Family Fun and the Rubber Band

Monday night is family night at the Jensen's and Friday night is Family Fun night (my sister used to do this with her family I'm not sure if they still do.) The kids look forward to family fun night because we get to have pizza for dinner (homemade or carryout) and watch a movie together. Derek tries to find the perfect movie and he talks it up to the kids all week.

Last Friday we got tickets for the whole family (except for baby Adam) to go see Ryan Shupe and the Rubber Band. Our boys are huge fans of the Rubber band and since Uncle Nate, Adam, Dave and Aunt Chrissy are friends with the band members we were able to get their favorite song dedicated to them at the concert. It was really funny because Uncle Nate sent a text to Ryan's phone which he pulled out during the concert. I thought to myself: "that is super funny that he is checking his phone right in the middle of a concert!" Little did I know that he was retrieving the names of our kids so that he could sing them their favorite song! The kids were in heaven!
David was dying to get on stage as they invited audience participants during one of the songs. I am not as daring as I used to be and really didn't want to go up with him. He started to cry real tears and even Derek gave me a sad look...I was so sad that I hadn't just gone up there with him, I said a little prayer that I could make it up to him somehow since he was so crushed. At the end of the concert (on the encore: banjo boy, another favorite of theirs), tons of people got on stage and started dancing, this was my chance to redeem myself! David and I went on the staged and jammed to Banjo Boy! What a crazy, wonderful night it was!

to watch the music video of Banjo Boy go to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-YXYPCmSDA\


I hope the boys will still think it's cool to hang out with their parents in a few more years when they get older...for now we are loving the ages they are in and the magic of these sweet moments together.