Grohl.Is.Our.Friend!

Well, last night was the Foo Fighters concert at Conseco Fieldhouse. We've seen them two times now (Simon has seen them more than that I think) and they are amazing! For our first anniversary, I decided to be the wife of the year and surprise Simon with a trip to Denver and tickets to the Foo Fighters/Weezer tour. That's right, he didn't even know we were leaving the state. I packed his bag, got him up at 4:30am, asked his bosses for the day off from work, we headed to the airport, and I didn't tell him where we were going or why until we got to the gate. I know I'm cool like that!!:) What was so crazy though was that at 5:30am on our way to the airport, the Foo Fighters "Learn to Fly" came on the radio. I was going nuts inside because I LOVE buying surprises for people, but it's really hard for me to keep them a secret. So when the song came on, it was all I could do to keep my mouth shut. I suppose I could have told him what we were doing, but it was more fun to just continue driving and having Simon wonder where I was taking him!! Last weekend, some of my family members (my faithful blog readers) were asking who the Foo Fighters were and what they sang. Here's a YouTube video of the Foos performing "Learn To Fly" back in '06...



This is my FAVORITE song from their new album, "Long Road to Ruin."



Here's one of Simon's pride and joy photos. This is Simon and Dave Grohl (lead singer for the Foo Fighters) in Chicago outside the House of Blues Hotel. Back in 2002 or 2003, we were in Chicago, and all of the sudden Simon said "holy crap, that's Dave Grohl!!" He was standing outside waiting for his car to be pulled around with his wife. I was like "go get your picture with him!!" So Simon approached him, and Dave was totally cool and down to earth. Look how he posed for me as I took the shot! We recently decorated our upstairs tv room in all rock and roll/music-related prints, so this is the last piece to the puzzle. We need to get this printed and framed to hang in this room! Simon is a drummer himself, so with Dave's background of first being a drummer for Nirvana and now being the lead singer for the Foos, Simon has so much respect for his musical talents!

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