working with the hay:) I mean c'mon, just look at those muscles! Would you mess with those farm kids? I don't think so! Abbi was making sure everyone kept on track. It was easy to listen to her after "the look." To which you nearly fall over because she is SO stunning! Even with all the hay:) And the hardest yet...Granola bar making! AI! Now check this out: I was tired of eating granola bars and snacking on chips all day, so I bought "Fruit Loops!" I dont think ANY of my brothers had had them before either! So they enjoyed it thoroughly! So we ate granola, fruit loops, chips and coffee (though we didn't really EAT the coffee:) Speaking of Coffee...After hours and hours and hours and hours and hours and hours and...(well, I think you get the point:) Dad brought everyone up a Starbucks. It was pretty crazy. Here is all our tired faces, hairnets and all, giving our last smiles for the day to the camera:) haha.And I mentioned leaves, right? This fall has been BEA-utiful! It all started off with Elliotto wanting to rake leaves with me...and got better from there! Here is our "Man o'the Stump" or "Grandfather Oak-Stump." Kinda like Pocahontas, ya know..."Grandmother Willow, what is my past..." Nevermind...:PElliotto and I started the pile and were quickly joined by Abbi, Noah and Benji. We really had a blast! Paco decided to put pillows in our pile to make it soft and it really turned out wonderfully! I have never really raked a huge leaf pile before, so this was SO much fun! The pile was literally HUGE! It was even bigger than the pile of dirty/clean clothes in a pile in my room! So it would've had to be huge:) Jumping in the pile was totally the best part! You got leaves everywhere; in your hair, in your shoes, down your pants...It was SO worth it though! haha. On Halloween, our family went to the Taylor's house for an alternative Halloween party. It was very fun! We had hay rides, a hunt for candy and chili:) Here are Callie and I chillin' by the fire...literally "chillin'" because it was FREEZING out! A couple days ago, we went to see Madagascar II with some friends. Well, Meo and I had watched it the previous day and then went to see it again for Luke's birthday. Yep. Luke and Josh came...If you have EVER seen the new Madagascar movie, then you will understand just how funny it is:) After the movie, we hung out in the lobby for about an hour trying to decide if we could all fit in the picture booth...then, Troy and Gabriella showed up and we got a shot with them:) Not really, actually, Luke went snooping into rooms and found the cutouts...it pretty much felt like they were "right there" though:) Except, I wouldn't kiss Troy in real life:)

Now for the music...I played a gig with Katie Grothe last...er, Saturday? Sure, well here is our "promo shot." haha. We tried a couple...but we landed on this one:)Here is one thing that happened that freaked me out! So I had tried to do a gig at Uptown Espresso, but they were out of business so I obviously couldn't. I tried to get a hold of the owner to see if I could use his sound equipment, to which he said I could but then he never got back to me. If you know me well, you know I tend to panic...even over the littlest things! I emailed the first person I could think of who might have it: Adam Norton. Stephanie, my "manager," had the same idea and called him up. He brought it there, set it up and took it down (with help, of course). The poor guy put up with a lot, though:) He was probably very annoyed with my demandings by the end of the night...sorry sport!

I love having as many people come up and play as I am aloud time:) Lizzie and Katie got up there and played a couple songs together. I can't remember what songs they sang, but I know that some were those they had written.

I was able to sing some solo songs also...some written works (okay, one), too. Katie and I DID play together, I guess I was always moving though, because none of them came out clear, so yeah...I have no idea what I was singing here, but I look really sad. It must have been "Whiskey Lullaby" or such.

And my dear friends, three of the COOLEST guys in the world! Luke, Ben and Elliotto. Elliotto is totally the cutest out of all (sorry boys!). So that is pretty much my life now...Here is another great picture of Katie and I, except the fingers(benjamin wilson!). I am NOT moving around, so it's all good! hahaha:)

So I guess that's...NO wait! on more! This one I made such a HUGE fuss about. We had just finished playing and I wanted a picture with these guys. They wanted me to kneel in front but I really didn't want to. So finally we were able to figure things out and got the picture taken...except, well...yeah...they all look really cute:)
Well, guess that's all for now:) ttyl and love ya! Hope