So like Day 30, Day 31 went nothing as planned. My plan was to go bowling on lane 31 with my bride and the kids however, Vinton Bowling Center only has 24 lanes and rather than going to Salem to bowl we decided to take advantage of the beautiful evening and hop on the boat to go to marker 31 at Smith Mountain Lake!!!On our ride down to Mango's Will decided to do some wakeboarding on the water. When we arrived we realized that it was karaoke night there. For those of you that know our daughter Jordan, you realize that this was the perfect evening for her, however, while quite the performer at home, she has always been shy with others around. As we ordered our dinner, Sandra and Jordan went and entered Jordan's name in the hat to perform. While we eating our appetizer, the moment of truth arrive. With about 100 people around Jordan, meagerly walked up on the stage to sing "Our Song" by Taylor Swift. SHE WAS AWESOME!!! Everyone in the place was clapping and just watching her sing the entire song with "attitude" and without the lyrics.
As the evening went on we had a wonderful time with our outside dinner at Marker 31 as well as watch little Ms. Jordan take to the stage again to sing another Taylor Swift song, "Love Story", this time to about 200 people that were at tables and on the balconies. Again, she eluded all her shyness and had great stage presence during the song, however, it was after that she was great. She paused to let everyone finishing cheering to say "I would like to give a shout out to my Stepmom Sandra who is turning 40!!!" When she came off the stage she went running right to my beautiful wife's arms only for me to realize with a tear in my eye........What more could I want? It gets no better than this!!!!
Day 31: Marker 31 For My Girl('s)
Thursday, August 6, 2009
9 Mas!!!!
After reading this a few days late; I must admit it brought a tear to my eye too.
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