Celebrate Freedom 2008

So Daniel, April and I went to Celebrate Freedom this weekend. For those who may not be familiar, Celebrate Freedom is a huge outdoor, free concert celebrating the 4th of July. It is put on by 94.9 KLTY, a Christian Radio Station in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Although Daniel, April, Randy & myself are all 89.7 Power FM fans, we decided to attend anyway to see some of our all-time favorite Christian Artists. We actually missed 3 of our top favs on Friday night (David Crowder Band, Shane & Shane, and Dizmas), but we weren't deterred. Saturday morning we left our apartment and headed north.

We spent all afternoon (in the heat) listening to great Christian music (both contemporary and rock) and hanging out. There was an issue with the water but you'll have to ask me about that outside of this blog! :) Some of the artists we saw included Mandisa (awesome, btw!), Fee, Addison Road (so worth the heat!), Salvador, Jaci Velazquez, Anthony Evans and Meredith Andrews. We were just about to see Lincoln Brewster, Skillet and Kirk Franklin when the concert was canceled due to the storms and lightning in the area. We headed home and enjoyed some quality bonding time asking questions and laughing at each other.

It was so good to get to spend time with my little brother and one of my best friends (who by the way is Daniel's sweet girlfriend!). I love them both and am so glad we can hang out and have fun together. We all went to church together (minus Randy) on Sunday. Randy had a 24 hour clinical on Saturday so he had to miss out on most of the fun this weekend. Maybe next time, honey! Here are some pictures from Saturday:
Addison Road - Rocking out
What Daniel was doing during one point in the afternoon.
Doesn't he look comfy?
Oh, wait! He's not asleep!
What April & I were doing
And finally - the cute couple! Awww..

New Look

So you may have noticed the changes in the look of our blog. I found this cool site, scrapblog.com, through another blog and thought, I should try this out. I've seen so many cool and fun blog headers and never knew how to get my own. Until now. And so I did what anyone would do, I emailed my fellow blogger/friend/creative person and shared it with her. She in turn created a really cool header for her blog and posted about it. Why didn't I think of that? :) Anyways, now when I visit her favorite blogs I see fun, creative, snazzy headers on several of them. So if it worked for her to inspire some creativity, here goes nothing. I'm challenging my blog readers (all five of you) to do some spring blog cleaning and updating. See what you can come up with. You might be surprised!

Tagged!

Sarah W. tagged me so here goes:

10 Years Ago...I was in my Spring Semester of my Freshman year at MHS. I was in Choir, Student Council, involved in my youth group at church, and “going-out” with Jason Krohn – my first boyfriend. My best friends were Alison C. & Tiffany S. I was about to turn 15 and probably spent most weekends with my family and friends or doing stuff with my youth group. :) I had an exciting life….lol!

Things on my to-do list today:

• Pick up our volunteer t-shirts…finally!
• Finalize volunteers for Sunday.
• Cook dinner for my hubby.
• Hang out with Sarah, Rhett & Huddy….can’t wait!
• Oh yeah, and finish my work (this should probably be #1).
  

What would I do if I became loaded:

• Buy a house with a big backyard so we could get a dog (or two).
• Pay off our debt.
• Give money to our church and friends who are serving around the world.
• Buy my hubby a truck so he wouldn’t have to drive the go-cart anymore.
• Give money to my family and friends.
• Take a trip to see the world.

Three of my bad habits:

• Procrastinating on cleaning the apartment.
• Trying to do things all myself.
• Not exercising enough.

Five jobs I've had:

• Babysitter/adopted “aunt”
• Clerk at Marietta Pharmacy
• Receptionist for Photographs by Lawrence
• Student Tutor/Secretary at ECU Student Support Services
• Accountant – Fossil, Inc. and now BancTec, Inc.

Five things people don't know about me:

1. I almost never buy clothes for myself unless they are on sale. I just can’t justify spending $40 for a pair of jeans, when they are $25 when they go on sale. Thus I will wait until I know something is on sale to go buy it. My hubby loves me – I can find the bargains!
2. I love shoes – going to Payless is a weakness for me. But then again, see #1, I won’t buy unless they are reasonable or on sale.
3. I love routine – but I also love surprises. It drives Randy crazy! I want to be surprised, but I also drill him with questions about the surprise. I think it is the fun of the discovery.
4. I hate driving in Dallas rush hour traffic – however I do it every morning and evening. Go figure!
5. I am terrible about keeping up with family and friends. I can go 3-4 weeks without calling my own brother. I do call my parents more often. It is something I am working on.

I tag Janelle F., Laura H., Gilda S., Julie R., Kevyn Y., and Jami C.

162 Days until Prince Caspian!

Ok, so you can call me overexcited, but I just had to share. There are 162 days until the new CHRONICLES OF NARNIA movie comes out - Prince Caspian. The first movie, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, was a great hit. I loved it not only because it was based on C.S. Lewis' children's series, The Chronicles of Narnia, but also because it was a well produced movie. I don't want to ruin the story for any of you out there who haven't read the books, so I will just post the link to the new Prince Caspian trailer and let you enjoy it for yourself.

Prince Caspian trailer

Tag - You're It!

Surveys are out, tagging is in. Since I was tagged by Brian Franklin, and this is becoming a chain effect, I think I must oblige in order to not be left out.

4 jobs I have had:

• Secretary, Photographs by Lawrence, Marietta, OK
• Babysitter (too many places and people to name here)
• Staff Accountant, Fossil, Inc.
• Senior Accountant, BancTec, Inc.

4 films I could watch over and over:

• One Night with the King
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• Cars
• The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (I know, that is more than 4 but when you group them they count as one!)

4 Places I have lived:

• Marietta, OK
• Ada, OK
• Dallas, TX
• Grand Prairie, TX

4 Favorite TV shows:

• Smallville
• Numb3rs
• I Love Lucy
• Any old re-run (The Cosby Show, Full House, etc..)

4 Favorite Foods:

• Cheesecake
• Strawberries
• Enchiladas
• Chicken-fried Steak with gravy (yum!)

4 Websites I visit everyday:

• Hotmail.com
• Facebook.com
• Myspace.com
• Blogger.com

4 Places I would love to be:

• Camping with Randy
• Lake Tahoe, CA
• Australia
• With family - wherever

4 Favorite Colors:

• Pink
• Yellow
• Purple
• Chocolate

4 of my heroes:

• My parents
• Mike & Karen Smith
• Beth Moore
• Randy (my hubby!)

I tag Sarah Williams, Shannon Mints, Daniel Dugger, and April Dooley.

You need to do this, because as Jack Anderson would say, "I asked you nicely."TAG, YOU'RE IT!!