Trip to Ocala

On Oct 18th Liz & I took a road trip to Ocala. We had tickets to see Phil Stacey that evening so we left early to do some shopping & lunch with friends. We went out to eat with my next door neighbor when I lived in Ocala, Denise and her friend Bonnie who just happens to love Ace as much as I do :)

Me, Bonnie & Denise

After lunch we went to Hobby Lobby. I just love Hobby Lobby...they have it all there! Although I did think their scrapbooking dept was smaller than it used to be, we still found a few things to buy with our coupons!

Next stop, Griffins... I love Griffins too. I used to shop there all the time when I lived in Ocala. I only bought a pack of rub ons however Liz bought a lot of stuff she had been looking for!

Unfortunately it was raining most of the day however after we left Griffins and were driving to the concert... the skies turned blue and the rain was gone. Phil's concert was outside so we were so happy the rain went away in time.

We had VIP tickets and were able to get seats front row center. After we claimed our seats we went over and had a nice BBQ dinner that was included with the VIP tickets.

After dinner Phil had a meet and greet. He really is a great guy. He wasn't feeling well but managed to get through the whole line smiling and taking pictures with everyone. He remembered me again and I got a couple nice hugs from him :)

Here are a few pics that I took during the meet and greet.

Here are a few pics during the show. I took some videos but I'm having trouble getting them to load on Youtube. Hopefully I can figure that out this weekend.

After the show we were able to see Phil again for a little bit and have a few laughs with him. The other lady in this picture is Diane. She loves Phil like I love Ace :)I love this group shot of me, Phil, his wife Kendra and Diane. The Stacey's are really nice and I'm so happy that I was able to get to know them a little bit better!