Stagecoach Photo Explosion

What do you get when you combine 3 days of desert heat, amazing country artists, and a reunion with incredible friends?

Paradise, my friends. 

And a whooole lot of pictures. 

The music? Amazing! 

I posted the entire line up back when it came out in October. This is something we've been looking forward to for a looong time. Basically since the end of last year's Stagecoach. 

Lady Antebellum, Darius Rucker & Zac Brown Band were by far my favorite acts. They were all sooo good, and I would see them again in a heart beat. 

Florida Georgia Line was definitely up there too. Mainly because they were the only artists to come all the way back to where we were in general admission. 

In case you thought I was exaggerating when I tweeted:

I give you:

Amazing, right??

See that arm in the far right with the purple bracelet? Totally mine. 

I'll say it one more time: life = made. 

And what would a country concert be without some line dancing?

This weekend was absolutely amazing. But even more so than the incredible artists, it was these people who made it that way:

It was so great having two of my closest friends finally meet. 

Do you have any friends where you know without a doubt that you wouldn't be the same without them? I do. And she's it:

So thankful for this friendship, and the incredible impact it's had on my life. 

Thanks for being the wonderful best friend that I love soooo much, Kace! I can't wait until our next epic reunion :)

Oh My Word

Pretty sure I said this phrase like 239854 times this weekend. 

Mainly because of the 106 degree weather. But also because of the freaking phenomenal music from so many of my favorite country artists. 

And oh my word were a lot of pictures taken this weekend. 

So here's a teaser:

3 days. 3 nights. 

And still managed to make it to work at 7AM Monday morning. Bam. 

I don't have much to say except

Stagecoach 2013 lineup came out today!!

I am so so excited to go back for another epic country-filled weekend! If you weren't around last April, you can see the recap from last Stagecoach here.

{It was kind of amazing}

Not to mention I just saw Toby in August, and so I know he's a blast live.

Counting down the days people, counting down the days.

Happy Stagecoach Lineup Day Tuesday!!

STAGECOACH

Without further adieu, I give you the best weekend ever. 

Side note: I just got Photoshop, and really wanted to get these photos all jazzed up as practice for using it. Buttt I'm a procrastinator. And it's almost 11PM, and I'm still going off of a few hours of sleep. So I give you edit-less pictures. 

Enjoy!

Day 1:

Loved this girl's hat:

Hard cider is officially my new drink of choice.

What turned into the pose of the weekend:

Made a lot of new friends tailgating (aka trying to finish the beverages we thought we could bring in, but sadly were mistaken).

Day 2:

Twins!

Day 3:

Beer pong champs:

Can you tell that my camera died half way through day 2? Yeah, I came real prepared with my battery charger. 

Not. 

Oh well, my favorite outfit was Day 1 anyway. 

Besides the amazing music (Luke Bryan, Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, Band Perry, Sheryl Crow, just to name a few), the highlight of the trip was probably when I was asked if I was Asian. Can't say that's happened to me before. 

Actually, there were others. But you know what they say. 

What happens at Stagecoach, stays at Stagecoach. ;)