The Dale Jr. Download - What Amy's Sister Really Thought of Dale Jr...

Episode Date: June 11, 2026

Amy's sister Katie is finally joining the podcast! In this special family episode, the two reminisce about growing up in Texas, the childhood stories they still laugh about, and the sibling memories that somehow never fade. From the first time Katie met Dale to their family's lifelong George Strait obsession, no topic is off limits. Katie also shares the story behind the hand-me-down jacket she got from Amy almost 20 years ago and why she still has it today. The sisters look back on kitchen dance parties with their dad, the infamous belly button crab story, and the family traditions that shaped them. It's a conversation full of nostalgia, laughter, and the kind of stories only sisters can tell. If you've ever wondered what Amy was like growing up or just love hearing the hilarious lore every family seems to have, this episode is for you.   Check out Dirty Mo Media on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DirtyMoMedia  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The following is a production of Dirty Mo Media. Oh, yeah, this is the way it's going to be, girl, if we're going to hang out. Open a bunch of jars, you've got big strong hands. Are you suffering from High Craft? I'm working. Working that mouth. Hey, everybody. Welcome to Bless Your Heart.

I am in the Dirty Moe Media Studio all by myself today because I have a special guest via satellite. My sister Katie is with us. Hi. Hello, thanks for having me. Yeah, thanks for having us. We're excited to talk about anything and everything. So hopefully you've got some fun things to jab at me about. Usually that's how it goes.

We're kind of picking at each other. So we're kind of speaking with sarcasm like Dale and I do, which is why we're excited to have you on. You said you just got back from Vegas. Did. You did. Are you okay? Usually when I'm alive. You're alive, not thriving.

By 10 hours of sleep, you know. Is it so it was for... Yeah, it's hard when you have kids. I mean, she thought we were still 8 a.m. Yeah, so I have a high rock drink. We were sponsored by high rock, so I have my drink. And Katie said, it's 8 a.m. I'm drinking coffee.

I'm like, no, sis. It's like 1 p.m. It is not, it's not 8 a.m. Not even close. But, you know, I'm glad you're alive. Vegas is hard, but you went for a work trip, right? Yeah, I went for work. So it's not like I was partying hard.

It's just a lot of late night. in early mornings and you never sleep good in Vegas. Really? Oh, I sleep pretty damn good in Vegas. Well, I hate that for you. Did you see any shows? Usually there's like parties and things that you do. Like you work for a really amazing company and you all do fun stuff at night. Yeah, there were parties at night. There were great parties. But then you have to meet, start at 7 a day in the next day. So as you get over 40, you kind of start toning yourself down.

It's hard to do sometimes though. Isn't it, Travis? I don't know. I haven't slowed down. I'm 38. I'm still going. He's still going. He didn't have any kids, though. See, you're not over 40. Two more years. The wheels just fall off, Travis, after 40. I don't know. I feel like I don't really get too hung over. So I feel like my body's younger. So like when I get to 40, I'm still going to be going. You feel like you're just genetically gifted in that way? Yeah, I feel like I'm still in my prime. Maybe it's just because he's a man. All right. So for my drink of the week, it is presented by High Rock vodka. We're drinking the spicy vodka lemonade. I have that right here. It is one and a half ounces of high rock, three ounces of lemonade, a quarter ounce of agave, and fresh jalapinos sliced up. So you muddle your jalapinos with your lemonade,

add the agave and vodka and stir it up, pour it over ice. It is absolutely refreshing and delicious. Very similar to like a spicy marg, but with vodka. So it sounds amazing. Yeah, it is really good. So sorry we couldn't make you one and ship it to you at 8 a.m. Please visit highrockvodka.com to find a bottle near you. Katie, if you didn't know this, You can also go on high rock vodka.com and find your high rock near you. They have a sewer locator for all the things for Sugarlands and High Rock. So you must be 21 years or over drink responsibly. So high rock in your area.

And I just gave Katie one of our new 1.7 liter bottles. I thought for sure she'd be hugging it right now. But I think she was. Sorry. Still 8 a.m. Still 8 a.m. Katie, Travis wants to know if you remember. meeting Dale for the first time.

Because honestly, I couldn't recall this memory. Like, I don't know when it was that you met Dale for the first time. Do you remember that? Yeah, I remember. Of course. Where were we? He came to Victoria. So you didn't meet him for the first time at a race?

Beachwood. No. No, okay. You met him in Texas. Yeah, he came to visit in Texas. Remember, and Josh Schneider came with him as his, like, security blanket? Oh. So he came with a buddy. He bought a friend, just in case.

