Sunday, May 03, 2009

Can't Rain on My Parade DAVE!

Dave Matthews Band Concert.
Saturday, May 2nd @ 7:00pm.
Superpages.com Center, Dallas, TX (outside venue with lawn seating).

The Set List:
Bartender
Stay or Leave
Where Are You Going
Funny The Way It Is
You Might Die Trying
Spaceman
Cornbread
The Maker (Daniel Lanois cover)
Why I Am
Crush
When The World Ends
Dancing Nancies
Warehouse
Crash Into Me
Grey Street

Encore:
Ants Marching
All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan cover)



Joe's early birthday present to Suz.



Heavy rain pouring down, crazy flooding, lightening crashing all around...are we going to waive the white flag and head back to safety???



HECK NO! Molly and I purchased these awesome rain boots at Academy...best $12 I've ever spent in my life!



Party on, dudes...



Found a covered area to wait out the lightening storm...it was so crazy...but we were DETERMINED to have fun!



Me and my sweetie fell in love over our passion for Dave Matthew's music! The last time we saw him perform live was 3-4 years ago....waaaaaay too long for us!


Molly and Katie trying to stay as dry as possible



"Here Comes the Sun (du du du du)" Joe and Sheedy--excited about the rain easing up for 2 seconds...looks promising!



One more picture and then we headed into the MUD-tastic venue for the show! (Oh yah--did I mention it was outside on a HUGE grassy hill? SWEETNESS!)


We had such a great time! The rain held off until the very end, when it began to POUR DOWN again...but it was so much fun and worth every article of cold, damp clothing sticking to my body! Thanks to Grandma Kate for watching all 4 quads by herself! (which is NO small feat!) One of the best birthday presents ever!

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40 comments:

Amazing Greis said...

AWESOMENESS!!! Looks like ya'll had a blast. I'll be doing the same thing today, except I'll be watching Kenny Chesney. He'll be here in Houston at the Woodlands Pavillion (also outside, and a grassy hill will be involved!) It's supposed to rain, so it should make for some fun muddy excitement. There will definitely be some alcoholic beverages involved.

Have a great week.

Anonymous said...

Sounds like an awesome night!!! :)

Mercedes said...

Happy Birthday! Sometime the most fun is when things are not perfect!

Kathryn said...

Woo! Dave is my FAVORITE! I actually just saw him in Birmingham on 4/20. He was amazing...that was about the same play list we had as well! I have video of it on my blog. I love your blog...been lurking for a while...your kids are precious!

Charity Donovan said...

Yay!!!!! So glad you had a great time Suz!!! Fun! Fun!!! Fun!!!! =)

Roan said...

Happy Birthday! I am glad yall had such a great time!

da momma said...

true fans! we love him too! glad yall got to go!! Happy bday!

Ali said...

Small world: a friend of mine and Gen's from high school was there, too! Glad you had fun.

Elyse said...

YAY for a fun night. Happy Birthday! Looks like you guys made the BEST out of the storm :) Grandma Kate must be super gma while watching the kiddos in the rain. Hopefully they were not too scared for grandma with the storms!
~Elyse~

cat said...

Oh that looks great! I love Dave Matthews - obviously being South African and all.

Anonymous said...

How Sweet :)

Happy Birthday!

The Cochran Crew said...

You SO deserved it! And you sported those rain boots woman!! Luv Ya!

Elizabeth said...

Love your boots!!!! So glad you had fun!!

Joy said...

Happy Birthday! Looks like you guys had such a great time!! Aaron and I fell in love through our mutual love of DMB as well! We try to go every year, but its not gonna happen this year because #4 will be born right before he is in town. Bummer! I'm jealous...it looks like you guys had a wonderful time despite the rain!

Momma-of-5 said...

LOOKS LIKE FUN! Hey, you've got Quads...mud can't scare you! =)

Abby said...

I absolutely LOVE the garbage bag ponchos!!! They work pretty well, eh? =)

(Even better when adorned with colored ducktape, by the way.)

Janai Rogers said...

I love reading your blog, and now I have another reason. Not only are you guys Aggies, mom of multiples, but your friends with Katie! We went to junior high and high school together and have known each other for years! Looks like you guys had tons of fun!

IVF Again! said...

Fun, fun! My husband and I went to see Dave a week ago in NC. It was awesome, as always! We love DMB!

