Our Sarah Bear started kindergarten at a charter school as a brand spankin new 5 yr old! Seeing her in school and learning and doing well is just awesome.
I was able to meet, perform, and play with my favorite guitar player of all time, Phil Keaggy, in a benefit for my son Joshua along side Tommy McClendon who was a teacher to me 25 years ago, also one of the best guitar players I have ever known, and one of the nicest guys I know. That night meant a lot to me on so many levels and continues to bring my heart joy every time I think about it. Along side my other good friends shell, Tracy, Taylor, Troy, and the guys in Random Status. It was a night I will never forget. My son also did very well and I was very proud of him.
As if that night wasn't enough, the next day I spent the day with Phil Keaggy and his road manager Darrin, also a very nice guy, chauffeuring them around Monterey area to Roseville North of Sacramento. I not only got to jam with and perform with Phil but I got to know him for a day and he was gracious, humble, down to Earth, and everything I have always thought he would be. I was blessed beyond measure because I had that night, then the next day, then three days later my son was born.
Now I am playing with two bands, my brother got me in to see the NAMM show a few weeks ago and he got me a gig recording some of my own music that I have written that will be in a movie called Living By The Gun, and we got to take the kids to Disneyland while we were in LA. I am also preparing to take the test again for my license.
All in all it has been very busy but it has been good and we are very blessed.