The Abbey Road Show

We had the great privilege of witnessing

the Abbey Road Show

in Provo

last Friday, July 1st.

Local Provo artists

covered the songs from 

The Beatles' 

Abbey Road.

And they were

A-MAZ-ING!!

I think it was on my facebook

on our way home from the concert

that I said that they were better than

the original.

And I meant it.

You know how we are

true Beatles fans

around here.

I would never say that 

The Provosts 

were better than the original

lightly.

Ryan Innes was my favorite.

Go and check him out.

It was the most amazing concert

I've ever attended.

And if the whole concert wasn't good enough,

guess how it ended?

Me snuggled up to LG

watching 3 of our 4 kids

rock out

to our favorite

Hey Jude.

The song was awesome.

And then as if God was

putting his own stamp of approval

on the experience

(as it was an experience,

not just a concert)

fireworks started going off all around us.

I won't lie.

I teared up.

Quite possibly,

this concert made my

life's 

Top 10 

moments.

Seriously.

And guess what?

At the beginning of the concert,

before very many people had arrived.

I walked right past 

that CJane

and I didn't even say Hi.

Because she is too good for me.

And I am not giving her the time of day.

And I didn't want to 

sound desperate like the other girl

who was saying,

"I know you don't know me,

but I have a blog,

and I follow yours religiously."

CJane's response:

"Oh, don't we all know each other?"

Oh really then?

Why don't you return my e-mails,

if you know me?

Huh? Huh?

Not all bloggers are created equal.

And LG says my best revenge

will be to get a greater 

readership.

Which I will do.

And when her 5 minutes of fame are over

and mine are happening,

I will show her how to be nice,

and I will return her e-mail.

Oh yeah,

back to the

most amazing concert.

I will give it to CJane

about her rooftop series.

Best concert of all time.

Really.

Even if I am pretty sure that the

people who set up for the concert,

set up chairs and blankets in

any good viewing spot of the stage

early in the day

I won't hold a grudge.

As we could hear the music, 

and that is all that matters really.

We were maybe number 50-55 to arrive

and there was not a single place to

lay out our blankets  

where we could actually see the stage. 

boo hiss!

But really - 

Mountains.

Rooftop.

Paper lanterns.

The NuSkin towers' reflection

of the mountains.

Hoards of music lovers.

The Beatles.

Amazing musicians.

Perfect weather.

Families

dancing together

and

Fireworks.

What else could a girl

ever ask for?

Not much.

Except a returned e-mail.

Or five?

Enjoy the photos.

And if you have never listened

to Judicial LG's version

of Hey Jude.

You must head over now.

So bad

and hilarious.

(You can forgo CJane's write-up and just go here for the video of the Hey Jude experience)

Artist Cherie Call.

She was 

the opening act.

There she is.
It's the best picture I could get with my little camera.
Like I said,
even though we arrived plenty early,
the only spots left
were in the back.
Waaaaay back.

The kids loved the street vendors.

Caroline wanted a doll really bad.

Caroline can't wait for the music to start.

She's got her dance on.

Oh, and do you remember the people watching we did last time?
And I told you that LG and I have a hard time understanding up to date fashion?
Check out this guy's butt.
I have no idea why he thinks that skinny jeans can be worn like a gangster.
We got shot after shot of his underwear throughout the night.
I wonder if he would even care
if he knew we were checking him out.

Glad we had something to make us laugh
while we were waiting for the music to start.