R.I.P. Harvey Korman... You were one of my favorites! 1927-2008

Maria Sue's Service is today in Nashville...

BLUE SKY!!!

Yeah, that gets us excited in Portland...

Remembering Maria...

Please Pray...

Tonight my heart is broken for Steven Curtis Chapman and his family... Tonight they lost their youngest daughter in a tragic accident in the driveway of their home. Below is the official press release I was sent. Steven is an incredibly loving man and has done so much to help others adopt children. Little 5 year old Maria was one of the precious girls they adopted from China.

Thanks for praying...

Dave

MARIA SUE CHAPMAN, DAUGHTER OF STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN,
DIES IN ACCIDENT AT FAMILY HOME

NASHVILLE, TN...5/21/08... At approximately 5pm on the afternoon of Wednesday May 21st, Maria Sue Chapman, 5 years old and the youngest daughter to Steven and Mary Beth Chapman was struck in the driveway of the Chapman home in Franklin, TN. Maria was rushed to Vanderbilt Childrens Hospital in Nashville, transported by LifeFlight, but died of her injuries there. Maria is one of the close knit family’s six children and one of their three adopted daughters.

More than five years ago, Chapman and his wife Mary Beth founded The Shaohannah’s Hope Ministry after bringing their first adopted daughter, Shaohannah, home from China. The ministry’s goal is to help families reduce the financial barrier of adoption, and has provided grants to over 1700 families wishing to adopt orphans from around the world. Chapman is a five-time GRAMMY ® winner and 54-time Dove Award winning artist who has sold over 10 million albums and garnered 44 No. 1 singles.

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www.stevencurtischapman.com
www.showhope.org

ITS BIRTHDAY MANIA!!!

Happy Birthday to my sweet Emily! She is the only one of my kiddo's who was NOT born at St. Lukes Hospital in Boise, Idaho! You'll find her picture in a hallway somewhere at Walla Walla General Hospital in Walla Walla, Washington. For her birthday dinner, she got her requested favorite dish... the famous ham & egg souffle'! Mmmm... She's closing in on the teenage years and I can't believe it. Two more birthday's to go for THAT party!

Emily, I love you sweetie! HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Here's Emily the PIRATE!

Here's Emily the movie star

Here's Emily when she didn't clean her room!

Happy Birthday Elizabeth!

I can still remember the day that Mom told me I was going to have another brother or sister. I was standing in the doorway to the kitchen. I thought that was so funny, I walked down the hall to the family room telling Mom how funny she was. I mean really... Mom was DONE having kids, right? C'mon, I was 14! Then I walked back to the kitchen... "Are you really serious?" I asked. Yup, she was. That was 26 years and about 9 months ago. What seemed crazy 26 years ago is nothing but a gigantic blessing today... my sister Elizabeth. I'm thankful to have had the opportunity to have a baby sister in my teen years, a little sister to babysit my own daughter later in life, and today - a friend to laugh with and enjoy spending time with. She's an incredible lady... to learn more about her, click the link "My Sis Liz" on the left for her blog.

Happy birthday, Sis! You're one in a million!

Love ya!

Okay, I deseved this look below... I had the camera in her face ALL DAY!

Has he REALLY left the building???

I would argue... no. He's still IN the building!

I remember as a kid asking my parents, "Who INVENTED Rock & Roll?" Their answer, "Well I guess that would have had to be Elvis."

Saturday night I had the pleasure of going to RCA's Studio B. Elvis Presley Recorded MANY of his songs here during his time with RCA Records including "Its Now Or Never", "Are You Lonesome Tonight" and others. It was a pretty awesome feeling as I stood in the exact place in the studio where "The King" stood to record his music. He is still such an icon, still selling records, merchandise and more. It was a pretty cool thing imagining him walking through halls and standing in front of that mic!

This is the part of the studio where Elvis would stand while being able to see into the master control room to the right of the photo

An orginal piece of music left over from when he recorded "Are You Lonesome Tonight" COOL!

The master control room. The board was orginally set up in front of the window to the left that looked out into the studio where the singer and instruments would all be set up

Okay, so Elvis wasn't the ONLY one to record there... Dolly Parton recorded "I Will Always Love You" here... Charlie Pride recorded "Kiss An Angel Good Morning" here... The Everly Brothers, Waylon Jennings, Ronnie Milsap, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Charlie Pride and many more all recorded music here. Over 1,000 songs that were recorded here made it to the TOP 10 on the music charts. This place certainly has some magic.

It opened in November of 1957 and ceased to be an active recording studio in 1977. Now it's a place to tour and where students go to learn as they pursue a career in music recording.

Tonight... I caught a glimpse of ELVIS! :-)

Cool people I got to hang out with tonight...

Seven Glory

These guys are awesome. www.sevenglory.com

Aaron Shust www.aaronshust.com

My pal from south Florida, formerly from Nashville, formerly of Boise, formerly of Scappoose...

JAYAR!

Hangin' In Nashville...

After a long day today of meetings and a fun dinner party, I had to go take a walk and take in the sights and sounds of Broadway in Nashville. Every honky tonk has music blasting out the front door, and the people you encounter on the sidewalk are certainly "interesting".

Here's some of what I took in tonight...

Megan's Party...

Megan's birthday party finally happened a week after her birthday. And here I am finally posting pics from it almost a week after THAT! The girls took control of our coffee house and had a blast playing all the standard birthday party games. The highlight was listening to them sing long to their favorite High School Musical songs. That was the theme. After the party I found myself singing or at least humming the songs. Pretty catchy little tunes.

Megan was thrilled to increase her "Webkins" population from opening her gifts. I think she got 3 of them, and no duplicates! She was thrilled.

Thanks to all her friends who made the party so much fun!

Leaving, on a jet plane...

So I leave at 6:20am tomorrow morning for a long weekend, and many corporate meetings... I'll be walking these sidewalks tomorrow afternoon.

Where will I be?

HAPPY TAX BIRTHDAY!

Happy Birthday to Janice! She has been a dear friend of Shauna's for something like 15 years now. I normally don't make a habit of remembering my wife's friend's birthdays, but Janice, you're the only one who has it fall on SUCH a memorable day! So have a fantastic day and have as much fun as you can have without getting arrested! You're a great friend!

By the way... Janice is the one falling over in the center of this shot. Posing with Lisa (left) and Shauna (right).

Oh, and don't forget... taxes are due today. You better get started.

GONE MISSING

Last seen in Oregon... Over two years ago

Last known whereabouts... In some silly small little dinky town in Texas

If found... Send them directly back to Oregon

Time to come HOME, guys!

*NEW* Caption Contest...

Okay, so I put a silly picture of Shauna up recently and asked for your captions. Fair is fair... so here's one of me with my dad.

Have at me... I'll post 'em all. As long as you keep it family fare.