Monster Truck Jam

Several weeks before Christmas Jennifer had this idea of sending the guys to the Monster Truck show in January. I'll be honest, my first thought was NO WAY!! I didn't think Josh would be interested in something like that and I thought Ethan was too young to enjoy it. Well I called my mother-in-law and asked her what she thought and she had no doubt that Ethan would love it. She said that dad took Josh when he was a kid and he had a great time. I was concerned that due to Ethan's high aggression he already had, going to the show would only encourage that. She thought just the opposite...that he would be able to express it freely and he would have a blast. Well I decided to ask Josh and he gave me an "I don't think so...that sounds like a waste of time" look. So I kinda blew it off. Well, Jenny kept asking me and I finally decided to go ahead and do it.

We had plans to spend most of the day over at the Harrison's house before the guys had to leave for the show so I packed for the day/night and we were off. Well, once we got over there Jenny asked me if I brought the tickets....and of course, I had forgotten them! Why couldn't she have called me that morning?? Good thing the show was over by our house... so we had to change our schedule for the afternoon to give the guys enough time to drive to our house, then back to the AT&T center, then find parking, and then get to their seats.

They ended up having great seats, which were VERY cheap, and the guys and boys ended up having a great time (especially after someone handed them a ball of wax for one of the boys to use. They had several pairs of ear plugs but none really fit the boys' small ears so Josh took Ryan's hearing protection ear muffs because he was sure that they would need it. Only problem was the boys had to share, so once they both had some protection it was much more enjoyable for them). Josh took our camera and took a few pictures...more of the trucks than the boys but that's ok! :)

I'm pretty sure he will be wanting to do this again! :)