I hope you dance..

Stadium of Fire. It's something we go to every year, well, for the past two at least. Every year with my girl, Vivian, And every year I have this major countdown to it as it's that one night each year when everything, absolutely everything, is perfect.

Vivian came around 7. Ah. It was so good to see her. I haven't seen her since April, so I was pretty happy she was able to come again to SoF this year. We left a few minutes later, my mom dropped us off at the stadium, we got in our seats about 40 minutes early. As we were waiting, I gave her a little surprise that I've had since like.. May, maybe. It was a bracelet that had a little heart charm, a treble clef charm, and some of the lyrics from the song "I Hope you Dance" by Lee Ann Womack on the third charm. Oh it was pretty. And I think she really liked it. I hope. I videoed that song the day after I got the bracelet for her at a performance I had. Yeah, in front of 100ish people, I dedicated a song to my girl and got all worked up singing it :) I may have to post it.

The show started and the opening acts came on, then David Archuleta, and after David, Vivian and I traded seats with my father who was sitting in the VIP sections. Oh it was cool. We were close. Well, not like close close but closer than we were before. It was harder to hug her around the chairs though.

Brad was aboslutely fabulous. He always is such a wonderful performer, relates to the audience, has amazing guitar skills. I love him. He was fabulous. He makes you laugh, makes you cry, makes you smile, he puts you through everything when he's up on that stage. I loved it.

We had VIP tickets to the "after-party". That was a waste. Ha, ha, I mean, all that people did in there was eat. I'm not going to eat a chicken sandwich at 11:00 at night.  But it killed some time so in my opinion it was totally worth it.

Then we went to the other after-party... the party after the after party. Now that is where the party is! Ha, ha, everyone was dancing in the middle of the road. It was great. I've never seen Vivian shake it like that.. ha, ha, ha.

We walked home.. the long way. :) We killed so much time that we walked in the door at 1 in the morning. And then she didn't leave until like 20 minutes later because I wouldn't let her go. I hate that part of the night. It kills me to see her leave. Kills me to see anyone leave. But it gets easier when I realize how incredibly blessed and lucky I am to even have her to miss.

Just watch me say this and it won't ever happen, but oh I hope it does. We talked about Nashville. She's never been, I've never been. She wants to go, I want to take her. Can you imagine? How insane that would be? I would die. From laughter. :) Oh man. But hey, for her even to say she wants to go with me, wow. That right there means the world so I think I'm okay if we don't go.

I love that girl so dang much it hurts. I can't wait to see her again. She's one of those people you just get a rush with. A total rush that you can't even breathe when she hugs you because it's the most amazing thing you've ever felt. I love her more than anyone in this world. I will always.

I love her.

Little Miss Erika