When I look at the stars....

I see...

The beautiful San Diego...

The lovely Moonlight beach...

and of course the most amazing band ever!!

I'M GOING TO THE 6TH ANNUAL SWITCHFOOT BRO-AM!!!!

My dad is so creative!

The scene he made this year

was from a picture Tim and I took

at my first Bro-Am!

Blue sky, loud music, and of course, red velvet cake

Twenty one! Six flags over Georgia!

Since I'm really not much of a roller coaster rider, I wasnt totally looking forward to this show. Don't get me wrong, I was pumped about the show, just not where the show was.

We got up early that saturday...really early. We left our house at 7:00am. My parents, aunt, cousin, Sloen and Jonathan came also. I was excited they were coming with me, espeically Jonathan, but I was also pumped about seeing all my Switchfoot buddies there! Anna, Laura, and Susie, all absolutely AMAZING photographers. I love them to death. So anyways...when we got there we called Ike and he came to the gates to get the sweet tea for the guys and something extra...Drew's favorite cake, red velvet cake for his birthday! After that Jonathan and Neet (aunt) rode some rides...since I refused to get anywhere close to them. Then about 3:00 we got in line.

We sat there until 5:00, when the doors opened, talking to Anna and her aunt, Merril, and Laura. (Susie was backstage...taking Jon's advice and acting like she knew what she was doing!(; )When the rather mean security guards let us in they yelled, and i mean YELLED "IF YOU PASS ME OR ANY OF THE OTHER GUARDS YOU WILL NOT GO TO THE CONCER!!!!" It was a little frightening, I'm not going to lie. Then, after getting yelled at, we were hearded (yes, like cows) to the stage. It was quite an experience for all of us I'm sure...

So during the show the guys used the cake we had brought them when they sang happy birthday to Drew! It was so incredible!

                                                               Picture taken by Laura!

This was definitely my all time favorite show picture-wise...here are some are my favorites that I took!:

Probably one of my favorite pictures ever

If you want to see more of the pictures click HERE 

Insanely awesome show! I can't wait until the next one...hopefully it will be in San Diego for the Bro-Am!

'Kid with the Bullet Soul...'

Switchfoot concert number twenty. Wow. It has truely been the best times in the past four years. From standing in line for hours and hours, waiting for doors to open, to the excitment of watching the guys surfing at the Bro-Am. It has all been beyond worth it.


This concert was very speical to me. It was in my hometown and all my friends were there. Anna and her family also came. It was great seeing them, as always!


I checked out of school around one and got to Workplay around 1:30. I called Ike (for those who are not Switchfoot fans....Ike is Switchfoot's manager, and quite possibly one of my favorite people.) and he came outside to get the sweet tea we had brought him and the guys(tradition..). We all waited in line for, hm, lets see, about six hours. We had some back ground music- Adam playing some Matthew Mayfield. Pretty much perfectly too!


So, if you are a 'Friend of the Foot', you get in for soundcheck and you get to hang out with the guys for a little while before the show. I was going to take Jonathan, Lakyn, and Kelsey back with me. At four Ike and Andy (photographer) came out and put wrist bands on us and let us in. The guys were already on stage playing a new song, well a new cover of a song. Sabotage by The Beastie Boys. It was an interesting twist to Switchfoot.


After soundcheck, all the guys came down to talk to us. Chad gave Jonathan some Drumsticks, which was pretty awesome. Drew and Jerome both talked to us for a really long time. Jerome asked Jonathan if he needed to go have a talk with him in the corner. Drew asked my mom if he was a good guy. She said yes, of course, since he is. The boys are always looking out for me!(: 
When we started talking to Tim he pulled out a pic and signed it like he had for my tenth concert. It said "Happy 20th! Love, Tim." It was pretty awesome, here's some pictures!

Me and Anna before the show!

Lakyn, Kelsey, Me, and Jonathan

at the soundcheck!

Jonathan, Me, Jon, Lakyn, and Kelsey

Jonathan, Chad, and Me

Jonathan, Jerome, and Me

Jonathan, Tim, and Me

Us with Andy!

