Urgent Help

When I was in Florida, I handled an emergency.

At 1am, Evan called down from his bedroom saying he needed my help. I go upstairs and he motions to his computer, indicating the problem. The time is still PST. It needs to be EST.

Ok Google

Evan discovered a love for the Google Home at my parents' this past Christmas. He would request music, but if it was a Disney show, then he'd add "for Parker" at the end.

Now that we have one, I check my Pandora app and find all of these new requested stations, like ABBA, Selena Gomez, and Demi Lovato.

Evan's 30th Birthday Soundtrack

For Evan's birthday party, we created a list of his favorite songs, burned a CD, and gave it as a prize for winning a Evan-themed jeopardy trivia game. These were the songs that he chose from the collection he has on iTunes:

• "Roar" by Katy Perry
• "Slow Down" by Selena Gomez
• "Mark My Words" by Justin Bieber
• "Sorry" by Justin Bieber
• "Love Yourself" by Justin Bieber
• "Love You Like A Love Song" by Selena Gomez
• "Who Says" by Selena Gomez
• "Try Everything" by Shakira
• "Strangers Like Me" by Phil Collins
• "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" from "Mary Poppins"
• "Circle of Life" from "The Lion King"
• "I'll Make A Man Out Of You" by Donny Osmond
• "Ways To Be Wicked" from "Descendants"
• "It Ain't Me" by Kygo and Selena Gomez
• "We Know The Way" by Lin-Manuel Miranda & Opetaia Foa'i
• "You're Welcome" by Dwayne Johnson
• "Seize The Day" from the "Newsies"
• "Gaston" from "Beautify and the Beast"
• "I Want It That Way" by Backstreet Boys
• "Go The Distance" from "Hercules"

The Day of All Days

Today is Evan's birthday. Hallelujah!

He begins telling me plans for his birthday 13 months in advance. 

• Next year 2014 we go Applebees
• My birthday party next year only 16 people
• For my birthday turn 30 I have three parties: work, friends, family, cousins

Praying over our dinner Tuesday night, Evan prayed that his birthday would be good and fun.

We had a late night yesterday after seeing "The Greatest Showman." At midnight, I told him, "Evan! It's after midnight! It's your birthday!" "Better tell Selena Gomez about that," he responded.