Our Weekend

A couple of months ago Aaron astonished me when he built a fire and burned nearly every CD he owned. Anyone who knows Aaron knows this is a big deal. Music has always been important to him and he probably had about 200 CDs. He decided he didn't want the negative influence his music had on him in his life anymore. Since then he has listened exclusively to country music. One of the country musicians he really likes is George Strait. I was really excited when I heard George Strait was going to be performing in Boise and for Aaron's Christmas present I surprised him with two tickets to the concert. We went to that concert on Friday night and it was a lot of fun. Aaron says that George Strait sounds even better live than he does on the CDs. It was nice to go to a concert where obscenities weren't screamed from the stage in between songs.

Yesterday my friend Sonja called and invited Aaron and I to go horseback riding with her. Sonja is my friend I took riding lessons from and she is so much fun to be with. Aaron hadn't been on a horse since he was fourteen but he did great. We rode up into the hills behind Sonja's house and it was amazing. We saw lots of deer, bunnies, quail and a pheasant. There are these great rock formations up there that are incredible. There was something so peaceful and soothing about being out there on the horses in that great scenery. We were quite startled when Aaron' cell phone rang and it was the kids calling to see when we'd be home. Aaron said, "Man, I almost forgot we had kids!"