Fearless!

Taylor Swift was amazing! It felt like we had been waiting forever to see her and she did not disappoint! She was so dang cute and did amazing! I had heard that she was not good live and so I wasn't expecting her to sound all that great. But she did awesome! She was very entertaining to watch!

We had to make t-shirts to show Taylor how much we loved her! Steph, my mom, and I worked really hard to make sure that everyone had a real cute t-shirt.

We had to decorate Pearl so that everyone driving down the road would know how much we love taylor! Unfortunately we got caught in a random hail storm about 5 minutes after we left and it washed most of our had work off of the windows.

We practiced out concert skills the whole way to the concert!

When we got to the Delta Center we learned that Kellie Pickler was sick and wasn't going to perform for us. We were all really heartbroken. I love Kellie and was excited for her. But Gloriana did a pretty good job getting us pumped for Taylor. Morgan especially liked them.

Here we are waiting for Taylor to come out. We're really excited!

I loved every second of the concert! But one of the best parts...

All the sudden we look right below us and this is what we see... What is going on? Remember this is literally right below us.

Ahh! Taylor is standing at the portal right directly below singing one of our favorite songs, Hey Stephen! I could not believe that she was within probably 6 feet of us! And she hugged practically every single person on the way down to the floor. It was adorable. Usually singers do something fun like this to start the concert but she was very creative and did it randomly in the middle of the concert. It was great!

This was the look on Bailley and Morgan's faces the whole time. It was fun watching them.

Apparently the girls were pretty into the song Should've said no.

Here's the whole group! We loved every second of it!

Concerts always drain us! Everyone in this picture is so exhausted except for Bailley. I guess she wasn't even tired at all!

We all woke right up though when we were this close to Taylor! I'm pretty sure that Alyssa almost got ran over by the bus while we were chasing after it. BreAnn got a thumbs up from Taylor and Lynsie got one of the Taylor guitar picks that they threw out the window. It was so worth standing there and getting yelled at by the security officer for standing in the wrong spot on the sidewalk.

Taylor was so great! I had a blast. Thanks for all the great memories everyone! I can't wait for our next concert!

Until Next Year...

This is the first year that I have been able to call myself a fan of American Idol. It has been an emotional roller coaster for me. I am actually still crying right now. It is not a secret that I absolutely LOVE Adam Lambert. He is so talented and amazed me with his performances every single week. I just knew that he had it made... But it didn't work out the way that I wanted it to unfortunately. He is so hot and very entertaining. And even though he did not win the title of American Idol, I know that he will do great things.

And even though I wanted Adam to win... I still love Kris. If Adam wouldn't have been on the show I totally would've wanted Kris to win it. So he was my second choice. He deserves the title and I am very happy for him. He had some amazing moments. And he is also very handsome.

Since I am mentioning the handsome men on American Idol... I couldn't leave out the newest love interest in my life. I decided a few weeks ago that I am madly in love with Simon! He is absolutely gorgeous and when he winks at the camera I just know that it is to me and I have butterflies for at least an hour. I love him!

This was a great show and I loved every second of it. I have dried my tears and I am going to be happy that Kris won. Congrats Kris and thanks for putting on a great show boys! I am going to miss seeing you every week!

The Big 23!

Last week I turned 23. Boo! I feel like I am getting very old, very fast. 23 sounds so old to me. I just knew that I would cry when the day came but the day came and went with no tears. I held it together very well. And thanks to my friends and family I had not just a wonderful day but a wonderful week! It started out with going to dinner at one of my very favorite restaurants...

The Mandarin. Mmm!

Dave, Steph, Layne, and Sharae came with my family to help celebrate the big day!

Here is just a sample of the delicious food that they have to offer...

When we went to my Grandma and Grandpa's house for Sunday dinner I had quite the assortment of gifts... I was given a yummy chocolate bundt cake that my mom made, a whole plate of my grandma's famous chocolate chip cookies, a whole entire huge pot of THE BEST carmel popcorn that my aunt Mary makes, and a strawberry shortcake.

Everyone knows exactly what I love! I couldn't have been happier!

One of my very best friends Kiele took me out to my other favorite restaurant, Tepanyaki. It was so delicious!

And last but not least, Alyssa, Hollie, BreAnn, and Lynsie took me to Olive Garden and then to Fire House for a fhzookie! I love those things. The service and the pizza is absolutely horrible but we keep going back for the dang things!

I had a great birthday week and it all made the thought of getting older a little less horrible. I am very grateful for all of my friends and family. They are all the best. Thanks for helping me celebrate everyone!

Happy Birthday Lyns!

Earlier this week was Lynsie's birthday. She is 17! Holy crap! She is getting so old! The fam went to dinner on her birthday but I wasn't able to. I was so sad. To make up for not being able to go to dinner with my family I decided to plan a night when we could go with her friends.

Here we are at the Mandarin! Lynsie's favorite restaurant. It was so yummy!

Here is Lyns on her actual birthday... I am so grateful to have her as my sister. Even though sometimes we drive each other crazy, I wouldn't have it any other way. I love her and we have gotten a lot closer as she has gotten older. I am so glad that we are good enough friends that she would want me to go to dinner with them and hang out together. Thanks for all of the good times Lynie! I love you!

Britney Spears

When I heard that Britney was coming in concert I was planning on buying tickets until I looked at her ticket prices. Normally I wouldn't really care but there are so many concerts that I want to go to that are coming up that I decided to be smart about it and resist. But as it got closer to the concert I got more and more sad. I would hear her song on the radio and start to cry a little bit. I have loved Britney Spears since the days of Oops I Did It Again. I have always felt so bad for her and have been rooting for her to get back on her feet. But anyways, the day before the concert Haylee called and asked if I wanted to buy last minute tickets with them. Again I was tempted but decided that I wouldn't buy one. But then to my luck, sorry Kallee, Kallee got sick and called and asked if I wanted my ticket. At first I felt bad but then I just decided I might as well enjoy it! I still feel really bad that Kallee couldn't use it but I am so glad I got to go! It was amazing!

Here are Haylee and I getting ready to leave. Gentry's boyfriend bought the tickets as a surprise so Gentry had no idea that we were going! We had to cover our shirts til we told her.

Haylee was brilliant and bought us these sweet ponchos that we could wear on our mile long trek to the Delta Center. Our hair still got a little wet but thank goodness we had them or we would have been soaked!

Here we are waiting for the Pussy Cat Dolls to come out!

Ahh! Here are the Pussy Cat Dolls! We had general admission tickets for the floor and so we were so close! These girls all dressed a little bit scandalous but they were still so cute! They put on a really good show. I can't decide but I think that I liked them better than Britney! They were really fun.

Britney's concert was themed to a circus so they had a mini circus with real life, creepy as ever Carnies. There were a few really cool things that they did though.

Britney changed her clothes for almost every song. These are just a few of my favorites and least scandalous ones. Britney's looks have fluctauted a bit but she looked so dang good at the concert! Britney brought out quite the crowd. At a couple of times during the concert I was scared for my life but it was still really fun! We were really exhausted by the time that it was over though. Haylee and I were so tired that we even sat on the floor of the Delta center while we waited for Gentry to find some stuff that she wanted to buy!

The concert was so fun! Thanks for the invite girls and thanks Kal for the ticket! I am pretty sure that I loved it enough for both of us!

Single's Ward Not So Bad...

So usually I am really against single's wards but not this week! Alyssa called me and told me that West Point's single's ward had free Jazz tickets and there was an extra one if I wanted to go. How great is that? I love the Jazz! The tickets were one row from the top but that's ok, its just fun to be there and have an opportunity to wear one of my jerseys!

Thanks for the fun night guys!

Happy Easter!

Easter was a definite hit at our house. The Easter Bunny knew exactly what to get us!

Here we all are anxiously awaiting to see what is in our baskets...

I think maybe the Easter Bunny should have put some new socks in Lynsie's basket.


Morgan went through her basket first and she took out the normal stuff that we get every year, an outfit, candy, a rolled up piece of paper with a Taylor Swift pin hooked to it... Wait! Thats not normal... What could this be?

Morgan said, "If this is a Taylor Swift ticket I am going to cry!" And then the tears started pouring. She cried for probably a good 5 minutes. She is so cute. And for anyone who doesn't know, Taylor Swift tickets went on sale last week and they sold out in 15 seconds! Much to our disappointment we weren't able to get them. But the Easter Bunny came through! I think this is one of the reasons that emotions ran so high. Well, and that we love Taylor!

Here we all are really excited about our tickets. Lynsie and I didn't show quite the emotion as Morg but we are still super excited!

We found out that Bailley got a ticket in her easter basket as well. Yay! And while I was going through my basket I found another ticket for Steph! The Easter Bunny is great! Taylor Swift here we come!