Monday, May 5, 2008

Stagecoach Country Music Festival 2008!

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Lauren got last minute (free!) tickets to the Stagecoach festival (its basically Coachella for country music) from one of her coworkers whose brother works for the concert promoter. It was at the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, CA (Palm Springs) where Coachella was the weekend before - even the set-up was the same. Lauren LOVES country music and couldn't wait to see many of her favorites! Some of the acts were: Taylor Swift, Trace Adkins, Big & Rich, The Judds, Carrie Underwood, Tim McGraw and Lauren's personal favorite - Rascal Flatts. Here are some pictures of our 2 days of Stagecoach festivities...

DAY 1:
I think we're in the right place... :)
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the VIP section really wasn't all that great...
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we found our friends Sara & Hilary in the midst of thousands of people!
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weird toothpick thing...
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a truck?
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Lauren felt like she needed a cowboy hat...
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us
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let's get this night started!
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RASCAL FLATTS!! :)
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waiting for "Life is a HIghway"
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DAY 2:

ready for more fun!
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Trace Adkins
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yum!
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John from Big & Rich
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sharing a romantic kiss while they were performing "Lost in this Moment" ...its in our wedding video :)
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Carrie Underwood... she was great!
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TIM MCGRAW!
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and then Brian had to drag me out singing along to TIm all the way...

What a tiring, eventful and great weekend! (aside from what happened on the way home...)

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Viva Las (Justin's 21st in) VEGAS!

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February 12th was Justin's 21st birthday, and being the wonderful brother/sister-in-law we are, we decided we'd take Justin to Vegas, because after all, what's a 21st birthday without Vegas?! :) Justin also has new girlfriend, Ashley, who's great, so the four of us took a nice long road trip to Vegas at the end of February! We stayed at the Las Vegas Hilton... Here's a little documentation of our fun trip...

Justin and Ashley slept most of the way there... thanks for the company, guys!
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checking into the hotel - Justin playing around with his new camera...
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cutest hubby ever :)
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now we're ready for Vegas!
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Justin brushing up on his bible studies
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just a little love tap...
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:)
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Justin gambling his first dollar, legally...
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and losing it!
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we bought Justin his first drink... a very large, expensive drink... but it was yummy!
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Justin and Lauren taking jello shots at Fat Tuesday's
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Justin challenged Brian to air hockey... and won
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waiting for the fountains at the Bellagio
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at the Rainforest Cafe for dinner... nice hat...
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another drink for the birthday boy
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happy birthday!
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he's a pirate...
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the old married couple :)
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a little inside joke..
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just the 4 of us :)
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Ashley and Lauren looking ridiculous in rainforest gear
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some fun in the hotel before we head off to the Stratosphere...
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Justin and Ashley taking shots...
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FYI water is not the best chaser...
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a cool picture Lauren took outside of the hotel...
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and we're off to the Stratosphere to ride the Big Shot!
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yeah this was NOT the ride we were doing...
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what a gorgeous view!
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our picture on the ride! (Brian doesn't do heights, so Lauren went with Ashley and Justin)
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post Big-Shot... it was slightly windy up there...
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getting ready for Justin's official birthday dinner in Vegas...
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hmmm....
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Justin and Ashley... cute
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mr. and mrs. :)
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happy birthday, little brother!
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Justin caught this great picture on the way home... :/
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overall, a great trip!!