Casting Crowns

Jeremy and I were blessed this weekend to get away from the Valley heat and head up to beautiful Flagstaff, AZ. We had tickets to see the Christian band Casting Crowns perform at the Pine Mountain Amphitheater, a small outdoor venue in the middle of the woods.

Jeremy, me, my co-worker Christina, her husband Adam, and my friend Cherish left the Valley at 8:30 am on Saturday and we got up to Flagstaff by 11:30 am. The weather was quite a bit cooler which was a nice change.

We decided to camp as it cost just $5 per couple and it was on site, meaning we could walk to the concert. This saved us about $90 per couple for a hotel room and driving to the concert where we would've had to deal with parking, as well.

We got up there early enough to set up our camp and do a little walking around. The campsite was in walking distance to the Amphitheater, as well as the Fairgrounds which was hosting a Dog Show. We wandered around the Dog Show for a bit and laughed at the fluffy poodles and long haired Yorkies.

We were joined by 2 couples from our church, Jade and Amy, and Dave and Kim around 3:00 pm. We began cooking up our dinner of hamburgers, hot dogs, and brats then headed over to the venue to get a good spot in line since we had General Admission Lawn Seats.

Our plan succeeded as we ended up in the "front row" of the lawn. The only problem was we had a spot light in our way, but it was still a decent spot.

We enjoyed each others company and Kettle Corn while we awaited the performers to take the stage. We didn't have to wait long before Justin Unger came on, followed by the Daniel Doss Band. Everyone was really impressed by the Daniel Doss Band.

Finally, Casting Crowns took the stage. They performed many of their hits and some new or unpopular songs which were all great.

Funny comment by Mark Hall, lead singer and Youth Pastor in his testimony: "I struggled with, number 1, Dyslexia, number 2, A.D.D., and number 3, ...who needs a number 3?!" Side note, he shared that testimony when we saw them in Dallas, TX, and he added that he is easily distracted onstage; if he sees "something shiny in the audience" he can forget the words to the songs... that he wrote! In Dallas, he must've seen something shiny as he did forget some words, but in Flagstaff he did just fine!


We enjoyed a great concert and a great time hanging out at the campsite. We also enjoyed teasing Jade about his iPhone and all it's fabulous abilities! (We were all just jealous that we don't have an iPhone).


We had a good breakfast at The Place in Flagstaff. I believe God was really blessing us, as the waitress kept bringing us 2 of every drink we ordered and even some food that didn't belong to us. But, as the Lord giveth, He also taketh away, and the food that was not ours was swooped off to another table. The food that we did get, that we ordered, was very delicious!


Christina ordered a cheddar cheese omelet and was presented with a chicken omelet... She was not too pleased with that, but we were able to get that problem remedied fairly quickly. The waitress explained that she couldn't hear very well so she decided it was surely a chicken omelet that Christina ordered.


Another funny story is we discovered that people find that Jeremy looks similar to Will Smith and Jeremy says he gets it all the time. What do you think?







Well, it was a great time and I wish I could think of the other funny events that went on. If anyone that went is reading this, please feel free to comment other funny happenings of the weekend.