Fall walk

I love Fall leaves!

NEEDTOBREATHE concert

 

Wednesday night was the NEEDTOBREATHE concert I've been looking forward to for a month or so. I am a big fan of NTB though I haven't known about them for very long. They toured with Taylor Swift a couple of years ago and they are probably considered a Christian band though their music gets progressively less "Christian radio station-y" with each album. Their current sound is a mix between folk and rock. I could listen to their album "The Reckoning" over and over (and have been) and never get sick of it (minus song #7 which I'm happy to report, they didn't play at the concert).

 

 

 

 

 

Brian and I went to the Watermark Grille for dinner before the concert and ordered four appetizers. (Watermark Wednesdays = half off apps!) This blog is probably going to turn me into one of those people who take pictures of everything they eat (sorryI'mnotsorry) but hopefully I'll be better at remembering to take pictures before we eat so I don't end up with a bunch of photos of empty plates and half eaten food. Nobody wants to see that. (toobadenjoy)

 

 

 

 

Sometimes I get disappointed when I go to a concert and the band/singer sounds terrible live (ie. Lifehouse, though we think the lead singer was sick) but NTB put on a great sounding show. Even their opening band "The Wild Feathers" was pretty good.  The concert took place at a fine arts center so most people sat in the auditorium seating but Brian and I stood with the crowd at the front of the stage. It was a little weird/fun because the floor would move like crazy when people were jumping along to the music. We must have been on top of the orchestra pit. 

Here's a little clip of one of the songs they performed:




The last song of the night they played acoustically on the second level at the back of the auditorium which was pretty cool. It doesn't sound the greatest on video, but here it is anyway.
 

All in all it was a great night!

Crab Fest 2013

This past weekend Brian and I headed to Lansing to hang with our friends Mike and Sara. Even though there is usually a lot of sports watching involved, it's always a fun time when we get together. On this particular occasion we finally had our big crab leg night we have been talking about doing for a while. We started the afternoon snacking on a gourmet meat and cheese and cracker plate (wish I would have taken a picture but by the time I remembered, it had already been eaten), and then around 7 we had our dinner of six pounds of King Crab legs and vats of melted garlic butter plus delicious baked potatoes. For dessert/bedtime snack we had four different flavors of popcorn. I also had two mini red velvet cupcakes even though I was SO stuffed. Sometimes I just can't be helped.

 

Getting ready



Perfectly cooked potatoes

The biggest pot I've ever seen

 

1/3 of the crab

 

Time to eat!

  

After dinner Tigers game, popcorn and CAH

Thanks again Sara and Mike! I think it's time to plan Crab Night 2013 part two!



Library Class Fail

A few weeks ago I was on the Kent District Library website and noticed they were offering a free class on making a month of meals.  Brian and I don't have many "extracurricular" activities we do as a couple so I signed us up.  Unfortunately I accidently put it on the calendar for today and it was last Monday, so no exciting post about our library class. :( Maybe next time. 
Here is a fun photo I found online instead:

First blog post!!

Welcome to the Reed's Life Blog! This is all about the life of Faith and Brian Reed.  This will be written mainly by Faith (me) though Brian might do some proofreading and is free to post things as well. Stranger things have happened.  I'm not sure if this will be something I keep up with on a regular basis but hopefully I'll be able to at least post about major events in our lives.  I'm sure my family will appreciate it as I don't get to see them very often and it will be a good place to post photos and save other memories. A blog is better than Facebook because I can post whatever I want more often without worrying that I am muddying up someone's wall. I mean, sure they could always block me, but I feel like this is a place I can post things and people who actually care will come and check it out.  Does that mean I don't care about half the things that are posted on my Facebook wall?  Yes.  But the other half I love which is why I will never delete my account (unlike Brian).

As of today, Brian and I live in a 652 square foot one bedroom apartment. I have been living here since June 2007.  Brian moved in a couple of months before we were married in November 2010.  Check out a tour of our apartment!  I filmed this for fun and also because it's always good to remember how life used to be. 

In July 2014 our final lease on the apartment will come to an end and Brian and I will hopefully be settled into our forever home.  Although house hunting is still months away, we have been doing our research and we've had many conversations about what we want in a home.  Building is out of the question (in my opinion) because it would be more expensive and all of the decisions that go into building a house would drive me crazy.  Also I have never owned a home before so it's possible we could spend a lot of time and energy planning the house and then in the end regret how it turns out.  Brian, on the other hand, has always been interested in building because we could customize our home exactly the way we want. Also I think living in a house no one else has lived in before appeals to him.  These are both valid points but I still think it would be more trouble than it's worth.  If we have a hard time finding the ideal house however my opinions could change, though we would probably be on a time crunch. 

We have been checking out Parade of Homes the last few years with Brian's parents and though they are beautiful homes and it's fun to find decor inspiration, most of them are far outside our price range and sometimes leads to coveting things we don't need. The list of things we do want seems reasonable to us, though it could be difficult to find a house we don't have to compromise on with at least one thing. More about the house hunt in another post, for now I want to end my first post with a "Thank You!" for checking out our blog and a big "Hello!" to family and friends. ♥

p.s. Feel free to leave comments or suggestions! Also if you are terribly against having a photo of yourself on my blog, I'll try to keep that in mind when taking/posting pics.  I don't foresee anyone besides family and friends reading this blog so you should probably be safeish.