Yesterday’s blog was unfinished and then accidentally uploaded than deleted. Technical difficulties so to speak. Pause, pause. Okay, I fell asleep in the middle of blogging. So this is Thursday’s blog and Project 365 pictures, posted on Friday. Heh heh.

Sarah was invited to go with a friend from our homeschool co-op to the Rock & Worship Roadshow. The price was incredible – $10 for a concert featuring 8 wonderful Christian artists. And how could she resist the offer to be with a big group of co-op friends AND spend the night with one of her besties? Look how gorgeous they were, all dressed up for the masquerade dance in November.

The same day Sarah made plans to go to the concert I got a text message from one of my sweet friends asking if we wanted to go to the concert. Oh dear, nothing tempts me like the chance to go on an adventure with one of my awesome girlfriends. Here’s how the dialogue usually goes in my head:

Me 1: That sounds fun. I should go.
Me 2: Are you kidding? Concerts are loud and long and I’m old.
Me 1: Nah, I’m young and cool.
Me 2: :snort: Bwahahaha
Me 1: Well, I’m sort of less young and only semi-old?
Me 2: Right. And co-op is the next day. Thursday night is PREP time.
Me 1: I’ll do the work ahead of time.
Me 2: Convulsions of laughter.
Me 1: Harrumph

So the next step, and this is a classic Kathy move, is to do nothing. Procrastination and lack of action accomplish something in and of itself. Typically that results in a nice, quiet day/evening/afternoon at home. Ha. But I am very fun-friend driven and can not resist the persuasive, contagious encouragement of one or more of my BFF’s asking me to join them. Throw in the knowledge that my kids will have a great time as well, and I’m sunk.

It was a beautiful day. And, no, I didn’t plan my class ahead of time (sorry students!). I dropped Sarah off early with her friends then David and I worked on math until Nancy and her crew came. Daniel decided to join us, so piled into our van and set off for places north. The sun was shining! The kids were silly and rowdy and eager for a fun concert. Nancy and I discussed hope and life and everything in between.

We dropped the kids off to get in line while we went in search of food. Our order at Subway was enough to make the people behind us crazy.

That will be a BLT toasted. No tomatoes. Lettuce on one. No lettuce on the other. Olives on half and pickles on the other half. Yes, we know that makes it a BL and not a BLT. Thanks!

And so on. Thankfully the woman making our long row of sandwiches was patient and cheerful and did a great job. A quick run through Starbucks, and we were ready to meet up with the kids. Of course, by then the line had started moving and they were calling us, a little concerned about how they were going to buy all the tickets with NO MONEY!! Into the parking lot we went, down the side walk we rushed, and then we heard the cry of the security guard outside the concert hall.

“No FOOD allowed! Dump all your food and drinks into the garbage before buying your ticket!”

Ugh!! We had two bags of foot long subs and two containers of veggie salads, not to mention my venti (yep, VENTI!) Americano to gulp down. Not the best planning. Still, we ate our delicious food, drank the coffee and went into enjoy our concert.

Here are the amazing artists we enjoyed:

I Am They – love their sound!
Jon Guerra – bought this cd
Jamie Grace – Jamie came and sat two rows behind us near the aisle while she “waited” to go on stage. Fan moment!!
Group 1 Crew – one of David’s favorites!
Matt Maher – amazing time of worship!
Crowder – so much energy!
Tedashii – managed to get us non-young people up and dancing
Mercy Me – closed out the show with beautiful words about grace and wonderful music

Daniel was so moved by Shaun Groves talk regarding Compassion International that he signed up to sponsor a boy from Rwanda. Love it when God moves in the hearts of my children!

What a great evening! Holly found us fantastic seats. The HUGE group from co-op was right near by. The younger kids were way up at the top behind us. It felt like we were surrounded by friends, dancing, shouting, and worshiping together. Afterwards we lost Daniel (briefly) or he lost us. We bought a cd by one of the new artists. We photo bombed Group 1 Crew. We ate all the snacks and made it home by midnight.

I’m thankful for friends who drag me off on adventures.
I’m overwhelmed by the talent God has given to people.
And I was blessed by the music, words, and teaching of the artists at Roadshow.

Project 365 – Day 71
Kathy

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