But I also came along with him. Well, yeah, he didn't send him by himself. Well, like, I didn't come first and he came to meet me. Like, we all flew in together. Yes, he came together. I don't remember any of this. Yes, it was a beech wood. When we still had, like, the blue and peach couches.

You remember those? No. No, we had the flowerty couches. We had the real flowery ones. Yeah. And he stayed in the room for a good majority of the day. Eventually, he came out. He sat next to you on the couch the whole time.

I mean, and Josh, of course, Josh, so he was hilarious and kept us all going. And then eventually he got some beers in Dale. Yeah, I remember Josh being there at one point, but it was out at Raisin. It wasn't at the house. Yeah, he stayed at the house, so. So weird. I don't remember. It's weird what your mind will block out.

And Kobe was there. What did Kobe, what does Kobe think of that? I asked him this morning. I was like, hey, remember? And he's like, yeah, he just stayed in the room. And then he just sat by Amy. He just hid in the bedroom? He needed some liquid courage, you know?

to come out and like meet all of us. This is a very like simple ranch home. The rooms weren't very big. And there's no TV in the bedroom. He had nothing to do. And I don't even know if dad had Wi-Fi back then. Did they have Wi-Fi? Yeah.

Or was it like old school dial-up? No. No. We got Wi-Fi in college, I feel like. I don't remember that either. But I just remember like. There was no iPhone. It was just coming out.

Yeah. Yeah. There was iPhone wasn't out. I don't think. I had a BlackBerry. So I know, but I'm pretty sure he had an iPhone. It's just so weird, though, that he just hid. What was your thoughts on meeting him?

I was just interested to see if he was like a normal human, you know, like the rest of us. Yeah. If you. How he was kind of a house? Yeah, I mean, our dad always watched NASCAR growing up. So obviously I knew who he was and like who his dad was. But I didn't really know what to expect to be honest. I didn't have any preconceived notions.

Did you have a list of questions? Oh, I'm sure. And that's my way he stayed in the room. Because he probably met me the night before and was like, wow, she's a lot. Getting interrogated. Katie coming in hot. Is Katie hard to impress? Katie's hard to impress.

Katie's hard to impress, yes. She's, well, she's, she like wants to size you up immediately. And then she'll be, then she decides you're either, we're either going to be friends or you need work and I'm going to help you fix yourself. Yeah. It's, I'm the middle child. I come by it naturally. It's not my fault. It's not her fault.

See, give me my fault. She's just innocent. She's innocent little Katie. She's just trying to help. Yeah, exactly. It's pretty normal, I guess, for the middle child to be the effervescent one. See, I'm the baby. Yeah, he's the baby.

I'm the oldest. So we have like the trifecta here of hierarchy of siblings. A.K. the favorite. You're the favorite? Oh, yeah. I would say that, like, I think Katie's the favorite in our house. I feel like it's gone Like

It's gone back and forth It just depends Dad always said the favorite kid was the one that like Put the dishes away or cleaned up something Or just did whatever it was Well He would just be like he would pat you on the head And say oh my favorite child

Do you remember I'm doing that? Yeah Yeah Now you say that Do you have Any favorite memories Like at all in Beachwood Like there's a

there one thing that stands out from the house we grew up in? Christmas morning, for sure. Christmas is like a sore subject in our house. I know you know this because of Christmas decorations and Dale doesn't like chotchkes and like things laying around. So we've discussed at length the storage for the Christmas stuff, him not getting it out or not schlepping it around. Does Kobe help you with Christmas decorations? He helped me put him like on shelves to where I can reach them in the shop. So I would say that is the extent of it, but I am responsible for getting all the box is out. He does not help you decorate. What about getting like the big tree out? Even the girls don't help. Really? Oh my girls are all up in the

like they're like put a couple up and then they're like, we're done. I did the tree at my heart growing up. That was my deal. So you showed interest. I love decorating the tree. Oh, you have to send us a picture of your tree. Do you still do it? No. You just did it to make your mom happy. No, I did My dad would put the lights up and then I would put the ornaments up. That was like, and then my dad and I put the Lego train around the tree. Oh, that's so cute. Yeah. I don't have a tree now.

I have an apartment and, I mean, I don't even have a picture on my walls. Like everyone makes fun in my apartment because it's. It's like you're getting ready to leave at any minute. Yeah. At any minute I could be gone. Up and out of here? Yeah. Sounds like we're going to get you a tree for Christmas.

Even a little. Like the Charlie Brown tree. I do have one of those. Oh, you do? Yes. Even I don't put that up. Why? Because nobody's coming over to hang?

Yeah, what's the point? You're always going somewhere else. Yeah. Well, I wanted everyone to, like, come over to our house and, like, do the things. And so some of that happens. We have traditions where people come over for Christmas. So I want the house to be decorated. But Dale doesn't help me with any of that stuff either.

