Heartbeats and the Family Band

Last weekend was a great one - a terrific way to start bringing the summer to a close (though these crazy hot temps lately have made it feel like the middle of summer...I'll pretend that's not the case.).  First, I got to hear our sweet baby's heartbeat for the very first time on Friday!  I mean, it was incredible.  The four weeks in between each appointment these days seem to drag on and on while I sit and wonder how on earth the baby is doing... so it was both a relief and a moment of sheer joy getting to finally hear that little bugger's heart beating strongly.  We find out the sex in three weeks - August 23rd!!  Can't wait.

Then, Friday afternoon we drove down to the Music on the Rocks festival at Sipapu Ski Resort outside Taos, NM.  Our family band, Main Street Garage (last year named "Etc.", and next year named "Sundown Sound"), got to play once again, and we had a blast!  Rain came down for part of the day, but by the time we were up, the clouds had parted, the sky was blue, and we were all sweating (and smiling) once again.

Matt and I were lucky enough to have not one, not two, but SIX friends make the trek down to New Mexico for the show.  Wow.  We felt so loved.  They didn't even know what they were in for!!  We can't thank them enough - the support was amazing!

Here's a video montage from some of our songs (though, I'm not singing or drumming in any of these clips since I was taking the video):

Main Street Garage at Sipapu 2011 from Ali Larson on Vimeo.


And here are some fun photos from the weekend: