263-LUKE BRYAN! WOO WOO

I love Fridays. Its Chris and I's first day off together of the week. We get so much done. We took Kennedy to school. Went grocery shopping. Went to Smith and Edwards for a few things. Worked on stuff around the house. Hes fixing the dog kennel getting it ready to bring his dog to the house. Kennedy is SO excited Bailey is coming.

 Kennedys dad came and picked her up for the weekend and we were off! MONTHS ago we bought tickets to Luke Bryan. He was coming with Florida Georgia Line and Thompson Square. We had SEAT tickets. Ive never sat in seats at Usana before. We were off to the side of the stage

 Us girls headed off to the bar and the boys stayed outside. They got their beers and hung out. JaNeale has a friend in the bar who hooks us up with drinks. They had a promotion going on.. buy a shot of Fireball Whisky and get a pick of a shirt, hat or lanyard. You had to get your picture taken in front of the Fireball sign with your shot. Chris LOVES Fireball.. I can tolerate it. So being the good wife I am got some shots of Fireball.. We each ordered one but I had to take 2 and Ash took 1. We got him 2 tshirts and a hat :) We surprised him when we left the bar. He was super excited!

 First band up was Florida Georgia Line. THEY WERE AWESOME. 

 JaNeale gets a little excited haha

 People started pouring it. It was a sold out show and had been for weeks! Tickets the day of the show for LAWN were going for aprox $150-$200 and where we were $400-$500... It was tempting.. We paid $60 for our seats.. ha but we didnt sell out :)

Girls

 vs Boys

We know how to have fun

 Hunter was a crack up. He kept coming over and dancing with me.

Next out was Thompson Square. 

Between the bands we went down to the bar area to meet up with Shalon and MarDee. They were off in the grass seating so it was easier to see them there! Plus we wanted some shirts. Chris holding his sisters hand. It was so cute I had to get a picture to make him remember later when they fight! He may butt heads with her so much but he loves her and takes care of her. He wanted to make sure she had a fun night and he did. He had his arms around both of us most the night.. He tried to hold both our hands as we walked! Danced with us both and when he wasn't Hunter was filling in. Such good boys :)

My brother from another Mother was also there too!

Hi Zack!

Me and my Shalon

 When we went into the bar because some of our other friends were in there and they had ordered an ton of drinks and there were only two of them. The band started so the guy there said here! And shoved a bunch of drinks in our hands as the bartender was giving them to him, he paid and ran out because Luke Bryan was starting. Ash and I split one and made Chris drink some of the beers.. I hate beer. We found MarDee and her hubby. 

The biggest reason you go into the bar at Usana.. The bathrooms. WAY WAY WAY less crowded.. less dirty.. less lines. That is the place to go when you have to go...

The lines all night long for everything were ridiculous. Once Luke Bryan started we were able to get Tshirts. There was no wait by then. All we did was miss seeing his opening song and its not really a big deal because you can still hear it. 

 We were actually a lot closer than the pictures look.. 

 Chris was cracking me up. He is so friendly once he gets warmed up a little. We were dancing non stop pretty much. He danced with everyone. He wants to make sure that all those around him are having as much fun as he is. The girl behind us cracked me up. She very sweetly turned to her boyfriend and said see honey you need to be more like that and have more fun! 

Chris had one goal that night.. He wanted to dance with a bunch of girls in wheelchairs. We were on the first row and then there was all the handicap accessible places in front of us. So all those on crutches or wheelchairs were right there. He wanted to make their nights and ensure they were having fun. He asked me if it was ok and I just laughed at him. Of course!!! So he danced with one girl who was in a severe car accident at 20 and could stand but couldn't really walk. There was a guy he started talking to earlier in the night who had triplet daughters that were 13. One of the triplets fell out of a tree at 10 and was paralyzed from the waist down. He went up to her dad who was sitting with them. Asked him if it was ok if he danced with his daughter. The guy stood up, shook his hand and walked off to get a drink. When the dad passed me he was teared up and gave me a big thumbs up. The girl didnt know what to think! It was so cute! He makes me so proud sometimes. He came back and gave me a big kiss and told me thank you for being ok with him dancing with other women. I just laughed and told him Im not worried. He can dance with all the girls in wheelchairs he wants to.

 Luke Bryan put on the best show I have ever been to. I love it because it was simple. It was about playing music and entertaining the crowds.. not fancy backgrounds and flashy things. He played a bunch of songs and danced around. Man that guy can move and shake.. its mesmerizing! He had another new singer who was in town Cole Swidell come out and sing a song. Then he pulled the other two bands that were there for the night out to the stage with them. They sat in a big circle passing around a mason jar and singing songs together. He played some Sarah Barelli, Metallica and a few other groups too. They just sat on the boxes on stage and sang. Towards the end girls kept hopping up on stage and it was cracking him up so much at one point he stopped singing and was laughing. The security tackled one girl it was awesome! I must say if he comes to town again that is one show I will make sure I have a ticket for.