He will help me get the giant tree in the house, but there's no lights or anything. I'm doing all of that myself. Did I have a tree this year, the tinsel one? Did I have one in the living room? I don't remember seeing a tree. Neither. I don't think I got rid of it when we moved. But I know I have a tinsel.

Like, it's an all silver one. Yeah. But it's smaller, isn't it? Mm-hmm. Yeah. And you've got stuff everywhere. Like, you've got collected things that you put out. There's plenty of decorations.

There's lots of it. Granny just gave me a bunch more. Oh, she did it. Yeah. She's got to give them to someone. She knows that they can't come to my house. Dale's going to get crabby. I just feel like if I could take it, take it off of it off of her.

Even if I don't want to keep it and donate it, at least the gut out of... Yeah. Then you helped her get rid of it. Yeah. That's right. Yeah. Speaking of Granny, have you made her upset lately with cussing, Amy?

Or where are we standing with Granny in your language? Katie can speak to this probably more than me because I think Granny's given up talking to me about it. But I think she did say something to Katie when we went home last for Papa's birthday. I mean, she always said that language. She just says, I'm like, okay, so if I come on, I'm going to make sure that I do try real hard. Katie, here's the deal. If you cuss, we'll edit the cuss out. We won't believe it. We'll just edit it out.

We'll make you look like the perfect... The golden child. Yes. Yes. We'll keep... We can't ruin your perfect image. Amy's ruined it already. I mean, she's wearing lace. Trying to match my background. Between the two of us who looks more like the troublemaker and the nice one.

I mean, to be fair. It looks like she's like trying out for a home and goods like magazine shoot here. That's so nice, Travis. That's exactly what she was going for. It looks like a magazine. Yes. I have a big girl office, you know? I'm a big girl.

I can do big girl things. You know, it's great. Speaking of art, though, you do need something in the middle. I know. We need to help her while we're picking out for Travis. We'll help you too. We'll find something fun. There's nothing on that wall.

There's nothing on any of my walls either, Travis, in the entire house. I think we have one picture up. So one day. You got pictures behind you and stuff. Like, it's decorated. Well, they haven't even been in the house a year. It's relatively new. Oh.

Yeah. Yeah, I've been in my apartment since 23. I bet people that come over to your house think you're a serial killer. Like, who doesn't just have at least one thing? I can count on one hand the people that have been in my apartment. Maybe two hands at most. That's such an odd thing because he's such a social bird.

But it's a one-bedroom apartment. Like, it's hard to, like, entertainer. Oh, you'd be shuffling around in there. So you go to friends' houses instead. Yeah. Totally understand. Hey, everybody. It's Dale Jr.

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We do have one topic that, so I actually had already been in contact with Katie prior. We originally were going to have her surprise you and come on the show when Dale was on about a topic that she needs to address. And now that she's the co-host, I feel like, Katie, you can address a topic that Amy once brought up talking about you. Oh. The crabs. Oh, the crabs.

Oh, I'm so sad of crows. Coral. Sorry. Whoa. Oh. Trevor. Angelic one here. I don't have crabs.

Just be clear. Do you know that I found out about her talking about that on this podcast? podcast from a guy at work and he told our entire leadership team about it. He was like, yeah, it's okay. The podcast was funny. I heard you got your belly button bit by a crab. I was like, what? It just flew right out of my mouth. We were at the beach and we were talking about beach things and it just like came to mind for whatever reason Katie's belly button. It was traumatic. So it happened a couple of times. When did it happen the first time? The first time we were on Lake LBJ and I did wear a two-piece, which obviously don't anymore.

And we were just like hanging out in the water. And all of a sudden something's like bit my belly button. I looked down and it was a fish. I guess it thought it was a snack because I can't have an outy. Was it stuck? Or did you like see it scary away? No, we just got a big good bite and it was like bleeding. God dang.

It hurt. So then I borrowed a shirt from someone and put it on so I wouldn't get bit again. And then literally like two weeks later, Kobe and I were in Mexico and we're in the ocean. And there was like there was a ton of seaweed. And I was like, oh, that hurts. Something my belly button. I thought it was just a seaweed brushing against me. And I reached down and it's a, like, capture a crab.

And it had bit me again. And it was latched on. And it was like latched on. Oh my gosh. It was so red. You had to like yank it? No, I mean, I just don't go back and grabbed it. And it came.

I mean, it was tiny. It was like that big. Oh my gosh. It wasn't huge. It was just hilarious because it just happened. I always say any plastic surgery on my belly button or just swim on pieces. To be fair, you're 4-11. You're like tiny.

