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Although we didn’t have high hopes for our show last night, it turned out to be really great. We played at a coffee shop called Fireside Espresso in Payson, AZ for the first time. Some of Aaron’s family lives here but we don’t know any bands or anything so we were the only act for the evening. We were thinking about playing a piano/vocals only set since we were all tired and didn’t think many people would show up. I’m glad we ended up playing a full set because all of the family came and brought a bunch of friends. All of his younger cousins are really into playing music too so I think everybody had a good time and enjoyed the music. We sold a bunch of merch, got a ton of donations, and even got paid $50 for gas from the shop - we didn’t expect to get anything since it was no cover and we’ve had bad luck on tour so far with that kind of thing.

The best thing is that we were done the show by 8pm and had the evening to hang out with the family. Aaron played an intense game of Scrabble with his cousin’s and Grandma - they are total professionals with the Scrabble dictionary and all. Joe joined in an even more intense game of ping pong with some of the other family members. Katie and I spent the evening knitting and chatting with the ladies - no competition for us.

After getting some much needed sleep we had a big fabulous breakfast at Aaron’s aunt & uncle’s house where Katie and I stayed. The boys slept over at Grandma’s right next door. It’s been a really relaxing day… playing music with the cousins, playing ping pong, having knitting lessons, and doing laundry. I even went on a walk and got some much needed exercise. It was intense though because I’m out of shape from sitting in the van all the time and that mountain air is thin! Katie stayed home and slept because she’s not feeling well - hopefully the day off will be enough time to shake it off.

I imagine much of the evening will be the same and am looking forward to all of this down time. Do we really have to go play a show tomorrow?

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