So after the soundcheck/meet and greet was over, we all went back outside. Callie, Zach, Ryan, and Catherine had all gotten there. I was so excited to have everyone at the show! When the doors opened, this time to go into the show, we all rushed to the left side of the stage (Tim's side) and took tons of pictures! Here's two of my favorites:

The show was probably my favorite show I've seen so far. The set list was incredible! I wish I could relive this one! Here are my favorite shots from the show!:

I think this is one of my favorite pictures

It was such a wonderful show! Definitely the best I've been to!

Next post: Six Flags over Georgia number 21

The Needle in a Haystack

So, it all started about four years ago when my dad suprised me with my first Switchfoot concert in Nasvhille, Tennessee. I had been a Switchfoot fan for a while, but this changed everything. It was one of the best experiances of my life. I made a sign that said "Tim, please hand me your pic!" that I was going to hold up during the show for my favorite member of the band to see. Tim Foreman, worlds best (and most attractive) bass player. When my dad told me to make a sign for him, I thought he was insane. Turns out; he was right. After their closing song, Dare You to Move, sure enough Tim reached down and handed me a pic. From then on, Switchfoot concerts have pretty much been my life.  I have traveled to Tennessee, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi,  and even their hometown of San Diego, California to see them, for a grand total of 19.


Switchfoot concert...

Number One: Nashville, TN. November 16, 2006 Picture not avalible...very unattractive. First Pic from Tim Foreman.
Number Two: NOLA, March 22, 2007. First time meeting the band...and still in braces. Picture also not avalible.
Number Three: Mobile, AL. October 28, 2007. No picture...they have seemed to disappear..
Number Four: Atlanta, GA. November 4, 2007.
Number Five: NOLA, March 30, 2008. One of my top five favorites. I am on their 'dailyfoot' website the next day!

Jon Foreman and I after the show

Number Six: Troy, AL. April 18, 2008. Met one of my very close friends, Anna, and her family on this weekend of shows. First 'Friends of the Foot' meet and greet. Also, Jon pulled my sign on stage that I had made that said 'Spending the weekend with Switchfoot!"

Jerome signing my FOTF pass

Number Seven: Hattiesburg, MS. April 19, 2008.

Chad and I holding my sign I made for the weekend

Number Eight: Huntsville, AL. April 20, 2008. Second time to appear on the dailyfoot!

Number Nine: San Diego, CA. June 6, 2008. The Bro-am. (Click to read about it.)

Number Ten: Sweet Home Alabama. September 18, 2008. Pic from Tim signed 'Happy tenth!'

Jon, Tim, and I, number ten!

Number Eleven: Orange Beach, AL. December 4, 2008. Personal one on one meet and greet with Tim.

Number Twelve: Biloxi, MS. December 6, 2008. One of my top favorites. One on one meet and greet with entire band. First 'group' picture with the guys.

Number Thirteen: (La Jolla) San Diego, CA. June 25, 2009. Bro-am Auction. Won guitar hero guitars played by switchfoot in their 'Awakening' music video. I met Kipton Locke. O my!

Most beautiful man alive: Kiptyn Locke

Number Fourteen: (Del Mar) San Diego, CA. June 26, 2009. San Diego County Fair. One word: Wow.

Jon and Tim Foreman during the freeze in American Dream.

Number Fifteen: San Diego, CA. June 27, 2009. Second Bro-am

Drew

Tim

Jon

Number Sixteen: Atlanta, GA. August 21, 2009. Happy late Birthday, Timmy! And I like Ike shirts. (Ike: Manager we all love an adore.) My first aftershow.

Number Seventeen: Myrtle Beach, SC. August 22, 2009. We take the guys to the beach...to surf.

"When life gives you lemons you make lemon-ade,

When life gives you hurricanes, you go surfing."

Number Eighteen: Atanta, GA. November 24, 2009.  Hello Hurricane.

Number Nineteen: NOLA, March 30, 2010.

Jerome playing cowbell

Tim.

 

Jon

Me with Drew

He is excited about meeting

Jonathan at the next show...

and so is Jerome.

Me with Jerome

Number Twenty: Sweet Home Alabama, once again. March 29, 2010. Favorite show. Tim signs pic 'Happy 20th!'

To be continued...next post dedicated to number twenty, the best of all the shows so far!