You've had two kids. You look great. But that belly button apparently has a life of its own. Your belly button wants to party. It's like a really great snack. Yeah. Well, I'm sorry we embarrass you with your coworkers. So you didn't give her a heads up that like, hey, told the story today.

I'm pretty sure that I did Yes, I did I think I sent our text Like five minutes after It was too late It was too late It was too late Yeah

So then I'm like He told me he was like You know it was that minute Whatever whatever And like go back He didn't tell you what it was He told you when to listen to it But he didn't tell you what it was

Oh Well no he said he was like I heard something happened Like something bit you And I'm like What do you mean Where was it? like, then I'm like, don't say anymore because we're on with like my boss, all my peers.

Oh, I see. There's like 10 of us on the call. I'm like, you actually sent him some stuff. I did. He's my new friend. Yeah. He's also a fan of the show and he listens with his wife and they watch. And so I'm like, all right, we need to make sure that this guy gets more content and

gets some merch or something for being such a loyal fan. Yeah. But also for embarrassing Katie about the topic yet again in front of her peers. Well, we got a lot more listeners after that, you know? Now everybody at work listens. Yeah. Well, and also watch out for them crabs in the ocean with your belly buttons. Cover them up.

I don't think I've ever heard of anyone getting their belly button bit. So there is one thing that I like to razz you about, and it's that damn blue jacket. I have had, I bought a jacket in college. from the express. It's either from Gap or Express. I bought it in college. And for another point of reference, I'm 44.

So it's been at least 22 years, at least since I bought that damn thing. It's a little blue trench coat. It's not that great, though. Like, it's pretty cheap, cheaply made. The threads were busting when I had it. So I gave it to Katie because it's petite.

She likes to have some of my. I hand me downs if it's in good shape. And so I'm really used to giving clothes to Katie, but I'm also not expecting her to keep any of it. Like if she wears it a couple times, she can pass it on to somebody else or donate it or whatever. Like we don't all keep things for 20 damn years. It's Travis is looking at me like, I'm crazy.

No, girls don't do that. We don't keep things forever. We like wear it a few times and we purge it. It moves on. And it's not like a special coat. But she has held onto this thing, forever. I mean, I'm going to tell you right now, I know I didn't wash it, not once. And Katie keeps it in her closet now out of spite. And it's like not a, it's not nice, but you still have the thing in your closet? I know. I'm trying to get COVID to get it right now. No, it's go that way. It's long. So my question to anyone listening is like, how long is too long to keep a hammy down? Oh my gosh, she's got the car. Don't worry. I got it. I'll show you know what it looks like. Thank you. See, it's just, I mean, everyone needs to see.

It's not terrible. It's like, you can stand and it has a tie. It's a nice jacket. I am wildly impressed that the coat is still in good shape. It looks good. That thing saw the streets of Kentucky. You know what I'm saying? Like, we went out on the town in that coat because it was cold.

It has stories. It does. It has stories. And I'm never going to get rid of it now, and I still wear it. You do? I mean, I'm in Texas. Yeah, it's right there in the closet. It's not even in a bin.

It's like in your coat closet ready to be pulled out. Interesting. I've threatened her like I was going to get into the closet and steal this coat. This coat has its own character at this point. Most of the time if you come over, I hide it somewhere. Just because I'm nervous that it's going to disappear. Because I know you're going to go tell Allison and Shanna, because everyone, there's a whole big joke about it.

Yeah. And everyone thinks it's so crazy that I have this coat still. Yeah. I really like the coat. So I'm going to keep it. Why can't you keep it? I just, it's weird. I feel like it's weird that she's kept it so long.

Like, Katie's always been in my closet, like, since we were little kids. She was always in my clothes in my closet. She would wear stuff in my closet. This is this typical sister stuff, but she would get in the closet when I got in the shower, grab my clothes and hide them or just, like, pop out and be in them already, ready for school. And we would have a Clash of the Titans fight every single morning. She would call me four-letter words. I would call her four-letter words.

It was an event every single day. And so eventually, I, when I... I moved away and then would want to get rid of my clothes, I would just ask her, like, do you want this and that or whatever? And so I would send it to her or just bring it home when I came home. And sometimes she'd like say yes. And sometimes she's like, no, this doesn't fit. I don't care about that, blah, blah, blah.

But this coat has taken on a life of its own because it's just this basic run-of-the-mill thing I bought at the shopping mall. And it's not like got any. So like it doesn't have a special value or story for me. And it didn't for her either. So like. But now it does. See, I've reinvigorated that coat and made it special in your life.

Oh my gosh. Do your girls fight about clothes? Does Eva get into Adeline's things? Not yet, but they're almost kind of getting to the same size now. But Eva's still a little bit smaller. Yeah, that didn't stop you. So that's what I want to know. Like when does that start?

