Date Night!

What a busy weekend we've had! I haven't had a chance to get through all my pictures yet, so I may be telling you stories backwards.

Like I told you yesterday, we spent allllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll day Saturday working crazy hard on projects around the house. I have brag on Ryan, because he is so knowledgeable about so many things and can do almost anything we need all by himself. Together we worked on painting the deck, but he did almost everything on the ripping out of the fence. It was a complete ordeal, and I'll have to tell you more about it later.

We definitely were tired yesterday, but we went to church (and it was such an amazing service) and then we had our nephew's first birthday party, where I was on picture-taking detail. So we were just on the go the whole time!

But I had seen a few weeks back that our good friend Brent Vernon was going to be IN OUR COUNTY for a concert last night, so we just had to go. He's not in Indiana all that often, so when he is, we try so hard to make sure we see him!

First of all, let me say that although he was here in our county, we drove through some parts of it that neither of us had ever been to before, and I felt like we had been transported to a whole other part of the state. All these back, winding roads and hills and creeks...what??? It was a beautiful drive.

We got to the church early, but the parking lot was already packed, and so was the sanctuary!

It's been about two years since we saw him, so it was really great to meet up with him, and we just hung out in a (literal) back pew so all the people there could get up close. (And so I could take pictures without annoying everyone around me.)

If you haven't heard of Brent before, you should definitely check out his site. He's super talented and can do everything: he sings, plays the piano, writes music, writes and illustrates children's books, and is a ventriloquist. And in his spare time...(ha!)

Here we are: back pew date!

These aren't the most high-quality photos, because I was just using my phone, but here are a few peeks at the evening:

Singing AND playing at once: amazing talent in my opinion.

Sam the dummy (aka his ventriloquist figure). Ryan and I both really like the Sam routine, and we laugh EVERY SINGLE TIME. Even if we've heard the story before.

He sang some of our favorites - including the song that Ryan sang at my sister's church last year when we visited there. (I dared Ryan to rush the stage and sing it with him as a duet.)

After it was over, we waited in line to talk with him for a while. Because the line was so long, I didn't ask for a new group picture with him. Next time, right?? :)

It was a great evening of music and fun, and we were glad to have a date at the same time!