4 Years of One Direction

It's crazy to think of how fast 4 years has gone by. Four years ago, I was going into 8th grade, and I remember some things like yesterday.

I was introduced to One Direction back, I believe either in late December 2011 or very early January 2012, not too much later than when they started. It begun at my friend Amy's house. I brought over some of those really girly pop magazines (that I still read occasionally...) and it had a quiz for "Which Boy is Right for You". At the time I didn't really know who One Direction was, so Amy and I pulled up the What Makes You Beautiful music video, then the One Thing and finally, the Gotta Be You music videos. Instantly, I was hooked on the music. The snowball for my passion for One Direction started there and just continued to grow over the next three years.

One of the best experiences I had was going to the One Direction concert in Kansas City, Missouri. I had tickets that were somewhat close to the 2nd stage that they performed a few songs on. The position of my seats didn't matter at all, it was the fact that my parents were able to even get me tickets for my birthday.

I did cry, but it wasn't some hysterical mess, I cried once and it was only because they were singing "Summer Love". The moment was just incredible for me because all my hopes in seeing the boys live came true. I spent so much time watching video diaries, watching YouTube videos, and listening to their music, that seeing how much they've grown was just so surreal.
*One thing I found funny was that my eyes kept drifting to the screens on the sides of the arenas. I've become so used to watching them on a screen that I had to remind myself, no, I'm in the same auditorium with them.

To the guys of One Direction, thank you. Thank you for putting so much time and dedication in your work. Thank you for working day in and day out and touring so often for us. You've truly influenced so many people in so many ways.

And now for some of my concert photos. These were from July 19th, Kansas City, Missouri, concert.

My very awkward selfie


Outside the stadium

The next three photos all are while waiting to get inside the concert. It's hard to tell but the Westboro Baptist Church was picketing across the stage, saying some pretty rude things, obviously. When the boys saw this, Harry tweeted out "Despite the company outside, I believe in equal rights for everyone. I think God loves all. Thanks for coming to the show though."