Because I feel like it's always, we have always gone through that. Yeah, I don't know. I guess when they get a little bit. A little bit older. Nicole will get into. Kayla's makeup. And she'll get into my makeup. For me, it's not closed with the kids. It's the makeup. They've stolen all of my mascara. Any red lipstick or pink lipstick that's dark that looks like a crayon, you know, like the ones that stay on your lips really well. Those are all gone. They disappear.

Eva steals Adeline's toys, like her plushies and her those dumpling things. And then she puts in her in a purse and we'll like go to eat somewhere and then she gets them all out on the table. Oh, wow. In a restaurant? Oh, Lord. And I'm like, oh, you're so me. You're so me. That's really sneaky. Nicole hasn't done that yet. She's just super sneaky about it.

Nicole just blatantly steal it. She'll just take it right. She likes to wear Eva's clothes. She does. She likes to Eva like you look at me as a big sister. Ila is so much taller than Nicole. She can't really or doesn't really care to or bother to steal her clothes. And a lot of the times they have the same stuff anyway.

You know what I mean? We match them all the time. But they steal toys. but Nicole doesn't hide it. She just blatantly takes it and like just goes, what are you going to do about it? Come get me. Adairia. Yeah, I love her.

She bit her again the other day. Oh. Laying on the couch. They were watching a show. They've had an awesome day. There's no reason for any rudeness or whatsoever. They're laying next to each other cuddling and she just got an itch. She's like just reached over and just bit her arm.

Yeah. I was like, oh, hard. She's got, she's got had like purple marks on her arm. just for no reason. Yeah, she was like, that looks tasty, munch, much. It was awful. She was like, it's kind of getting boring in here. Yeah, I'm bored. I'm going to spice it up a little bit. Exactly. That is her. That's exactly what she did. She does that quite a bit. And I don't really know how to fix that. I don't know what to do. I think you just don't kill the spirit and bite her back. Bite her back?

Yeah, if I was I'd bite her back. But those kids are different. Like, we yelled more, like, than. Yeah, but we were outside too. a lot chasing and running and getting our physical activity out. We weren't laying around on the couch that much, not really. No. But we never like wrestled or. We didn't. We didn't wrestle each other. Pillow fights. That's as far as that got. That got was like that was a big shock to me. I felt like whenever I met Kobe and like him and his sister or him and Kayla like his cousin, wrestle. And I'm like, girls don't do that. Yeah. Getting scrappy. But our girls do that. Ila and Adeline will wrestle each other. They got in the yard at the beach house.

And like we're just saying, Ila's not really that tough. She's not one to just start a fight, especially a physical one. And they were in the yard pushing each other, punching each other. Nobody crying. Amy and I were saying, they're like, stop, stop, you're going to hurt. And the guys are like, let them do it. We were appalled. But then they didn't get mad at each other.

They dusted it off and were like, woohoo, high five. Wait, were they mad at each other? Were they just fighting for fun? They were just fighting for fun. They were like wrestling, for sport, I guess. They were full on wrestling each other in the grass. And I've never seen girls do that. And they've done it several times.

Like this isn't just like they did it one time. I feel like most of the time when they get together, they're together for like 30 minutes and then they like have to wrestle it out. And it's like, is this going to figure out like for the rest of the for the rest of the vacation? Who's in charge? Or who's in charge? This trip you're in charge. I feel like they just get too excited and they don't know what else to do with all that energy.

But it's just a really bizarre thing. Kids these days. I know. Crazy. So another crazy story. I know I told you the other day that Vanilla Ice was here. And I don't usually come around when Dale has the celebrity meet and greets because I just feel silly. But I was not going to pass up the opportunity to meet Vanilla Ice because we've listened to his music since we were kids.

And he was super nice. But it reminds me a little bit of missing the opportunity to miss George Strait. Just a little bit, just enough to... Which time? Exactly. So the very first time, I don't know if Dale's told this story, Travis, but we were in Key West. It was years ago before kids. Like you had the house?

