It's About Time...

It's late tonight - we've had a full day. And ThatManILove and Younger Son are flying to Dallas tomorrow for a day trip.

I walk into our TV/music room and find them both playing guitars. And finally, Younger Son plays a couple of his songs and sings for us. We've heard him play, but this is a first, him singing for us.

His voice? Beautiful. His lyrics? Awesome.

I'm blown away. I've waited for this for a long time - I knew the apple didn't fall far from the tree - ThatManILove has a tremendous gift in writing and singing. It's sweet to see the manifestation of heritage in Younger Son.

It's a precious, precious thing I'm seeing tonight, and I'm so very grateful to the Lord for his giftings to the men of my house.

Free James Taylor Tickets Tanglewood!!!!

You’ve got about a week.

One week. Seven days. 24 hrs X 7 days. 60 minutes X 24 hrs X 7 days. You get the drill. Anyway...Just. One. Week.

One week to decide if you can hang at a James Taylor Concert in Lenox, Massachusetts in August. Free Tickets. To a sold out concert. If you remember, we went last year with our boys, and had a blast. (Yes, we went all the way to Massachusetts from Texas, so no griping about distance.) We built our entire vacation around this concert – and yeah, we love music, and especially James Taylor!

ThatManILove and I will be giving away 2 reserved seats for the August 29, 2009 Performance at The Shed at Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts. These seats are in Section 20, underneath cover, and are sweet seats. I’ve had them since February, but we’re not going to be able to go, after all. So, blogger friends, you might be the winner! You're responsible for transportation and lodging, all I'm providing is the tickets, but hey, that's a great deal!

I’ll hold the contest next Monday, July 27, 2009 – so you have plenty of time to spread the word amongst your friends that are close enough to attend this concert. This is an annual benefit concert that James Taylor does for Tanglewood– and this year, he’ll be joined by YoYo Ma and Sheryl Crow.

I can’t believe we’re not going!!

Watch for details, and tell your friends – a week from Monday, one lucky blogger will be singing “How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You” when they win these tickets!

PS - Brother Scott has posted a tribute to one of his mentors over at his blog. Go visit!

"How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You"

Elder Son finally showed up to have Christmas with us, so I can now let the cat out of the bag, as it were…

Want to know how to make your musically-inclined husband and sons jump for joy?

Give them (and thus, yourself) this and, tucked inside the cover, tickets for a family trip to this* for Christmas. Suhweeeeeet.

Music – the gift that keeps on giving (and keeps four equally diverse family members together) even through the summer!

Isn’t it July yet???

*The link is twitching...but it is supposed to take you to the James Taylor concert at Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, Massachusetts. We can hardly wait!!