A House Concert to Remember.....

Carol and I both love music and we like finding new, unknown artists to listen to and follow. Well awhile back, Bryan (Carol's brother) and I were looking through random music on iTunes and came across this guy named Chris O'Brien. He is a singer/songwriter from the Boston area and we immediately fell in love with his music. We downloaded his one, and only album, from iTunes and listened to it all the time. I joined his online mailing list and always hoped that one day he would play a show somewhere even remotely close to Oklahoma.

The great news is...not only did he play close to Oklahoma...he played in our friend's (Lisa and Jay) living room!! Chris had sent out an email to fans asking if anyone was interested in hosting a house concert in the Texas, Arkansas, area. Bryan and Carol convinced me to go ahead and send an email even though it didn't specifically ask for shows in Oklahoma. To my utter shock and surprise I got a call the next day from none other than Chris O'Brien! He said he would love to play here and we proceeded to set up a date and time. I couldn't believe this was actually going to happen.

Anyway, the day of the concert came and Chris showed up just as we had planned. He was a super nice guy and we had a great time getting to know him and listening to some amazing music. He is amazingly talented and we loved every minute of his concert!

You can check out part of Carol's favorite song below and hear more of his music at www.chrisobrienmusic.com

Lisa, Chris, and Carol

Chris playing in Lisa's living room!

Two Years...

I still can't believe it has been two years.....time has flown by so fast......

Hallelujah!

I just finished my fourth semester and Matt just finished his first year of nursing school! Only two more semesters to go.....

My Gardener

One of the my favorite things about where we live is running through the neighborhood of Heritage Hills admiring the beautiful historic homes and all of the flowers!

Today on my run I noticed that almost every house had a crew of some sort doing yard work or washing windows. Well since I have always been one to try and keep up with the Jones' and I figure they must be doing something right since the finished product is beautiful....that I, myself, should hire a gardener to plant some flowers as well!

I think my new gardener Matt, did a fantastic job! Now if I could only find someone to wash our second story windows......

Roomates Together Again!

It will be six years ago, this June, that three girls moved in together. Little did we know that it would mark the start of a new season in our lives and the beginning of a beautiful friendship! This weekend we were able to once again unite! It was a weekend of pampering, relaxing, catching up, and celebrating the end of tax season and the spring semester!

We were pretty hungry!

The ultimate relaxation...

Fantastic cupcakes!

Playing beauty shop....

Lisa's finished product...

Where it all began.... 2003

2009

Dedication

Our Easter weekend started with celebrating Matt's mom's birthday on Saturday night!

Loeber family after churchAfter church we headed to Ponca City for the annual Great Easter Egg Hunt at the Stangeland Farm. The Great Easter Egg Hunt started 20+ years ago with just three participants, over the years it had grown to be quite the event....

(A picture of my cousin and I at one of the first Stangeland Easter Egg Hunts)

The Great Easter Egg Hunt of 2008

And of course not only has the number of participants increased but the competition to find as many of the 500+ plastic candy-filled Easter eggs as possible!

Now some of you may be asking yourselves is it really fair for a 26 year old to be hunting Easter eggs with her younger cousins? Well I like to think that I am doing it out of love, I feel that it is important to teach them about the "real world"...... it is a "dog eat dog world", no one is going to just hand them Easter eggs.... so it is my job to make them work to get the eggs. I am really doing them a favor if you think about....

The Easter celebration always starts with an amazing lunch.......(or nutrients for the big hunt)

Table #1

Table #2

Table #3

Next was the Great Easter Egg Hunt, which consists of hiding 500+ plastic candy-filled eggs all throughout two pastures..... Hard to believe but in 20+ years of hunting we had never been foiled by the ran and we weren't about to let it stop us this year!

Can you find the Easter eggs? The last Easter egg hunter struggles in......

Soaking wet!

Now it is time to count our loot and the candy-trade!

After the Hunt and candy-trade, is the annual Stangeland Olympics. This year though it was relegated inside....

Thanks Grammy and Grandad for another awesome Easter Celebration! We can't wait till next year!

Have a Happy Easter!

Wishing you a very Happy Easter!!

Love, Harvey