After a whirlwind few weeks of travel, concerts, road trips, college orientation, baseball, floating rivers, and realizing we’re definitely not as young as we used to be, we’re back with another chaotic life update.

This episode takes us from a VIP experience with rap legend Juvenile in Las Vegas to helping our oldest daughter prepare for college life at Texas State University. Along the way, we accidentally lose Gordy on a river float, survive a family road trip through Texas, revisit the Alamo, and continue learning what it means to navigate parenting in two completely different stages of life at the same time.

One kid is preparing to leave the nest.

The other is floating away down a river.

Just another week at Herm’s House.

💡 In This Episode

• A behind-the-scenes look at our VIP experience with Juvenile in Las Vegas
• Meeting Juvenile, his family, and hearing the story behind the music
• Why we’re officially too old to recover from Vegas trips
• Texas Rangers baseball and our ongoing curse at the ballpark
• Discovering one of the coolest arcades we’ve ever visited
• Exploring Meow Wolf in Grapevine, Texas
• Why Rainforest Cafe isn’t what we remembered
• Taking Layla to Texas State orientation
• The emotions of preparing to send your first child to college
• Touring campus and learning what college life looks like today
• Floating the Comal River
• The moment we accidentally lost Gordy
• Family road trips, old friends, and making memories

⚡ Episode Highlights

“One kid is heading to college. The other floated away down a river.”

“We’re definitely at the age where Vegas requires recovery time.”

“No, you’re not!” — Gordy responding to a Texas State instructor.

“The first hour of that float trip was an absolute nightmare.”

“I just wanted to tell my own Alamo stories.”

🎙️ Episode Chapters

00:00 – Technical Difficulties & Travel Updates
05:00 – Living in the Moment vs Recording Everything
08:00 – Vegas Bound for Juvenile
11:00 – VIP Access & Meeting the Legend
18:00 – Winning Big in Vegas
22:00 – Texas Road Trip Adventures
24:00 – The Construction Zone Rant
28:00 – Texas Rangers Game Day
31:00 – Discovering Cidercade
34:00 – Exploring Meow Wolf
37:00 – Rainforest Cafe Disappointment
39:00 – Visiting The Alamo
42:00 – Texas State Orientation
48:00 – Sending Layla to College
50:00 – The One Where We Lost Gordy
54:00 – Home Again & What’s Next

🎤 Sound Bites

• “We’re too old for Vegas, but we’re gonna keep going anyway.”
• “One kid is going to college. One kid floated into a tree.”
• “No, you’re not!”
• “I don’t want to record it. I want to live it.”
• “We’re gonna crush the Longhorns.”
• “I just wanted to tell my own dang stories.”

🔑 Keywords

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