We had the house still, but we didn't have any kids. So I don't know what year that was. But we were down there with Kobe's first cousin and Billy. She's married to a man named Billy. And Dale's talked about Billy before. But just a bunch of us friends having a trip. But Billy and Dale like to be sneaky and like sneak off on their own and find another bar and like a scavenger hunt. Where'd they go? Katie and Kobe go down the street to find a

hammock. We had been watching a concert on the pier and we were all very toasted and so a couple of us want to go back to the house. Kayla and I were going to walk back together. Katie and Kobe wanted to go get a hammock. So they were walking down Deval Street by themselves. Billy and Dale are supposed to also meet us back at the house. But they decided to parlay over to a bar and never come back. And for the entire rest of the day, the entirety of the afternoon, we ended up meeting Katie and Kobe somehow. They, we just ran into each other on the street. But for the rest of the day, the four of us literally like Barhoft and tried to chase them figuring out where they were. They didn't have their phones. The house key was buried in the front door pot because I got so mad. I threw the

house key down and it got buried in the dirt so nobody could get into the house. Do you remember that part? Oh yeah. I remember that part. Yes. And we could tell that we each kept going back because we like buy something or like something was moved or you could tell someone was digging. Digging in the dirt. Yeah. There was like an empty beer can sitting there. So we knew they had come back. But they didn't sit and wait on us. You know what I mean? So we were like chasing each other all over Key West all day long until eventually Kayla who had Billy's phone. That's what it was. Dale's phone was dead in the house charging. Billy's phone was with Kayla. So we could not get a hold of them at all. We're sitting in Margarita of all of all places. It's like 1.30 or 2 in the morning. We're eating food. Billy's phones across the table for me. Kayla's got it turned up just in case. And all of a sudden, a picture pops up on the phone. Somebody had texted Billy a picture. Nope. Hold on. Kayla didn't know she had Billy's phone. It was in her purse. No, and her purse started vibrating. And she had her phone out. And she was like, what's vibrating in my purse? So she pulls his phone out and was like, what?

Well, we could have left the damn phone for him at the house every time we went. back. Oh, we could have known she had the phone. And then it was a picture on his phone. It was a picture on his phone. They were with someone who had they had taken a picture with and they sent them the picture. Well, even from across the table upside down, I could tell that that was George Strait. You grabbed that phone so quickly. I did. I was like, that is Fing George Strait. And there's happy little Billy and happy little Dale standing side by side with George Strait hanging out at Schooner Wharf. I could tell where they were by the picture. We just ran out of the bar as fast as we could.

We threw some cash down on the table, ran out. Katie gets into a cab. I called the phone number. Going the wrong direction. She gets in a cab. But I called the phone number. And it was Bubba. It was Bubba straight.

It was like Bubba straight. It was his son. Do not move a muscle. Do not let those men leave. I'm scared of it. Kobe was so mad too. He stood up and kicked his chair back with the back of his knees. He was like, let's go.

So we get to the street. Katie gets a cab. She thinks she's like, got us in control. And she gets in the cab, but then she goes the wrong way. Turn around. We're already walking towards the bar. And eventually she turns the cab around. She comes down the street hanging out the window. And we all get in the cab and head to a schooner, which is like literally a minute drive.

And we get there. And Billy and Dale are like, you're never going to go. And we're like, you've got to be shing us. We know because we're. We have the picture. Where is he? We're like, where is he? Where is he?

He's gone. He's gone. George Strait, who is our king, by the way. No, he's not your king. He's the king. Right. So like I start dating Dale and I get to NASCAR and like there's another king, right? I'm like, no, no, no, no.

You don't understand. George Strait is our king. And we missed the king. And we have tried several times since to meet him and failed for my 40th. We went to Texas to one of the concerts, and it was in Houston. And it was, I forget what, it wasn't on my birthday, but it was close enough and it was a birthday trip. And so we met the same people, all the Texans came together to go to George Strait. We're going to redo this.

Yes, Dale lined up a meet and greet with George Strait. And then last minute, Dale decides that we need to go eat before the concert. And we don't just go eat at like a quick place. We go to Stake 48, which is not a quick event. Oh, no. No. And so we're all sitting there like shoving our steak in our mouth as fast as we can thinking this is a terrible choice. Traffic's going to be bad. We don't know how far away this is. And then when we finally get to the venue and get out of the car, the amount of foot traffic and where we have to walk to is so far away.

The whole thing was a disaster. We missed George Strait. We missed the meet and greet. We were too late to even get there. By like 10 minutes. And so like we had to sit through the concert all sad, to be honest, that we missed that too. It took everything for me not to cry because you were like, it's fine, Katie. It's fine. It's not fine. It's not fun. This is your 40th birthday. I'm like, what we can do about it? I mean, I wanted to like bless Dale up and down about the steak 48 choice too. Like, he had just thrown me a birthday dinner on my 40th at State 48 in Charlotte. Like, why are we going to the same place again? Why are we doing this again? Why are we doing this again? I remember that I got a cake and I brought it with us from nothing bunk cakes and I brought a cake with us. This is before they had carrot cake though. And then they wouldn't let us open it there. And then they wouldn't let us open it there. because they say you couldn't bring outside food. I don't remember that. Like, just like a colony of errors, you know? It was bad.

Katie's got a memory. She does. She remembers everything. Some things I remember. The traumatic things. Like, now being hell to eat the cake. Not being George Street.

