We're hoping she comes back this year to do the same. She may choose otherwise since I kept shoving my camera into the bush to snap photos of her little ones. She probably felt like Angelina and her brood. I'll try to tone it down this year if she decides to come back. The boys loved running out there each day to see how much the babies had grown. I did find myself worried about her and the babies when it rained and stormed, though. Bobby had to gently remind me that she was a BIRD and that she could take care of herself.Happy Spring! Hope you get little birdies to peek in on too!
Darius Rucker opened up at first. You may remember him as Hootie. He did a great job and has made the transition from pop to country guy pretty well. We didn't get to see his entire performance but caught most of it. 
In an effort to corrupt the Joneses one family at a time, (
Dierks Bentley was the second show opener. He had quite a few songs that I knew. I was glad to see that he had decided to let his hair grow out some. A while back he had gotten all his curls cut off and I personally believe that it was detrimental to his career. Give him about another 8-10 months of growth and it'll be back to good.
This is when the concert picked up for sure. Bobby tried to snap a pic of our concert faces but after several attempts this was the final product. I was laughing so hard I was crying. And, yes, there is gum in my mouth. I'm addicted to gum. Have been for years. I figure it's better than being addicted to cigarettes or alcohol........and cheaper. If I were as cool as Misty I would have just photoshopped it out. But I'm not. 
Dierks had to change clothes. I guess all of his running around made his pits sweat or something. Much to my horror, during the show Dierks went to some total stranger with a beer and took a swig of his drink. Now, my friends, does he not know that I have home churched for the last three weeks due to flu and strep throat??? Did his mama not teach him that drinks are not to be shared......especially when you don't know where someones mouth has been?? Seriously. I had to give him a black X for that. When his hair grows out a little better I'll think about removing it.
And, to the main show: Brad Paisley who never disappoints. He is a serious guitar player and I love it.
I was able ( with Bobby's help.... because he DID snap a few shots for me) to get quite a few really good pics of him. I'm sure that once this gets posted on the WWW that people magazine with be calling me with offers. Pretty sure. Not positive. But pretty sure.
One of my favorite parts of the concert was when he sat on a stool and just sang by himself and played the guitar. He didn't even sing his own songs. Just whatever. It was great.
And, the best picture of all:
The kids that were chosen this time got to compete in a relay race. It was intense let me tell ya.
Way to go, Cade! Keep up the good work!
You must realize that this balloon that just fails to die (not unlike the real Darth Vader) is the exact same height as me and when you see it in your periphery it nearly causes a coronary. After I collected myself and realized that it was a 
I NEARLY had to pull out my karate skills. What? You didn't know that I know 
Cade was siked because we had bought a new sled about a month ago. I thought for sure that it would be Murphy's Law that since we now actually OWNED a sled, we wouldn't get any more snowfall for the year. If you remember, last year our redneck family attempted to sled down our hill on a piece of box that I had torn. Totally embarrassing.
You can't hang around this crowd too long without hearing "OHHHH, my TENDERS!!!" which is exactly what Rhett is yelling after receiving a swift moving snowball to the "area" in this pic. Thank you Kung Tu Fanda (Rhett language) for instilling this ever so useful statement into our everyday vocabulary.
This little hoorah was just for the fam. My parents and Bobby's parents came bearing gifts and unfortunately, due to illness, the cousins didn't get to make it.
