La Crosse, WI

I'm sitting in this cozy little coffee shop in downtown La Crosse, one of my favorite cities so far in WI. It's been a great couple of days, and we've met all kinds of interesting people. We had a show two nights ago at a venue called "Crossfire." The whole place has been remodeled and turned into a positive place for troubled youth. The owner, Joe, had a rough start to life and began dealing drugs and eventually was arrested. When he got out of prison, he decided it was time to start over and became a Christian at some sort of conference. He started his own business that became very successful, but something was still missing. He started the non-profit teen center and it is very clear that it is making a difference for several youth in the area. The concert was great, and they want us to come back! Tomorrow we'll have another show, and I'll be venturing into Kansas for the first time.. The guys and I had a convo last night about recording songs in the summer, I can't wait! I've had so many song ideas stirring in my mind, and I can't wait to write them out and tweak them into perfection. Here's a song I recently wrote about how you can have happiness, but it's nothing if you have no one to share it with.

I still remember what you told me
The day that I fell into my dreams
You told me that this love would last forever
It brought me back
To
Life

When you're standing here with me
It feels like there is nothing
That I couldn't do
I know the seasons change
But I'll never let it rain

I know a story of a boy who
Gave all he had to live his dream
Though nothing in the world could change his feelings
He needed someone
To
Love

When you're standing here with me
It feels like there is nothing

That I couldn't do

I know the seasons change

But I'll never let it rain Someday

Somehow
We'll make it there
We'll make it there

Don't you think it's time

To live your life
It's just passing by
You should follow through
See your dreams come true
Like there's nothing left to lose

Sleep? Please?

Jon: "Alright Aakon, what do you think? Should I give it a roll, or throw it high?" Aaron: "Definately roll it.. Cause if it comes down hard and fast in a mole hole you're screwed."

That was an exchange between me and Jon during a very intense game of bocci ball. It was the Jon and Awesome, shoot.. I mean, Jon and Aaron team vs. Chris and Craig team. We had a relaxed day of traveling mixed with some frisbee and bocci ball, followed by a very intense night. After playing a show in Rochester MN, we had to pack up and be on the road by 10pm to make to our next destination 4 and a half hours away. Not a big deal right? Since we're usually up till 3am anyways.. Well that next morning we had to be at Dordt College by 9am to set for Chapel. It ended up going really well though, and we had a great time! Although the atmosphere was a bit.. putrid smelling at Dordt, but the actual school was one of the coolest we had been to yet! They had a bowling alley and we bowled several games for FREE!! And no joke, I bowled a 223 somehow. Anyways, We've got another show tonight at 8pm at Morningside college, we'll see you there!

Love, Aaron

AG Silver -- Live at the Park Theater

Good times in Oshkosh

Hello! Last night was fun. We played at a church in Oshkosh WI for about.. 30 people or so, but they were very energetic and fun. Afterwards we were booked in a touristy hotel that is pretty much.. in the middle of no where. The hotel has an arcade room with Big Turkey Hunter and the original Simpsons game. It also has an indoor pool/hot tub area that includes a huge air plane water slide that goes into the kids pool. Tonight we're grilling steak out on the back BBQ area and possibly checking out the Air Museum across the street. It has.. THE WORLD'S GREATEST FLIGHT SIMULATOR. Ha, can't wait! Oh, p.s. The whole, "In winter we see white.. Spring we see orange.." That is referring to the roads out here. In winter we are blasted with blizzards and unbarable coldness, then in the spring we're backed up in traffic because of all the construction needed for road repair. Check out our video blog we made at the hotel at about.. 3am? It was alot of fun...

"The Heist" YouTube video blog

Mid-West out and back!

Hello friends and family! I decided it might be nice to start a blog so you can keep up to date with my travels and elusive-ness... I'm sitting in my hotel right now, the 3rd day of our 3 week tour through the mid-west! The first show was at Taylor University in Fort Wayne IN, the town where my mom grew up. I met one of her best friends at the show, it was really nice meeting her! It was also nice seeing Palmer Muntz who brought us to the school, an old friend from back home. Last night we played in Milwaukee at a pretty small school.. The helpers were awesome and were there for anything we needed!

The other night I rolled over to Craig half-asleep and said something like, "hey craig.. Do you feel that? The room is moving." He replied something like, "I think it could be an earthquake?" And we rolled over and went back to sleep. If you know me well, I am very well known for my interesting comments while sleeping. So I vaguely remembered feeling the room shaking thinking it was a dream.. Craig has been sick for a few days, so he was out of it and wasn't quite sure if he felt it or was dreaming it. That morning we saw it on the news, and I congratulated Craig in surviving his first earth quake experience.

Today, we'll only get about.. one game of Mario Cart in as we travel to the next city, She...bo..yge..n.. I have no idea, somewhere Wisconsin and Lakeland College. I hear our stage will be pretty tight, so we'll see if we can all fit! Rock & Roll.

Aaron