it's ok, i'm with the band

we are soooo cool. last night we went with the knoxes to bakersfield (waaaaay up the grapevine) to a really strange church called olive drive church for a sonicflood concert. my best friend anna's husband justin is their lead guitarist so we got to see him on stage performing. very cool. (that's him on the left.) the opening band was supposed to be kevin max (max - he is from dc talk) but his wife was having a baby so he pulled out at the last minute (of all the nerve!!!) after the show, we got our autographed pictures (justin wearing make-up that is something i will treasure forever) after standing in line in a freeeezing cold auditorium. then, we went back to the overflow parking lot, we parked there because we are cool and took a tour of the tour bus. that is pretty sweet. except for the bottom bunk - talk about clautrophobia! we went to the after party (ooh la la!) at this sweet house not too far from the hotel the guys were staying at. we basically showed up, ate the food, hung out with justin and left. we didn't meet the host until we were leaving and i never met the hostess. kinda strange. it was a smallish church, so it hink everyone there knoew everyone else. we took justin and the other guitar player (don't know his name...) back to the hotel, then began our long trip home. i think i fell asleep in the middle of a sentence talking with kevin and jeremy on the way back.

the concert was great - they did a mix of old and new stuff, some more worship-ish than others. the kids were really into it (who would have thought - a mosh pit at sonicflood). the second jhalf of the show they got a lot of kinks worked out with the sound system so it was really good. we had a great time and are looking forward to seeing them again at the end of june.

!m!