Category Archives: Concert

Brett Eldredge Concert

While Christopher was gone this past week, my friend Lilly and I drove to the Snowden Grove Amphitheater for the FREE (sponsored by Kix 106) Brett Eldredge concert! We had a great time!

with lillyLilly and I at the concert!

Highlights from this evening included, but were not limited to:

1. Eating a corn dog bigger than my head.

2. The guy who attempted to seduce Lilly (and me by default) into coming to sit with him and his friends. He failed miserably. Simply because he never bothered to use words. He just walked up to us, tapped Lilly on the shoulder (she was sitting on the aisle seat), walked away, turned back to look at us, and then BECKONED us to come. No words. Just motioning for us to join him and his buddies. You guys, we died laughing. I know that’s not a nice way to respond, but we just felt so uncomfortable and awkward and didn’t know how to handle it.  In fact, to give you an idea of how we responded, please see this clip from Perfect Couples of Julia being asked out at the gym {ignore the part with Vance and Amy for the purpose of this post – it will flip back to Julia again after a second}:

It wasn’t necessarily surprise that we were being hit on, but more surprise at the way it happened (I mean, really, just beckoning us?!). Oh my, it was awkward. And we were awkward in return. By the way, if you haven’t seen Perfect Couples before – it’s pretty hilarious. But anyway moving on from that awkward moment…

3. Singing our hearts out to country music on the drive home. I absolutely loved that!

4. Obviously the concert itself! Brett Elderedge was great! He was talented and entertaining. He did makes us cry, though. He sang a song which I hadn’t heard before about a lady who has Alzheimer’s and thinks that one of the guys who works at the nursing home is her son, Raymond. Um… tears, you guys. Listen here:

All in all, a pretty great night! :)
Love Rach

Winter Jam 2013!

Every year Winter Jam comes to Memphis and just like last year and the year before, we got to go! A $10 donation gets you a seat anywhere in the forum (including the floor where we were)!

us at winterjamWe got there early which meant that we got pretty great seats! :)

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 Arise, My love. Arise My love. The grave no longer has a hold on You! No more death’s sting, no more suffering! Arise… Arise… ARISE!” - ”Arise My Love” by NewSong

 So now the crowd is hype, that You showed up tonight. Anticipatin’, cravin’ something more than smoke and lights. So I’ll step out of the way, I’ll give You center stage. Alright, Spotlight! Give ‘em what they came for… if You wanna steal my show, I’ll sit back and watch You go. If You got something to say, go on and take it away. Need You to steal my show, can’t wait to watch You go. So take it away! – “Steal My Show” by TobyMac

fedex forum disco lightAt one point they used the disco ball in the forum. In all the times I’ve been to the Fedex Forum, I have never seen the disco ball light up… it was unbelievable. So beautiful!

fed ex forum discoLook at all that gorgeous light! So beautiful!

winter jam 2013Speaking of beautiful things… it was beautiful to worship God with 13,000 strangers. Seeing that many people singing, with their hands outstretched, pulls at my heart. There is something beautiful about those precious times when God’s people gather together and praise Him. Not only am I thankful for times like these when thousands gather together, but also for every Sunday that we are surrounded by people who love us and are walking this journey along side us.

Winter Jam was only a small part of this super busy weekend, but this post is super long already so I’ll try to update tomorrow to fill you guys in on the rest of this weekend’s happenings. :)
Love Rach

Birthday Time!

Yesterday was my husband’s 27th birthday.

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We celebrated his birthday with friends on Friday. In fact the photo of the guys on the couch makes me laugh so much that I really feel like I need to share it again today.

DSC_0380Twas the week before Christmas and right in our house, four men were snuggled together on a couch. The snickerdoodles were nibbled by Matthew with care which Jacob hoped he would soon share. Tony was nestled all snug by Christopher’s head while visions of Santa Claus danced in their heads…

I know I posted that photo on Friday, but it’s just so funny to me to see four men snuggled together on my couch that I just had to share it again. :D

Moving on…

After Christopher opened gifts yesterday and we were just hanging out at home, Oreo crawled up on top of me and made himself at home.

DSC_0453.1He is just the cutest!

DSC_0454.1Goodness gracious, look at all that cuteness! Just love him!

Christopher’s birthday ended up being a really busy day so it was nice to have just a little bit of time to just hang out and relax. :) We ended the day by going to  Lessons and Carols at a local episcopal church.

DSC_0006.1It was absolutely gorgeous. Hearing those pure, clear voices… amazing.

It was a great day. I am so blessed that I get to be married to this guy. Happy 27th to my favorite!
Love Rach