My friend Penni mentioned to me in early spring that the Backstreet Boys were going to be pretty close to her hometown in concert June 5 at Wild Adventures in Valdosta, GA.  Penni is a HUGE Backstreet Boys fan.  I had been wanting to visit her in Georgia at some point in the near future and decided I might as well come at that time and go to the concert with her.  Our friend Karah was gracious enough to get us front row (and center) seats.  (Thanks, Karah!!!)

I’ve never considered myself that much of a Backstreet Boys fan.  In high school and early college when they were at the peak of popularity, I listened to and liked their music.  I was more of an N Sync fan, though.  The concert didn’t make me like BSB better than NSync (sorry Penni & Karah) but I did come home and add quite a bit of their music to my iPod to listen to.

The highlight of the night wasn’t necessarily even music related.  Brian Littrell’s 7 year old son Baylee came out on stage after the opening act.  The crowd was already going nuts in anticipation.  Baylee came out and simply said…”Are you ready for the Backstreet Boys?  Here are Nick, AJ, Howie, and <insert pause> my Daddy.”  It was adorable and the crowd went crazy!

The worst part of the night was my camera situation.  I didn’t want to lug both a point & shoot and my DSLR camera through the airport while traveling so I opted to just bring my DSLR.  I wasn’t allowed to use it at the concert, though.  The photos in this entry are courtesy of my iPhone.  Penni & Karah are sharing their photos with me but it isn’t quite the same.  Lesson learned.

Karah at Diary of a Track Bunny has given my blog an award.  She’s named my blog as one of her favorites, which I appreciate very much.  Her blog has always been one of my most favorite.

This is a “pay-it-forward” type of award, so there are rules to accepting it. They are:

* Display your award.
* Link back to the person who gave you the award.
* Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
* Put links to those blogs on yours.
* Enjoy your award!

Here are the blogs I love.

• Life of a Kahne Fan
• Megan’s Blog
• Answer This…
• Dale Earnhardt Jr’s Infield Parking Blog
• Sarah & NASCAR
• It’s All About Andi
• Jessica’s Blog

Today is Karah’s birthday.  For those that don’t know Karah, she is a friend from Georgia that I met online a couple of years ago through some NASCAR websites we frequent.  Last October, I met her & Penni in North Carolina to attend the NASCAR race and do some sight-seeing around NASCARolina.  The photo above was taken while we visited Joe Gibbs Racing.

Have a great birthday, Karah!

I don’t know why but Toby Keith’s How do you like me now? popped in my head as I was starting this entry.  If you haven’t visited my blog today, you are missing out.  Karah redesigned it for me.  My favorite part is the banner at the top she made using some of the photos I’ve taken.  I’ll probably play around with some of the links and such over the next couple of days so bear with me but, other than that, it is basically designed and set up the way its gonna be.  I hope you all enjoy it!

Thanks, Karah!