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I thought I would put a couple pictures up from Claire's birthday party last week. Claire's bestest friend in the whole world, Maggie, had a birthday a week earlier than Claire's so they shared the party. We rented a bounce house, heated up the pool, had some cake and spent the afternoon having a blast, making sure we left in plenty of time for the BYU-Florida game.

This week had another 2 big events. While it was Claire's actual birthday this week (March 30th), it was also April Fool's Day and the long anticipated U2 concert in La Plata, Argentina. We pulled a few pranks on some people and enjoyed hearing about the pranks being pulled. The best, in my book, is still the saran wrap on the toilet. A good friend's wife posted on Facebook about her subsequent cleanup. Juvenile? Yes. Appropriate? Maybe. Hilarious? Every time. Other pranks included moving a car (while also turning on windshield wipers, radio, etc), playing hurt (a spouse finding their maid collapsed at home upon arrival), covering up someone's favorite baseball team merchandise with the rival team logos, and putting shredded paper in kid's lunch boxes (while giving their teachers lunch passes). All in all, it was a fun day. Or should I say a Beautiful Day.

So when I was in Buenos Aires for my mission, U2 came to Argentina as part of its Popmart Tour. They played 2 shows at the River Plate Stadium. No, I did not go, but I knew families from my mission that went, and I was surprised at how much media attention the Irish band got. Well, fast forward. I have never seen U2, but have told Candace in every place we've lived that they are a band that I would go see if they came to where we were. Candace feels the same way about Josh Groban. So when U2 announced the South American leg of its current 360 degree tour, La Plata (an hour south of Buenos Aires) was on the docket and I got tickets along with a few friends.

In the end, U2 will end up playing three shows in La Plata (Capital of Buenos Aires Province in case you didn't know) on 30 March, and 2-3 April. I went to the 2 April Saturday night show. It was awesome.

Traffic was OK getting in and getting out of La Plata, and we were enjoying the experience on the way home until we got a flat tire. Luckily, we were all still going on adrenaline and were able to knock out the tire change pretty quickly. MUSE was the opening act and was also super cool. I would definitely go out of my way to see U2 again.