Yesterday

Celebrate Freedom was AMAZING!!! Oh my gosh!!! Here is a sampling of the pics. Visit my Photobucket page for the complete portfolio.

My Day:
7:45 - leave to get haircut
8:15 - get haircut
~8:25 - leave barber shop
8:29 - come to an intersection with two Texacos.
9:03 - arrive at Southfork Ranch (where they filmed the TV show Dallas)
~9:22 - begin enjoying music
unknown - Jump5 comes on. Stop enjoying music.
~30 min. later - Jump5 finishes. Continue enjoying music.
~10:35 - leave during last 2 songs of Smitty to get to car.
10:53 - got in car to leave
12:13 - Andy calls to ask if I'm out yet. I say no, I'm still in my parking space. He repeats in astonishment. I hear laughter in the background. [angrily shakes fist]
12:14 - Andy says I should have taken a nap. We hang up.
12:15 - wish I had taken a nap.
12:16 - drove out of parking space
12:25 - pull onto street outside ranch property
12:53 - arrive home...finally

The Lineup:
Kennedy
Joel Engle
Phil Wickham
Aaron Shust
Todd Agnew
Jump5
Anthony Evans
Afters
Kutless
Building 429
Matthew West
Mark Schultz
Jeremy Camp
Chris Tomlin
MercyMe
[fireworks]
Michael W. Smith

Let me tell you, these guys were fantastic. I'd never heard of about a third or half of them, but they were pretty good (mostly). Chris Tomlin performed at sunset, which was amazing. Mark Schultz had a new song about war. He said the Pentagon worked with him to make a music video to send to the troops. He played with the video, and it was fantastic. VERY patriotic. Smitty introduced some new songs for the world, as did a couple others. It was just outstanding. Words cannot describe. Or, rather, there are too many words to describe.

Supposedly, there were about 200,000 people there! That's amazing. They had to cut the fireworks short because the wind was blowing the debris into the crowd. Safety first, kids! I got a CD by the Afters and Phil Wickham, which I am thoroughly enjoying. You should jump on 'em. They're really good.

I am DEFINITELY going next year. Fo sho.