Happy 3rd Birthday Nathan!

There were quite a few people who came to Taos from ASU. Andrew, me, Heidi, Kelly, Christine, Joel, Sarah, Karen, & Bora. It was fun to have so many friends there.
Nathan celebrated his third birthday four times. He thought it should be his birthday everyday. Andrew's sister Adrianne was nice enough to come with us and watch Nathan while we were in rehearsals. They only stayed for two weeks so Nathan was not with us on his birthday so we celebrated it before they left. All of our ASU friends came to share in the fun.
He got a cool hat and a McQueen football also a buzz lightyear chair and bowling game.
He got way too many presents. I can't believe how fast the time has gone. My little baby Nathan is growing up way too fast. We sure do love him!
It took some getting used to, for Nathan to say that he is three and not two. We worked on two for so long but he got the hang of it. He loves blowing out the candles and singing Happy Birthday.
Pizza and Watermelon what more could a kid want!

Taos Opera Institute

Andrew and I had the opportunity to go to Taos New Mexico for 4 weeks in June. We had to audition and be accepted into the program. We worked on four aria or songs from operas in four different languages. French, Italian, German, (or Russian) and English. Andrew and I with Linda Poetsche the Program director.
Mary Jane Johnson is the artistic director of the program. During the week we had lessons and coachings with teaches from Chicago, ASU, Texas, and New York. It was great to work with so many different people and to meet so many different people.
We feel like we learned so much and grew a lot while we were there. It was a great opportunity to focus just on singing and performing and to not have to worry about too much else.
We performed at different venues every weekend on Fridays and Saturdays. These pictures are in Rhoda's a restaurant a busy place in the winter while all of the skiers are there but a somewhat slower place in the summer.
This is a view from our condo ( and Nathan) in the Taos ski valley. It was so beautiful and peaceful to be in the mountains in the summertime. It was really interesting to see the ski lifts and runs without any snow. They look a lot scarier without the snow.

Road Trip Richfield to Taos NM by way of 4 corners.

On our way down to Taos we decided to go through 4 corners because we had never been there. The museum was unfortunately under construction but we got to look at where the new site would be. It was still fun to go there and be in 4 states in a short period of time.

Nathan sometimes likes to fall asleep with his blanket on his head. He did this to himself we offered no assistance in placing the blanket.
We also drove through Moab and arches national park on the way down south.

Conratulations Michael!

My little brother Michael graduated from high school! I can't believe it. He was the Senior class president and gave and awesome speech. Everyone if my family was there to support him! Way to go Michael-o!

Happy 50th Birthday Grandma Briggs

Andrew's mom celebrated her 50th birthday and we were able to be there to surprise her with a special dinner at the Lion House in Salt Lake with Grandma & Grandpa Evans and most of her brothers and sisters.
How is that for a cheesy smile!
Nathan loves to give super tight hugs. Sometimes it feels like he is going to pop my head off, but I sure to love him. (He loves his daddy too!)

How does your garden grow!

These are a couple of pictures from our garden we planted this spring. We were pretty proud of it.

Graduation Day!

Andrew and I graduated from ASU in May. We both graduated with Master's of Music Degrees in Voice Performance.


Mom, Dad, Lisa & Lily, Elizabeth, Claire & Callie all came to see us graduate. It was so fun to have them all come visit.