isaac ( "ike", the oldest) is on the left then zac (the youngest), and taylor (the middle)...i really cant tell you how much fun and easy-going they are. we had a blast hangin.
this is rebecca ("bex") who is pretty much the mind behind hanson. she does everything and i still dont know how she does it. we got to be good friends while i was out on the road...shes great.
so, get ready for this...i have to tell you about one of the most random nights of my life. dave had a show on friday night in dallas after an ex-professional tennis tournament. it was a pretty big deal. lots of tennis pros who arent competing anymore come together once a year and play- people from all over the place. dave and justin played literally overlooking the tennis court after the last game ended. the main tennis star, jim courier, is a huge music fan and loves dave's music. we hung out with him for a while at the tennis thing, then he insisted on taking us to the bar at the ritz because he had some people for us to meet...hmm...
turns out, we go with him. once we got there, we talked with him for a while, met owen wilson (who has surprisingly clear skin) and dave met dion sanders. then he took us back to the "vip wine cellar" to hang out with the guys from r.e.m. who had played a show in dallas that night. ok, so we walk into this private room with a huge banquet table that seats about 20. i must admit, at this point, i wanted to leave because i knew we were getting in over our heads...i mean, who knows how expensive this was!?! (not me, thank goodness.) we all file in, take a seat, get introduced to everyone, then the chef comes in. he thanks us for coming and then proceeds to serve us this gourmet mexican food and really, really expensive wine. (note: its about 1:30 am at this point.) dave and i keep looking at eachother like "what is going on?" meanwhile making conversation with people whose lives i cannot begin to comprehend. occasionally one of the managers would come in and ask the guys to go meet someone standing outside. it was crazy. we stuck out like a sore thumb...apparently we missed the memo to wear big funky plastic rim glasses and bright colored western wear...but everyone was SUPER nice and easy to talk to...i even met someone who grew up in mississippi- instant connection.
this is a picture of us with Jim trying to be...im not sure...serious? seductive? we were being stupid, clearly. i wish i could have gotten pics of the wine cellar and the rem guys, but it definitely would have been inappropriate for me to whip out my camera...i had to play it cool.
after the crazy night out, i spent the rest of the weekend with longtime best friends, caroline "ridg" and reed hogan, and their two precious little girls dendy and millie.
we had a BLAST hanging out. it was so encouraging to see what a great mom and wife ridg is- she is amazing. i am so inspired and impressed by her.
of course we watched the saints and the rebs win (YAY!) over the weekend. reed and caroline were dressed in their saints paraphenalia-
reed even had on gold and black saints shoes. o yes. we cheered them on to victory...then reed stayed with the girls and let me and ridg go on a date last night...SO fun. thanks for that reed. you rock.
and look how adorable those little babies are...dendy says "a-yay" for annie. its really cute. i think we are best friends.
i wish i had gotten more pictures of the girls- these are when dendy was all dressed up in her fairy halloween costume...dress rehearsal.
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