It's been a little while since my last post, but I'm going to try to pick this back up. I thought I'd share a couple of highlights from the year so far!
First of all, John Michael's birthday was January 14th. He turned 13....he's getting SO old! Well back in probably October I heard that Rascal Flatts were coming to Little Rock in February, along with Hunter Hayes and Sara Evans. Rascal Flatts has always been a common bond between the two of us. I've loved them since I can remember and somewhere along the way I got John Michael hooked on them too and he literally bought me a CD of theirs every Christmas or birthday (I'm convinced for his benefit as much as mine! haha.) until I owned them all. So naturally, when I heard that they were coming I knew I couldn't miss the opportunity to spend a night at one of their concerts with him!
Because I went back to school January 11th, I gave him the tickets a little bit early. I wrapped them in a Victoria's Secret sack...his response when I handed it to him was, "Really??! You had to wrap it in THIS?!" Bahaha. Such a funny sister! :) I had gotten him all hyped up over this gift the weeks before, mentioning that I had never spent this much money on any of my siblings' birthday presents before and that it was gonna be his best gift ever and little comments like that along the way so it was a much anticipated gift! When he finally opened them he was so confused at first, then he realized what they were and said "Umm....is this what I think it is?!"
The night of the concert we drove through McDonalds (his choice) for dinner on the way. When we got to the door they scanned our tickets and told us we needed to go to the box office. I was getting a little worried that something was wrong with the tickets, but when we got to the box office we were pleasantly surprised to hear that our seats had been upgraded from the upper bowl to the third row on the lower row on the second closest section to the stage!! Then our good friend Mr. Brad got us into the Dog Pound and we were able to get some pretty cool pictures as well as touch all of the band members hands!! Pretty cool "first concert" for him! :) We had a wonderful time and it was a blessing to get to spend that evening with my first little brother!
Another little adventure from the year is that we got some snow a couple weeks ago! And snow during the school year is always an exciting thing. The anticipation of getting a day off kills us. We sit by the tv watching the names of schools scroll across the bottom while checking our school email and facebook every five minutes...or maybe every two? haha. This year wasn't any less exciting than all the others have been! haha.
It kinda came at a bad time because I'd been sick and wasn't quite over it and by the time we got up and got out to play in it, it was sleeting. So the combination of cold, snow, wind, sleet, and a cough probably wasn't the greatest for me, but it was all worth it for the 20 minutes of fun we got, sledding with friends! :)
These girls are some of my very best friends here!! Both new and old friends, they have blessed my life and I'm so thankful for each one of them. These freshman girls have already found a very special place in my heart and we've bonded quickly over 3 a.m. doughnuts, Bachelor watching parties on Monday nights, lunch in the caf, driving around singing in the car, and snow days! And I can't say enough how thankful I am for Tori, Rachel, and Kiwi who have been there since freshman year! Oh...and I can't forget Jilliann...she was playing with Ruthie (her little sister) on this day so she didn't make the picture, but I love her too! ;) haha.
This year has started off great and I can't wait to see what the rest of it brings! I know that awesome adventures and new chapters in life are ahead of me! Eeeeek! :)
