Daddy Daughter Date (courtesy Lady Antebellum)

Once upon a time, there is this fabulous band called

Lady Antebellum.

(Look them up... they are FABULOUS!)

I love them. I played Dad their album. He loved them.  Then, by some stroke of fate, the group decided to grace Idaho Falls with their presence. And, at 2:30 pm on October 27, Dad & I decided we were going to go see them that same evening!

I left work a little early and we drove up to Idaho Falls. I love Daddy/Daughter dates because of the car rides alone! Me and my Daddy are BFFs, so it was great to have the drive to talk about anything and everything. We got to Idaho Falls about an hour before the concert started, picked up our tickets, and went for a walk down by the temple and the falls. (I try to look tall in pictures sometimes...)

We had some of the last seats available, but we could still hear and see GREAT! Their CD is fantastic, and so was their concert! Wow! Concert pictures never really work out, but I tried anyway...

In front of the theater, after the show:

We hung around after the concert long enough to catch the band as they were leaving! The band is comprised of 2 guys and 1 girl, plus their "band." The lead guy, Charles Kelley, is 6'6" (and stinking attractive, I might add!) and very down-to-earth. Dad snapped a quick picture while we posed... (I think this is my new favorite picture ever!)

All in all, it was a fabulous evening: great music, great company, and most importantly, great memories!

Thanks for such a great time Dad! While the concert was great, I would have done it again just for the car ride! 

What the...

(Part two of the road trip:)

It goes a little bit like this:
We LOVE our cousins. We love them oodles.

Toph and James like to cuddle while watching football.

We like to play games with Heather and Bonnie and Bridgette...

...and Grandma Kenna and Sarah...

... games like Curses... especially at strange hours of the morning...

...when Bridgette and I fall asleep early (3 am)...

...and Toph, Heather, and Sarah sleep in late (8 am)!

We made a movie on Saturday. Allow me to explain briefly...

Toph and I stopped at the Garden of Eden truck stop on our way up to Boise. While Toph was taking care of some bladder business, I wandered around the enormous gas station listening in on random conversations. I happened upon a man: late 30s, balding, heavier set, mismatched suspenders, camouflage... he probably had a gun somewhere. Anyway, this guy is on his phone and he says (I kid you not) "I'm just gonna have to talk to dad about it. I don't know what the damn to do."

Now, me, being the silly little Utahn that I am, I stopped for a second.
What did he just say?
I couldn't believe it.
Maybe he never really learned how to swear.
I don't swear, but I could teach him how to properly use swear words if he really wanted to know...

ANYWAY,

Toph and I had a good chuckle over that. And then we shared it with as many people as we could think of. And then we based our entire movie on the phrase "What the damn?"
(Keep in mind, it isn't considered swearing because we were in Idaho, and it isn't used correctly...)

Our movie was about a family of hicks that sent their sister to the city. 

She comes back all Goth and such...

Meet the cast:

Sarah Beth:

Betty Jean:

Heather Kay:
Hank:

Jethro:

Molli, the valley-girl next door:

Siblings:


Sunday we all got together and sang. And played. A lot. :)

We're cute. It was almost the entire Barefoot Band!

This is what we're really like...

Posing for the cover of a magazine:

On the couch. All of us. On ONE couch.


We had such a fantastic weekend! Thanks to the Boise crew for taking such good care of us! 

We can't wait to see you again!

(PS: if you would like to see the movie, be advised that it is 17 minutes long and has not, as of yet, been posted on the internet. It also contains country music. Please take this into consideration before watching. Viewer discretion advised...)

Road Trip!

Toph and I decided to celebrate Fall Break the good ol' fashioned way...
by taking a ROAD TRIP!!!
We took Zootfaba for a little adventure north to see our dear darling cousins.
This posting will actually take place in 2 sets... the road part (this post) and the "What The...?" part (the other post).

Toph and I documented our trip in classic poses:

The Self-Photographer shot:

The Cheerleader shot:

The Stunt Crew shot:

The Open Container shot:

The Keep-The-Driver-Awake shot:
stay tuned...

New Addition! (part deux)

Meet the newest addition to the Carter Blog:
Roxy's new Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT.
I'm in love.

Welcome to the family...

Compadres!

General Conference weekend is always so great! We were fortunate enough to have a dear friend stop by on Sunday and hang out with us. Dean and John knew each other in Ecuador. They were zone leaders together in Loja. They've stayed in touch over the years, and Dean flew in for their mission reunion this weekend. We enjoyed conference, dinner, dessert, pictures, and hysterical stories. What a delight to have Dean here!

We measured Dean on our "board" successfully, which translated means "no blood drawn." (If you haven't been measured, you need to come and play!)

This was one of the pictures we found...


So we made sure to repeat it before Dean flew out...

It was a pleasure having you here Dean! We look forward to seeing you soon!!!

(As a side note, we really didn't approve of the BYU sweatshirt, but I was too lazy to Photoshop it out... Go Aggies!)