Wonderful Weekend!!!

Last week I posted about our upcoming weekend, well it turned out fabulous!!! We all had a great time in Texas! We left out Friday afternoon. Byron got off work early that day due to the fact that it was raining. We desperately needed the rain around here and we got 3 days of it! YAY!!! The timing was great because both kids got a nap in on our way down to my sister's. The kids slept for about an hour and finished the trip off by watching Madagascar and eating Skittles! We met Amy and Keely for dinner. Kiley was with her volleyball team watching the high school volleyball team play. Friday evening we just hung out and enjoyed ourselves.

Saturday morning started out with Starbucks coffee, yummy!!! For us who live in the sticks Starbucks is an amazing treat! The closest Starbucks is an hour away, and unfortunately we have no local coffee shop providers! So I am always thrilled when I can get my hands on a tasty white chocolate mocha!!! Okay, back to the rest of the morning. The kids of course had a special treat in chocolate milk and donuts!!! DELICIOUS!!!

After breakfast we were off to watch Kiley and her team play in their volleyball tournament. Can I tell you how much fun volleyball is?! So sad that Oklahoma isn't a big volleyball state! The very large schools in Oklahoma have it, but its not really that big! Now Texas is a different story!!! Its a very big sport there! Its a great team sport that is indoors, which is a huge bonus for fans, its exciting with lots of action, and its a relatively easy sport to understand. Kiley's team is a pretty good little team, too!!! This is Kiley's first year to play. She is doing really well. She has such amazing athletic ability so once the concept of the game really sinks in she will do great! By their 3rd match I think she really started to understand the game and built up some great confidence. The bummer part is we missed out on her 3rd and 4th matches b/c the kids needed naps and then Byron and I went to the concert. Kiley's team did a great job and won their tournament!!!

Now, to Saturday evening!!! Byron and I had a great time at the Brad Paisley concert despite the rain! Thankfully, we had stopped and got ponchos to wear. Our seats were right on the edge of the covering. Even though we did get some of the rain, the covering did help. Unlike, the grass area those people were soaked!!! They didn't care a bit, that might be due to the fact that they were a little intoxicated! Jimmy Wayne and Dierks Bentley were the show openers! Jimmy Wayne has a great voice, but neither of them were too impressive. Brad Paisley was INCREDIBLE!!! I can definitely understand why he has one several entertainer of the year awards! He is an amazing guitarist. He played at least 10 different guitars during the show! The technology they use during the show is phenomenal! Its by far one of the best shows I have ever seen! If you ever get the chance to see him live I encourage you to do so!!! Unfortunately, I have no pictures to share! 2 reasons why I don't have pictures! The first is that on our tickets it stated no cameras, no video recording, etc. So I am always leery as to what that means. Of course, everyone had their cameras. Secondly, with the rain I was afraid of ruining my camera. I just got it for my birthday in November so I would have been sick if something would have happened to it! All in all, it was still a great night listening to Brad Paisley!!!

Sunday, we made a few stops at some stores and headed home. The kids were awake the whole drive home and did fabulous!!! Byron came home and went to work for a little bit on one of his side jobs, I got things put away from the trip, and the kids played! We had a great, great weekend!!!