First Concert!

Last week our local Groupon was for 2 tickets to see Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith in concert in Tulsa. Man, I really wanted to go! My very first ever concert was to see Amy Grant on her Straight Ahead tour.

I was in 2nd grade. I was OBSESSED with Amy Grant. I owned every album she had ever made and knew every single word to every single song. We are talking songs like Fat Baby and Grape Grape Joy. Somewhere my mom has a picture of me all dressed in my white dress to go to the concert. Opening for her that night was some guy I had never heard of, Michael W. Smith. One of the outfits she wore that night was turquoise pants with a white top and a hot pink blazer (shoot - I really think I have pictures of this somewhere!). I went home and tried to mimic the outfit with some blue pants I had and a corduroy burgundy blazer. It was hideous. But I stood in front of the mirrors in my bedroom pretending to be Amy Grant for hours.

Anyhoo - I didn't go.

BUT, last week me big kids went to THEIR first concert. It was the Rock -n- Worship Roadshow with several groups including Hawk Nelson, Mercy Me, and Jars of Clay. They were so excited...

They met up with some of our bestest friends...

They even got to meet Hawk Nelson. SO cool...

Meanwhile - the Littles and I celebrated our time together with a trip to Braums and the Winnie the Pooh movie we rented from the library. I let them get whatever they wanted at Braums. Normally they just get a kid cup. Our entire family gets ice cream at Braums for under $10! But when the restrictions came off... I paid $12 just for these three to get ice cream. Hilarious.

Wilson got the banana split. It was huge...

 Tyson ordered the Candy Bar Sundae...

 And little Pippa got the big Brownie Sundae...

 Needless to say, they were thrilled and none of them ate all their ice cream.

It was so fun to hang out with my little loves. At one point while we were sitting at the table in Braums I was talking to Tyson about something and when Ty answered me Wilson says "Red Herring."  I looked at him with a questioning face and he explained "Ty just did a red herring. He didn't really answer the question." It was so funny o me that his little ears have been listening to our Logic lessons. All three of them spend the next few minutes calling "red herring" on each other. It was pretty funny.

SO - it was a great night for all the Woodards - children and parents.