This was the night we 'officially' adopted Albert, John, and Ricky as our 'sons'.

(Sorry Jay and Sam.....how about you being our 'brothers'!)

Here's how it happened..........

It was Dobie's birthday and she wanted to see The John Bendele Band play in the Chute Club at the Star of Texas Rodeo.  We had a ways to walk so when we got to a place Dobie could sit down, I left her and went to get our tickets.

I asked the agent if I was correct that we still needed tickets to the rodeo even if we were going just to the Chute Club.  She said yes and I slid my $32 for two tickets through the window saying 'that's okay....nothing's too much to see our boys'.  She looked at me kinda funny, asked me to wait a minute and turned to ask someone a question.  Then she asked if I'd said it was my son playing.  Well, I'd already paid, there wasn't any reason to explain how they're so close to our hearts that it feels like we're their 'mommas'.  So, I just answered 'our adopted sons'.  Well......she slid my money back to me, gave me tickets, and told me to enjoy my 'boys'. 

I was speechless!  (and anyone that knows me knows that's unheard of!) 

To be honest, we'll accept these guys into our families right along with our real sons!  In fact, I hope my 'real' son gets to meet my 'adopted' ones real soon!

(This album is only some of the pictures, check out the rest here!)

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