However, it does make sense because this is Andrew Jackson Jihad's hometown (city?), and they've been steadily gaining momentum as a band. When I first saw them, they were added to the bill at the last minute and they were the first band to play. It was just two guys, one with an acoustic guitar and the other with a stand up bass.
The second time I saw them they were the headlining act. It was still a small show but there was probably twice as many people. The first half of the show consisted of acoustic instruments, but the second half was electric (in more than one way) and they brought out some other band members who came from the bands they were touring with. It was loud and crazy the kids loved it.
This time around, they had a full band with full-time members. They had been increasing in popularity and were playing in their hometown. After I found out it was sold out, I was depressed for an hour and just laid on the couch but then I was ok after that. There will be other opportunities - after all, they live here.
On that note, I just purchased a ticket to see Hot Water Music which is my favorite band of all time. It's especially great because they stopped playing and touring as a band in 2004, and I figured there was a decent chance I would never get to see them. They started playing as a band again a couple years ago, but they played mostly small tours on the east side of the United States and so I thought I probably wouldn't see them for a long time if ever.
On the first Sunday we had a fifth Sunday lesson. They wanted to do the fifth Sunday lesson early because it was an information meeting about the upcoming dedication of the Phoenix Temple, which we are quite excited about. It will be more like a 15 minute drive as opposed to a 45+ minute drive to the Mesa temple.
When we first moved into the ward, a middle aged couple told us they liked to play board games after I mentioned our weird hobby (obsession?) in a talk. We finally had them over and I showed them our game closet and I was acting like most of these games were standard games that they probably heard of. Turns out they like to play games, but they like to play older games! Yeah...........
We still had a lot of fun. We played some games like wits and wagers and they introduced us to a word game that was actually pretty fun.
We watched a lot of Duck Dynasty. I'm not a TV/movie watcher, but I love this show. I know it's probably not an NPR approved show *says it in a hushed voice and British accent*, but just watch it before you pass judgement.
We had a couple who is a little older than us to play games and they were a riot. We had a blast. It reminded me of the old days of playing games with Robert and Cassi (shoutout!).
I'm back into trading again, but I talk about that crap enough already.
Emily got a weird rash on her mouth which then spread to her eye. She went to the doctor and turns out it was some kind of bacterial infection and luckily there was actually a cure for it. I say that because Emily's brother had a rash and nobody knew what in the world it was. We were concerned it might be the same thing.
We spent Labor Day weekend in my beautiful hometown of Lakeside, Arizona. It's basically paradise his time of year. Me and Emily both have realized we're not big city type of people. I'm especially not fond of the big city. Someday we'll live in a medium sized town like Flagstaff or St. George.
That was August.
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