ME and NKOTBSB

Saturday night I finally got to do what I had wanted to do back when I was thirteen years old - go see New Kids on the Block (now NKOTB) in concert!! My sweet husband got me and my friends tickets to see them and Backstreet Boys (hence the NKOTBSB) in Dallas. It was a perfect day - we hit NorthPark Mall, Mi Cocina, and then to the concert. The place was FULL of two types: thirty-something groupie women like myself and then teenage girls and early twenty types - many of which were in 80's costume. As if! I also noticed that the thirty somethings screamed more for NKOTB whereas the younger crowd screamed more for the Backstreet Boys. Either way - there was LOTS of screaming and singing on all our parts. I screamed SO much(mostly for fun and to make Amy laugh) that I am STILL hoarse. Truly - I can barely yell at my kids. : ) And to their credit, despite their getting on in years, those "boys" can still sing and dance and are in superb physical form! ;) Be still, my beating heart!!

My brave friends Robin, Laci, Amy and myself.

The anticipation is almost unbearable! They were showing pictures of each of the boy band members on the big screen and the ladies were going crazy. Everyone screamed for their favorite, so Amy and I put in our two cents.

It's them!

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Opening act with Backstreet Boys

Marry me Joey!! : )






JOEY in the crowd!! So close, but not close enough for him to sweat on me or for me to accidently grab ahold of his pant leg.

I think he was saying, "I love you too, Amy!"

Just in case you missed it, more Joey.

Notice how everyone seems to be watching the concert through their phone.

" I'll be loving you forever...(Amy).."

. The falsetto got so out of control, I think my ears started to bleed. Also, this song made a little more sense when he was sixteen. Loses some effect when you are forty.

Oh yeah, the Backstreet Boys were there too! They were awesome as well, but I think the old guys schooled them.

Welcome to the gun show! They really played up the Dallas Mavericks/Champions thing. More screaming.

Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh. Just hanging tough!

Here is a taste of Backstreet Boys singing "I Want it That Way" to me.




The Right Stuff!! This was the best - the camera was shaking because I was doing the choreography along with them. You know you know it. You know you still do it.

"Summertime!!" I think Jordan was looking right at me. Might be hard to tell since he was in shades, but he was.

Western Day 2011

I am quite late on this post, but the pictures are too funny not to share. This was Ryan's first year to participate in the PREP School Western Day and he did not disappoint. He sang his little cowpoke heart out and wore a grin the entire time. Yee-haw! (After doing this for several years, I am about out of cowboy quotes, but I shall do my best!)

So this ten gallon hat fit Reagan just fine last year. Guess I underestimated Ryan's noggin. Had to tie it down to keep it from popping off his head.
Here is his class lined up waiting to come down. "Head 'em up. Move 'em out!"
Ryan and his best buddy Logan. "Whoa Nellie!"


This is Ryan's class and the age group below his. You can probably guess the younger ones are on the bottom row - the ones that are crying or look like deer in the headlights.

Love it - some are singing, some are looking behind them, some sitting, some checking out the honey next to them. Ryan is his usual, happy self. "Always drink upstream from the herd."

" Go West young man. Go West."

" My heroes have always been cowboys."