Luke Bryan Concert
Posted by Holly Nelson on Saturday, July 25, 2009
Under: Family Fun
Usually we have our Family Fun Day on Saturdays, but this week we made an exception. Our local radio station, KIX 106, sponsors free concerts in the summer. It's called "Kix on Beale". We found out Luke Bryan was coming. He is one of the boys favorites. Even our little 3 year old Luke! So, we surprised the kids, "Guess where we're going tonight!!!". They were so excited. Ryan invited his friend Mathew Weakley. Who, by the way, will be a dirtbiking star when he gets older. (Google him, he's all over the place!) We get downtown Memphis early, find a place to stand, and listen to the first singer Sara Buxton. This was our first time there. If we had known better we would've taken chairs to sit in. The little guys couldn't see unless they were on our shoulders, so they became restless after an hour. You know the usually mantra of a tired, irritated little one, "I'm tired, I'm thirsty, I'm hungry", with the loud whine. The older boys sat/stood closer to the stage, by the policemen! And we tried unsuccessfully to keep the others happy. But when Luke's Song "Country Man" came on our little Luke's eyes brightened. But by then we were already walking out of the park on our way to leave. It was not the Best Family Fun night we have ever had, but overall we all had a great time. Kids had fun, saw someone famous and saw the KIX 106 DJ's. It was time away from the everyday mundane. My hubby was able to take his mind off of work. And I was able to hold Luke for 2-3 hours getting a workout with my arms I wasn't expecting to get! And I met a lady that had 5 grown sons, and she was still sane! Hey, you always have to look at the bright side of things!
Seth, Noah, Luke, Ian, Mathew, Ryan , and Jeff at Handy Park, waiting
The future #1 dirtbiker in America!, Mathew Weakley
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The boys keeping themselves busy. Seth escaped! See next picture!
He squeezed his body through the fence posts. How did he do that!?
DJ's Young and Elder
not a great Pic of Luke Bryan
See how packed the crowd was! It went on forever like that down Beale Street
Our backstage "pass", passing by.
Seth, Noah, Luke, Ian, Mathew, Ryan , and Jeff at Handy Park, waiting
The future #1 dirtbiker in America!, Mathew Weakley
TThe boys keeping themselves busy. Seth escaped! See next picture!
He squeezed his body through the fence posts. How did he do that!?
DJ's Young and Elder
not a great Pic of Luke Bryan
See how packed the crowd was! It went on forever like that down Beale Street
Our backstage "pass", passing by.
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I am a stay-at-home-mom(SAHM) married to the love of my life, Jeff Nelson. We have six wonderful boys. Ryan(13), Seth(11), Ian(8), Noah(5), Luke(4), and Jack (born April 2010). We live in Tennessee on 4 acres. I grew up the first few years of my life on a dairy farm in Missouri and loved country living. I was saved at a young age by the grace of God and shed blood of Jesus during that time of simple country living. That part of my life is very dear to me. God taught me many things as a baby Christian that I can still think about today. Then we moved to Memphis when I was in the 5th grade. I learned to love the city life, too. It was a completely different way of life. My whole family still lives in Missouri, still does a little farming and simple country living. When Jeff, the kids, and I moved from the city to the country, I incorporated my city life with my country background. My mom laughs at me when I cut my grass on my John Deere tractor while drinking my Starbucks Mocha and wearing my fancy sunglasses. And when I am shampooing my carpet in my high-heeled black boots. I just love those boots! But I would love to share about how I got to be the way I am today, The Victoriously Organized Woman! I used to work as a supervisor at bank for years. I had to dress up everyday. After the birth of our second child we decide I should be a SAHM. One of the best decision I've ever made. But I made a bad decision, too. I hardly ever dressed up anymore. I hardly ever wore make-up. After about a year I looked in the mirror and said, "OH MY! Jeff has to come home to this!?!" He is so wonderful he said he liked me that way, "natural". Well , I realized that I didn't. It made me feel bad about myself. I felt disorganized, tired and stressed and a little "rough" looking. I felt I just couldn't get it all done. At this time I was diagnosed with Meniere's Disease. I wasn't able to do certains things. Like mop the floor of my completely hardwood floor home that I was obsessed about keeping clean. The doctor told me I couldn't have salt, caffeine, or stress! "What?! Are you kidding!?" So , then I decided to change my routine,thought pattern, and cooking. I began to get up early, shower and dress, put on make up. Always being ready to leave whenever I needed to. I established routines that helped me eliminate extra cleaning and stresses. I was able to make more time for myself and make more time for my family. And the family had more time for each other. I made more time for God and others. This made me feel better about myself. I am so happy about how this changed my life I want to share it with everyone.