Rachel said...

How awesome! Nick and I are going to see Dave in July...sure, we'll have a 2 month old by then, but it is SO worth it! :)

debi9kids said...

OMGosh! How fun!!!! Great pictures and what an awesome gift!
LOVE the kissy pic of the two of you! Could you seriously be any cuter???

Teresa @ Grammy Girlfriend said...

Too sweet...The cutest blog ever...Love it.

I so enjoyed reading your blog. I am still so new to blogging, but love reading others stories.
Everyone has a story and so many of them are so touching....
Hope you will stop by for a visit.
The May give-away has started and this month there will be 10 winners.
I will be blogging from Disney World soon...

Kaci said...

Sounds fantastic!!!!! Glad you had a great time!

Bethany said...

What an awesome gift! Glad you all had fun- Happy Birthday!!

The Drama Mama said...

Yup...I thinking rain or shine that would have been amazing! So glad you guys got to do that! Hugs!

Kelly @ Life As A Martin said...

My husband and I share such an intense bond over Dave. I'll have to check if he is coming near us anytime soon. We have EVERY CD he has ever made but never seen him live.

Kelly in MS

jenn said...

I LOVE LOVE LOVE DAVE TOO! he is coming next month and you bet your bottom dollar we have tickets! and will be sitting on the lawn as well! rain or shine...i will drag hubby there! ive been going to dave concerts every year since about 2000. matt is a fan by default...i HAVE to go to the concert, so i make him go too! and we both always have a great time! last year, the concert was at Busch stadium (where my beloved st.louis cardinals play)...that was cool! looks like you guys had a great time!

MEGAN said...

Happy Birthday!

emily bennett said...

Suz- how do you "strike-through" one of your words in the title, or in a post? I can't figure it out!

beth ewing said...

too funny...my hubby and i are the same. in fact that was my first present to him when we were dating...tickets to DMB. glad you guys got out and had fun.

Mica said...

I knew ya'll had to be Dave fans! Youre just too cool not to be:) I swear, DMB has the most loyal fans EVER! I'm from Indiana and we go every year to see them at an outside venue similar to what you described. I stood in a thunderstorm/monsoon (HA!) a few years ago...although it wasn't ideal weather, we wouldn't have missed it for the world. LOVE me some Dave!! Glad you had a rockin' time.

TheBMillers said...

How fun and Happy Birthday - mine was last week and my hubby bought us Cold Play tickets in August - which is outside and we have lawn tickets.. I will think to pack my rain gear j.u.s.t in case now...

Barbi

We are the Smith Family said...

How fun...so proud you got to do this!!! Loved the boots!

MELANIE said...

:) He did put on a good show! I was there and SO excited he played my FAVORITE song--Grey Street! That was my 14th show and maybe one of the best yet! Glad y'all got a night out!

Moni Graf said...

Way to make lemonade out of big, sloshy, wet lemons . I guess sometimes it's more fun to get down and dirty in boots and ponchos, as evidenced by the pics!

Hope you have a great birthday, mama!

Love ya!
Moni

Maria and Michael's Mommy said...

Awesome!!! I can't wait to see Dave again! I have him all over the music player on my blog. : ) I try to see him everytime he comes to the Chicago area. : ) Glad you still had a good time! Oh and I love the boots!

The Synnott's said...

my husband was there... he said the weather was sooo bad! looks like yall had a blast though

Alisha said...

Looks like you had a blast!!! I love Dave Matthews! But I have never been to a concert. :S

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jag said...

Suz! This looks like a fun time! Sure, it was raining, but you guys made the most of it! Good for you! Glad you had a blast!

The Morrow Family said...

Hey Suz and Joe!!! This is Cassie Hocking-Morrow...the crazy girl that walked up to you at DMB concert adn told you how much I love you and your family and blog!!! I went to HS with Genny McNulty...anyway...wanted to tell you again what a pleasure it was to meet the two of you...I knd of felt like I met a couple of celebreties...:)! Hope you had fun at the concert...I know I did...rain and all!
XO
Cassie Hocking-Morrow

Christi @ Writing the Waves said...

Funny! We had a rain out concert last weekend too...MAJOR rain out...and had driven 5 hours with 4 couples! Oh well...gotta make the best of it!

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