May May May

Where did April go? Time needs to slow down jjuusstt a little bit. I feel like I can't keep up!

To start, let me just say that my luck with radio contests is phenomenal. I get it from my dad. I won a contest to meet Ingrid Michaelson and to have a private performance! Not only that, but we ended up being V.I.P. guests. Wwhhaaattt! Front row, gifts, and just pure awesomeness. So I took my friend Jess, and April went out with a bang. 

Check out the performance H E R E .

My brother and I brought in May Day with some Ellie Goulding. I mean, what better way to celebrate a new month, right?! I got tickets for my birthday last year and thought it was the greatest concert ever, then I got tickets again this year, and the concert was 100 times better! I was speechless at how incredible it was! Biggest girl crush alert right there. I could go to her show over and over again. And let's talk about her hair. I WANT IT. And she did the running man. Freaking yes.

I've been L O V I N G this warm sunshine weather. Like, I can't get enough of it. I've been trying to soak it all in! I spent Friday afternoon out in the yard with my dad and it felt amazing! Later that night we had a little adventure and walked through car lots. Is that allowed? Then we got Chili's chips and salsa and watched Remember the Titans!

Watch the whole thing... it starts out slow, but I promise you'll giggle in the middle!

Look at this cute pup!

And look at these pansies!! 

Not just towed... CRUSHED AND MELTED. 

To finish the weekend off, I've been hanging out with my mom! Perms, Pretty in Pink, New Years Eve, Rock of Ages and My Best Friend's Wedding. Plus the best salsa chicken ever. 

May is off to a pretty good start! Let's just hope it doesn't go by too fast!!

Oh Brother

I live an extremely entertaining life. You know the phrase "there's never a dull moment", I put that into full circle. I always have unusual things happen to me, and my friends and family find it quite funny. Me on the other hand, not so much. Not until after anyways, and when I say unusual, I mean if you can think of the most bizarre, realistic situation, I've most likely experienced it or come close to experiencing it. I'm okay with it though. It's my life, and like I said, it's an entertaining one. :)

With this being said, one thing you should know about me is I love to dance. Not the choreographed type of dance, but the spur of the moment, go with the beat type of dance. Am I a good dancer? Absolutely not. Do I care? Not at all. I love it! I rarely walk around without a hop in my step and a beat in my head. My family will be the first to tell you that I will do the same dance move over and over until I discover one that catches my attention once again. 

I also love to eat. Especially chocolate things. Chocolate cake, chocolate milk, chocolate frosting, chocolate candy, chocolate cookies, you name it, and it easily takes first rank on my food list. Have you ever eaten a Little Debbie Swiss Roll? They're good, not super great, but good, and we had some! I like to eat my food, not have it thrown on the ground. Welcome to the life of Alexa (shown in two minutes). 

Like I said, my life is entertaining. I have a talented bunch of siblings. One is extremely talented musically, one is very athletic, and one is an amazing artist. Not only that, but all three of them are hilarious. Somehow I missed out on that trait... anyways, today Caden was in the high school talent show. He had written a song a few months ago and decided to audition! He did so good, and I love when he plays and sings for us! 

Over the past week I had the opportunity to go to both the Ellie Goulding and Ed Sheeran concerts! Ellie, she's outstanding. Absolutely incredible. If you ever have the opportunity to go, I definitely recommend it! She's one talented woman. Ed, was also really good! I didn't like the setting of his concert, and I think that if it had been somewhere different, I would have enjoyed myself more, but all in all, he is also extremely talented and a great one to see! 

As you can see, I've had quite a great week, and it's still going. I spent the day with my dad, cutting hair, and watching basketball. Ending it with another game tomorrow night! Life is good my friends, life is good.

To My Fellow Bucketlisters

Sometimes I tend to get overly excited about things.  I can't help it.  It's just who I am. I also have a bucketlist, as do many others.  I've noticed though, that not a lot of events get checked off which is kind of depressing.  It makes it more like a dream-that's-never-going-to-come-true-list.  Anyway, today marked the day for my first item to be checked off.  Woo hoo! Did I / am I still freaking out?  Uh, yeah.  This item happened to be "Meet someone famous."  Now, I know that to some this has already happened, or continues to happen, but for me?  Not until now.  I need to back up a little bit though and tell you how this all panned out.  I have the magic touch on winning radio contests.  I don't know why I got blessed with this gift, but I'm not complaining. (My dad also has this lovely talent).  So, as I am browsing the web one evening at the beginning of the week, I click on my favorite radio station's website.  Skimming over uninteresting news, I notice the 'contest' button. Sure, why not?  As the page loaded, a certain contest caught my eye.  An up close and personal performance with Andy Grammer.  Might as well enter.  

 

 I come home from an extremely long day at school, plop down on the couch, and open up my laptop.  *Note: I hadn't felt well for a week, so school wasn't the most pleasant experience. As it turns on, I automatically check my email; it's just habit to check that first for whatever reason.  I'm scrolling through Facebook and Pinterest notifications when all of the sudden I see the words, "CONGRATULATIONS! You're a winner!"  Excitedly I click to open the email up.  Low and behold, I had won the tickets to this private concert of 40 people.  As I am repeatingly telling my family, I decide to watch the previous year's concert.  This made me want to go right then.  He sounded good, looked good, and even better... they got to meet him. So I continue to research what this was-- Wait.. what? I'M GOING TO MEET HIM?!  I immediately invite my best friend to go with me (even though she didn't know who he was, and my poor brothers and sister were pretty upset I didn't invite them instead), and the adventure began.   

   She drove to my house, and after fixing a flat tire, we ended up just taking her car instead of mine. (Good thing my awesome dad taught me how to fix a flat tire a month ago).  We told Margrett -- her awesome iPhone's GPS -- where to go, and she directed us there awesomely.  We may or may not have been an hour early, but sometimes you just don't know how long it's going to take to get there.  We pull up, wait in the car forever, then decide to head in.  We were the first people there, so we patiently waited for the rest of the winners to arrive.  To our surprise, we got fed the most delicious pizza and breadsticks, with complimentary coke products. *This is all free by the way. Bonus!* They then announce that we may start heading into the Coca-Cola Lounge where the concert would be performed.  As we are waiting with anticipation, the announce Andy Grammer and out he walks.  This extremely attractive, dark haired, tan man.  *Tall, dark and handsome does exsist!!  

He picks up his guitar, and I had already lost it inside. He was INCREDIBLE. He is one of few that sounds better live than recorded.  Not only was he so good, he was super funny, and he kept looking at me and my best friend. (Or maybe we just wanted him to so it seemed like he did. No.. he looked at us.) People got to ask him questions and he told us funny stories as well as sing us some fantastic songs.  When this was finished, we got to take pictures with him.  When it was our turn to go up there, he gave me a huge hug, which I took full advantage of, then said to me "Well hey sweetie! I'm so glad you guys got to come!" Yeah. I about died. Plus he smelled amazing. He then gave Jess a hug and we proceded to take the picture. Walking out, my whole body was shaking from excitement.  That was the best moment of my life.    

 

So, to all my bucketlisters out there who feel they aren't making any progress on checking those suckers off, don't you worry.  It'll happen.

 *Side note. If you are wanting a good movie to see, I highly recommend "The Strange Life of Timothy Green". It's really good.