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 VegasMeeting Juvenile, his family, and hearing the story behind the musicWhy we’re officially too old to recover from Vegas tripsTexas Rangers baseball and our ongoing curse at the ballparkDiscovering one of the coolest arcades we’ve ever visitedExploring Meow Wolf in Grapevine, TexasWhy Rainforest Cafe isn’t what we rememberedTaking Layla to Texas State orientationThe emotions of preparing to send your first child to collegeTouring campus and learning what college life looks like todayFloating the Comal RiverThe moment we accidentally lost GordyFamily 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 Herm’s House Podcast, Juvenile concert, Las Vegas trip, VIP concert experience, Texas State University, college orientation, parenting teenagers, family podcast, marriage podcast, road trip stories, Texas Rangers baseball, Meow Wolf, Cidercade, Comal River tubing, veteran family, empty nest, funny parenting stories, millennial parents 🤝 THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORSANCHOR FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS GROUP, LLC 🌐 www.anchorfinancialsolutionsgroup.com 📍 2544 E 10th Street, Tucson, AZ 85716 📞 520.620.5320 BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY MARKETING COLLECTIVE 🌐 https://beautifulsundaymc.wixsite.com/beautiful-sunday-mar 📞 520-405-3298 📧 createabeautifulsunday@gmail.com Your support helps us keep these conversations going and expand our veteran and family outreach. ⸻ 📌 Support the Show⭐ Like 💬 Comment 🔔 Subscribe Your engagement helps us grow, reach more families, and continue meaningful conversations about family, marriage, parenting, military life, and everything in between. Interested in sponsoring an episode or supporting our outreach efforts? 📩 hermshousepodcast@gmail.com 📱 @HermsHousePodcast Support the show
