Concert Week February 2012

This past week my mother and I went to three concerts here in Nashville.  Months ago, we started getting tickets to the shows.  It was just kind of by accident that all of the shows were the same week.  On Monday night we saw The Band Perry at the Ryman Auditorium.  On Wednesday night, we saw Thompson Square, Darius Rucker and Lady Antebellum at the Municipal Auditorium.  And finally, on Friday, we saw Lauren Alaina, Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean at the Bridgestone Arena.  It was one amazing week.  Each concert had it special moments.  The best moment at the Band Perry show was hearing the crowd sing If I Die Young.  There were so many good moments at the show on Wednesday.  My favorites were Thompson Square singing Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not, Darius Rucker doing some Hootie and the Blowfish songs and Prince's Purple Rain, and Lady A doing Hello World.  Friday night was just awesome.  Luke Bryan was full of energy and really got the crowd going.  I just love Jason Aldean, so it was awesome to see him do all his songs.  I have seen him a couple of times at other shows like CMA Fest and opening for Rascal Flatts, but he puts on quite a show of his own! 

My mother and I have tickets to see Eric Church in May and then Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw and their Brothers of the Sun tour in June.  And, we found out on Friday night that Miranda Lambert will be coming to the Bridgestone on May 19th.  So, we'll have another show to add to our list if we can get tickets!  We are some crazy concert-going people!! :)

Here are some pictures from the week.

Thompson Square
Keifer and Shawna

Darius Rucker

Lady Antebellum

Lady A brought Thompson Square and Darius Rucker back to the stage

First surprise guest, Luke Bryan

Second surprise guest, Sara Evans

Lauren Alaina

Luke Bryan

Luke and Jason

Kelly Clarkson and Jason Aldean

Family Valentine's Day

This year Clarence and I decided that we wanted to have a family Valentine's Day dinner.  So, since restaurants are so busy right around Valentine's Day and especially on the big day, we decided to celebrate last Saturday.  Clarence and I really enjoy going to the Melting Pot downtown.  We have been just the two of us, a couple of times.  Well since the boys are both older, we decided that we would venture out and take them with us.  We were a little nervous about how they would behave, so we reinforced that they had to be on their best behavior.  They did not disappoint us at all.  They were so well behaved and enjoyed every minute.  I think they realized as soon as they walked in the door that it wasn't like any place they had ever been to.  I had never paid attention before, but there were actually several other children there as well.  Our more picky eater, Isaac, was very open and tried everything.  I was so proud of him!  Alex, who will eat anything was so happy to get to try everything.  We did the full four courses.  We started with Cheddar Fondue, Caesar salads, a mixture of meats including chicken, shrimp, steak and lobster and vegetables and finished the night with marshmallow dark chocolate with oreos.  Everything was fantastic, as usual!  I think we may have just found an annual family tradition!

Last weekend we also took our doggies to get long overdue haircuts!

Ginger Pot
The Mama

Goliath
The Daddy

Willy Wonka
The Son

 

Defrosted

It has been unseasonably warm here this January.  I mean, this is what it looked like around here about this time last year:

So, this past weekend, the boys got outside and helped Daddy defrost the freezer in the garage while he was straightening up the garage.  I'm not sure if we're going to have a winter or not... We may just move right on into Spring.  You never know in Tennessee though, we could end up with some snow in March or April!  I registered our boys for soccer again this spring, so I do hope if it snows that it does so before the season starts!