Second time. I know. So you've never met George Strait. I still haven't met him. Oh my gosh. Yeah. It sucks. No.

He golfs where I live. So that's the other thing. Right here in this area. He's in her area. In the middle of nowhere, Texas. They live very close. close to where he lives and golfs. And she'll send me pictures. And so her neighbor friend

golfs as well and is up there quite a bit. And he's at the club like every Tuesday or whatever. And like, are we going to take up golf, Kobe? Like, how are we going to get in there? This is our chance. Katie, start mahjonging so you can meet his wife. Like, get in there. The girl started golfing. This is your, I know. It's a sign. There's so many things leading to, like the Lord is really trying to get us to find some activities to funnel us together. But all Dale really has to do is call him. So if I could, I'm now going to make it my goal to see if I can set it up before Dale sets it up. That would be amazing.

I have confidence in you, Travis. Travis is also a very big country music fan. So we're going to do this for each other. Yeah, it's like, Dale, what are we doing? I know. This George, straight. Well, he got to meet him, so it doesn't really matter, right? Yeah, he's good.

I mean, he has a framed picture in his closet. The picture from Schooner Wharf. Oh, so it rubs you in the face every time. Oh. Yeah. He's got a framed at home at the beach. Dale has any other framed pictures. Like, let's be honest.

Well, I don't think he framed it himself. I think Billy gave it to him. Oh. In a ring. Yeah. But it was all to poke. Or we need to get him on the podcast. So he comes up here.

George? Yeah. Then I'm coming. You better get me there. Don't you do this without me. Listen, this is a package deal. He needs me and George, so are you. So is Kayla.

We're going to have to get Kaylee and Kobe. Or y'all could come through the podcast in Texas and he wouldn't. George wouldn't even have to travel that far. We're just going to set a podcast up at the clubhouse. Yeah. Right. In the men's locker room. Can you get to sit?

You just wait and see if he ever walks in. Oops, a Daisy. Do you have a minute? So we just took the girls to their very first concert and because George is on tour again for the final, final, final fair rail tour. and Lubbock and they were they were like who's the king of country right I mean they know the songs but now they're like they that was Amy and I's first concert I was in second grade she was in fourth grade yes yeah and so I was like that's going to be my kids first concert too but oh that's fun I didn't put that together yeah that's really fun yeah first concert was George straight that's another reason why

my affection is so big is because that was first concert this was so long ago that Brooks and Dunn opened for George Strait And it was it the Alamodome? It was Astrodome. It was Astrodome. No, it was Alamodome. It was Santa Dene. Oh, was?

I thought it was in that. Whatever, it doesn't matter. I remember the concert vividly. I remember George. I remember Brooks and Dunn jumping off and dancing with all the girls in the front row. It was fun. Katie, I asked Amy this last week. What's your favorite George Strait song?

My favorite? There's so many good ones. Now I'm... He's going to pull. play it for you. I really like the one from Pure Country just because we love that movie.

Yeah. But if he's going to sing me a song, is that the one I want? How about the fireman? Fireman. I love that song. I like it. That's not the one I want him to sing to me though.

I don't think about that. I think it has to be a really good two-stepping one, which most of them are. Yeah. You bring up a good point. So I sent you guys both a video of an AI image or like a model of a man dancing and what women think is good dance moves for a man. And it's kind of all over the place. Like it's really like just getting up basically and feeling the music and just not not having any worry about what you look like.

Because that's fun, like a guy that doesn't take himself too seriously. But we grew up with dancing, two stepping, waltzing. Like we grew up with like the traditional like dancing in circles around the floor. floor and nobody does that here. And I can't get Dale to dance with me. And he almost like downright refuses. You know what I mean? He did it a little bit when we were dating just because he didn't have a choice. And if he goes to Texas, he'll do it, even though he doesn't love it so much. But everybody else is doing it. But he's not going to dance with me around the island in the kitchen. And that's my dream. Like, I need to get this man just if he's going to play his video

games and have his cards, he can dance with me in the kitchen is how I feel. I think that's also like anytime our dad will come over if we put on country music, we end up two-steping. in the kitchen. Like, it doesn't matter where we're at. And then Amy and I will fight about who gets to dance at head. He's like, oh, it's my turn. She always jumps in there first. And I don't fight very hard, to be honest. I don't. I'm like, go for it. I'll get one. I'll get one in there later. And then I'm behind her when she turns around like, eh, you. Yeah. Right. And dad's pretty fair. Like, he always wants everything to be pretty equal. Yeah. So he's like, well, I already did two with you. And I'm like, okay, well, she's over there. So he's a hot commodity. He is.

