i had a very full and fun weekend. friday night lindsey, mandii, and i went to the david crowder band concert. it was excellent, but there were a couple of bonuses. first, one of the opening bands, mute math, was amazing! one of my favorite things to do is find new, good music, so i was having a blast. they have an ep out and it is ok, but it doesn't do justice to their live show. you should definitely check out their video.

the second bonus came from one of the guitarist in dcb. dave stopped the show abruptly to tell us a story about how jason, one of the guitarists, had been staying up with their bus driver, playing on the cb and convincing truckers that he was garth brooks. so, jason sang a quick excerpt from an old garth song, "the dance." jason sounded just like him. it was hilarious, but also a little bizarre. we were all amazed.

after the show we went to outback and got some ridiculously large desserts. i think i decided that night that chocolate and raspberry sauce may be the most perfect food combination.

anyway, mandii introduced me to another band, frou frou. from first listen i liked them. i love many things about mandii larsen, but one of my favorite things about her is that we have similar tastes in music - most of the time - there are exceptions. she always knows all the 90s songs i loved (and still love) in high school and college. it is a beautiful thing. anyway, another new band i'm interested in is the killers. lindsey let me hear some of their new cd and i liked most of it. their song that is on the radio right now contains these lyrics, "somebody told me that you had a boyfriend that looks like a girlfriend that i had in february of last year..." you just can't beat that kind of genius in songwriting.

saturday i went to kickboxing (which i'm incredibly sore from), caught a little bit of one of my students' basketball game, took a nap, and went out to pryor, ok to volunteer with compassion at a bebo concert. sunday was another full day. it did not start out well as all the copiers in our entire church decided to rebel and jam up simultaneously. it was horrible. after church i met with my amazing student ministry team, went to another basketball game, went shopping for something to take to the gathering, went home, went to the gathering at the mcilroy's house, came home and watched extreme makover, cried, and went to bed. whew! it was a full weekend as i've already said.

the gathering was great, by the way. jeff built a fire down by the mcilroy's pond and we roasted a hot dogs and sat around the fire and talked and shared our lives. i love those times. i don't think we have enough of them. i think my prayer today for all my friends and family is that they would have times like that - slow, quiet, beautiful times of simply sharing their lives with others. and in honor of lindsey -peace.