Concert Review...

When our baby is born and their first words are Fu*K -- then we know that taking them to a Blink-182 concert was a mistake : ) Aside from the brutal language between songs - here's what we thought...

All American Rejects opened - really amazing. Great vocals, much like their albums and the band sounded tight. They played for 45 minutes.

Fall Out Boy was the disappointment of the night. Their sound was brutal - sounded like we were in a paper bag. We couldn't make out what they were trying to say between the songs and the vocal/instrument mix was not good. They played for 45 minutes.

Blink 182 did not disappoint. They brought a great stage show with all the lights, cameras and big screens you expect at a rock show. Drums solos were solid and the guys were as crazy as ever. They played all the favorites (since they don't have a new album) and had some cool mixes (since they've been broken up for nearly 5 years and likely have smoked too many drugs to remember how to play it the way they wrote them!)

We had tons of fun people watching & feeling our baby jump to the music!

Good Night, as Scott sings..."I fell in love with the girl at the rock show." ~ Blink182.

Concert

If you are an alternative music fan like we are -- then you'll be excited about this summer's concert tour! The boys of Blink-182 have come back together and are head-lining an amazing tour line-up. Both Fall Out Boy and The All American Rejects will open for Blink. Both of these groups have new albums and could easily be touring themselves - so this concert hopefully will live-up to the hype. Concert reviews have been very positive and we can't wait to see them Thursday night @ the Saddledome.


We'll be sure to check-in after the concert and let you know our thoughts.

Worthy Cause

This weekend Ed (Katie's Dad) walked 60kms and raised funds for Breast Cancer Research. We all met him at the lunch stop on Saturday to cheer him on and have a visit.

He was really happy to see all of us waiting for him. His team looked in good spirits after their first 18kms. Way to go, Dad! It was a +30 day with beautiful sun - so everyone was being careful to not overheat. Katie's mom was volunteering too, but took some time to hold her grand-daughter and visit with us too!

We then had a bithday party of go to (Happy 31st, Melissa!) Her folks live at a lake community near-by and we enjoyed their lake front access as we played on the water for the afternoon. And then we had a house-warming party to go to. So by the time we left that party, we had a full day and were ready for bed. Sunday will be far more relaxed as we get ready for another work week.

Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend - long weekend next week!! Scott has a boys trip planned to BC, so so stay tuned for all the adventures they get into! Have a great week.

Baby Shower & Gone Fishin'

Saturday was Sierra's baby shower. Roxcie, a bunch of family from her side, friends and Katie & her mom got together at our house. Katie did an amazing job at making some fun decorations for the shower. Since they live on a beautiful acerage and have some animals - Katie made a horse and cow out of diapers and other baby related items - very cool. Sierra slept through most of her party - but was as adorable as ever!

The boys got kicked out of the house for a few hours and we decided to go fishing @ the lake. It was a hot day to be outside, but tons of fun as Ed, my father-in-law, showed me the ropes. We didn't catch any fish, but it was good fun trying!

We all got back together and had a family BBQ at our place that evening.

Catching Up...

Hard to believe we are now past the mid-way point of July -- where has the time gone?! For us, some of it went during our quick trip to Winnipeg for a family get-together. We drove and spent time with friends in Regina (beautiful house & thanks for the great visit you guys!) and then spent a day at the Spa in Moose Jaw on the way home.

Scott's moms side of the family had a get-together on the Friday. Brent & Lynn have an amazing home and pool and we had fun taking in the rays and visiting family. Grant & Scott played for hours in the pool with the boys, while Heather & Katie got caught-up poolside on the sister-in-law news. More secrets were shared as we were able to get some quality visiting with G&H our last night in the Peg! We also got to meet Matthew!! He is so adorable and cuddly to play with - we loved our time with Paul, Amanda and him.

A nice photo of Grandma & Grandpa with their grandchildren. And this other photo speaks volumes to the chaos that takes place behind a typical photo taking scene - hahaha!

Saturday was the Boyd gathering and 91 of us came together for a memorial service of Nana and a reunion BBQ. It was very nicely done and ma & pa Boyd took time and showed us around Scott's hometown where they spent some of the early years of his life. A great week overall.

Back to work this past week and the sun is supposed to stay shining for the weekend. Baby shower for Roxcie, fishing for the boys, a few bike rides, some Tour watching (Scott dropped to 6,500 overall and is slowly clawing his way back - tonight he is ranked 2,304 overall) and then Sunday @ Vipers Baseball -- a full weekend of activities -- we'll be sure to document the adventures.

Hope you have some fun planned too!

Top 200!

I'm living the dream!! Yes, it's true. I'm currently placed 198 in the Tour de France Fantasy Cycling Challenge. There's more than 20,000 people playing. Yes I'm pumped. I made some last minute team changes last night due to the very flat 198km route for Stage 3 - and it paid off today! The number 1 ranked player currently has 394 points and I have 296...so the field is very tight.

I'm anticipating that my rank will now drop, since we leave for holidays tomorrow and I won't be able to adjust my team line-up each night for the following day stage. But it's fun breaking into the Top 200 - thanks for sharing my craziness!

BBA = Boyd Biking Adventures!

If you missed the race this morning, you can catch the replay tonight - worth watching as Team Columbia-HTC broke away with a full team with about 30kms to go and George Hinncapie's interview at the end of the race was priceless! Tomorrow is a Team Time Trial 39kms.

STAGE 4 ROSTER

Ok -- so I've made my changes for tomorrow's stage. I'm going heavy with both Team Saxo-Bank and Team Columbia-HTC. My only uncertainty right now which may lead to regret is that I have all of my Team Garmin riders on my bench right now. But I can only play 9 of my 15 riders - so we'll see how it goes.

Oh, one other TDF note. Lance Armstrong moved into 3rd place today. It means that if his Team rides as well as is expected tomorrow, he could wear the Yellow Jersey at the end of tomorrow's stage. I hope it's not the case, but I think the story potential is too big for him and his team not to try for it.

TDF Starts!

The Tour de France started today - let our TV season begin! Yes, Lance Armstrong is back this year, but we're still gonna watch (if you've read his books, or have an opinion on doping in biking you'll know why we aren't fans.)


But Scott is playing the fantasy cycle team challenge again this year (pick your best 15 riders and select the 8 you want to race each day - they get points of placements in climbs, sprints and finishes.) He placed in the top half last year and his best daily finish was in the top 1,000 (there's about 15,000 people playing this year!) So we'll keep you posted on how this year goes.

This morning we were up early to watch a couple friends do a Sprint Tri (500m Swim, 20km bike and 5km run). It was Sandy's first Tri experience and she did really great! Katie is sharing some wetsuit knowledge with Sandy in the photo and helped to calm some pre-race jitters too. Congrats to both Tara & Sandy for a great race.

Paddle & Picnic

We spent Canada Day at the lake. We got out on the water and spent about an hour scoping the landscaping of some of the bigger homes on the lake.



Katie packed us a picnic lunch!



We found a great vantage point up on the hill to 'people watch'.

Hope you had a great sunny day and were outside enjoying some fun too!