Rock It Sam

{sam/kayla ~ we love this girl}

We heard about an open jam session at The Office

so we thought we'd check it out

.

we weren't sure what to expect but,

Sam was really excited

.

he talked about it all week

that Tuesday morning and

as soon as he got home from school
.

we texted Kayla to see if she wanted to meet us too

some of her band was going to be there

.

The band played a set then took a break

and the open jam session began ...

.

Sam went right up there and played the first song!

.

A song that he had never even heard before

they told him what they were going to play

Tracy Chapman's Give Me One Reason

.

he listened to it on the ipod

over and over

until he felt that he had it

.

Brad was nervous

.

he rocked it!

.

we were so proud

bursting at the seams proud

.

he loved it and wanted to keep playing

.

I think we will be trying to make it to those open jam sessions

a little more often!

Spring Break

we are so excited for spring break

and having nothing to do
well ...

not anything that we have to do

we did pack many fun activies into the week
.

The Bounce House at Zona Rosa
with Taylor and Grant
.

I love these kids and it makes my heart happy
at how much they all love each other
{lots of laughter & giggling going on}
.

First time at Yogurtini

deee-lish

it's a self serve, lots of flavors, lots of toppings

kind of yogurt place

.

We will be hitting this hot spot all summer long

We even did some community service ...

.

Logan/Peyton/Sam/Dalton/Mason

all sorted food at Harvesters for 4 hours

.

dirty work and lots of fun

makes my heart swell

.

such good kids

Sam did a lot of rip sticking

We all went to see Kayla's big debut ...
Unlimited Blues Band

WOW, were they amazing!

12 on the drums,

15 on the guitar

15 singing

16 on the bass
{just kids}

.

seriously incredible

We still managed to stay up late and sleep in

every. single. day.

now we are ready for summer break

... can't wait ...

SK8R BOY

Sam has a new obession

the rip stick

He wants to be at the skate park

every. single. day.

the weather is beautiful

sunny and warm

so he needs to be skating

I love how daring and confident he is

It's an interesting place to hang out

so many different people

typical teen skater boys

but also

dads on skate boards and on bikes

little girls and little boys riding scooters and bikes

oh yeah ... and teen girls too

just hanging out

{trying to catch a boys eye}

it's a place for everyone to hang out

and Sam LOVES it

and he's getting pretty good!

Snake Saturday

It was a great day for a parade

.

a great day to spend with

good friends

.

After a few hours of Snake Saturday fun ...

it was time to take the kids home

and let the adults out for some night time fun


so we headed down to the Power & Light district
and had an amazing dinner and
amazing drinks at Gordon Biersch

our fabulous dessert ... beautiful

After Power & Light
we headed to Denim & Diamonds for
a little dancing

it was a late night out
and
so much fun!

MD Anderson

let's make it clear

Cancer Sucks

That's the first thing I'd like to say
...

They are there!

where they should be, with the experts
in Houston at MD Anderson

.

{Mike and Shannon and Scott are there too}

.

They have met with the Doctors

the amazing doctors

.

Dr Paul Corn

.

here is what I know

today

.

he has a rare form of cancer

he has cancer cells in his psoas muscle

he might have cancer in his bladder?kidney?ureter?

{not sure yet}

they are calling it cancer of unknow primary origin

and

transitional cell carcinoma {TCC}

.

and I also know

he is so very strong in his faith

.

Monday is the day ...

the day that he will start chemo

.

he will fight the good fight

he will be tough and he will be strong

and it will be treated aggressively

.

and this will be beat

it has to be

.

it is much to important of a battle to lose

.

and so we pray, harder than ever

and we remain positive

.

and we wait

MD Anderson in Houston, Texas

Kevin

My Best Friend

has become "our" best friend.

He has been one of my very closest friend's for more than 20 years

so many crazy years

together through all of those hard growing up stages of life

into responsible adults

there for each other, through

boyfriends and girlfriends

always friends

he has taught me a lot about life

and I like to think that I taught him a thing or two, too.

now ...

when Kevin is around

Sam tries to steal his attention ...

to play a video game together,

to tell him a story about his day,

or just to tease each other.

Sam loves Kevin

and Brad

is spending all of his extra time

with Kevin

...

which I guess is okay

...

I don't have the time to hang out and chat forever

like I used to

It's just good having Kevin around

again

and my family loving him

... just as much as I always have.