Yeah, he is out of comedy. Dancing with all. of his girls. But I love that. I think that like it's such an attractive thing for men to be able to dance. And Travis is a dancer. I just don't know how to like two step though. But we can teach you and it is not hard. He did he took dance when he was young like he he just got the moves. Yeah like if I'm in like if I'm out and yeah I'll dance. Yeah. I just need a little liquid courage and let's go. I don't know like the actual like dances though. Listen we can teach you it. It is so easy. We have a saloon. We can go down to the saloon and teach you how to two step. Perfect. Yeah. It's the best spot.

It's easier. Yeah, I just think, like, Texas is different where that's just, like, dancing to country music is more common. And, like, it's just not. It's not common anywhere else. Yeah. And it's not just line dancing. Like, there is line dancing, but for the most part, it's the two step in the waltz and polka, which sounds more complicated than it actually is. It's just to the rhythm of the song.

Yeah. I don't know. I just feel like it's an attractive thing for men to be able to dance or just be willing to dance, even if they're going to make a silly full of themselves. I know that's hard. People will be like, you look like an idiot out there. I'm like, I don't care. I don't see myself dancing. You guys see it.

I don't see myself. So that's a great frame of mind to have. Like, Dale always worries about like everybody making fun of him. He's always just worried about that. I'm like, did I have a good time? Yep. All right. I don't care.

Yeah, right. It's what's about having a good time. Yeah. Do you have a game for playing? Yeah. So we're going to play a game called Most Likely. And so the answer is either you, Amy or you, Katie. And so you can, Katie, you can answer it as like, you think it's you.

or you can say it's Amy and vice versa. Do you know the answer already? No, no, no. These are questions. There's no answers. And most of these are more like for when you guys were like kids, too. So the first question is most likely to accidentally break something at home and then blame the other sibling. Oh.

Hmm. I feel like Katie would have blamed me. She never did anything wrong. Amy also used to spill her drink all the time. I did. All the time. Chronic. Chronic drink.

Spick. I would just knock it over. I didn't break it. I don't feel like we broke a lot of things either, but if we started getting too routed, we were told to get outside, like outside immediately. We also, like, again, we didn't wrestle or anything. So we weren't, we would play like frog or the little bird game. Like we were inside. We also played we frog on our, on each other. Do you remember hopping over each other? Yeah. Exactly. Like down the hallway. Yeah. We'd climb up the wall in the hallway. Oh, we did that the other day. She did? Yeah. That's her. girl. And Kobe wanted to tell her to get down. I was like, oh, I used to do that little kid.

I was just, I showed one of I was little friends how to do that. And her mom was like, um, really, Amy? I was like, oh, I didn't think about it. But yeah, I showed another child to do it in their own house. You can put your feet in your hands, like Spider-Man up in like the doorway. So we had in the hallway, there was one little opening and it had a soapet. So you could get up there and hide and wait for mom to come through and then jump down and scare the shit out of her. We loved to do that. And she would scream every single time. But we would also, like, leave our little footprints and stuff all over the wall.

She hated it. Well, now they make the magic eraser. So it's, like, it's so easy. You just go wipe it off. I mean, who cares? Yeah. Kids are having fun. Next question.

Most likely to laugh first when being yelled at. Being yelled at? Yeah. Most likely to laugh at their parents when being yelled at. I don't think either one of us would have dared to do that. No. We were always, like, just a little scared. I don't know.

It's kind of. Maybe to mom. Probably you. To mom. I don't think I would have laughed at her, but you might have. You'd have been like, yeah, right. Like you're going to tell me what to do. Like, yeah, pretty much. With dad, we would just run.

I would run and just hide between the bed and the wall. Next question. Most likely to wake up late and make everyone else late. Wake up late? Yeah. As a kid. I mean, I don't feel like I was making everyone else late. I got up first.

It was always mom putting her lipstick on the car. Mom always made us late. yeah we'd be sitting out there waiting to go to church every single Sunday dad talking the horn at mom at our mother and granted she did have a family to get up and get ready and do all that you know all the things for but so do I I figured out like you just give yourself an extra 20 minutes you got to get up and get ready first yes I'm always worried about being late now because of that I think it just like imprinted on me and every once in a while if I like get to a stoplight or something and I put my lipstick on in the car it makes me think of her I'm like, oh, yeah, see, here I am a little bit just doing the same thing.

But I'm in the car already. We're already going. We used to tell her that. Like, can you just put your lipstick on as he's driving the car? Like, why do we have to wait? Yeah. Most likely, speaking of we're dancing, most likely to be on the dance floor first. Ooh, I don't know.

I guess Katie. We're both pretty, pretty quick to go to the dance floor. Like, obsessed with dancing. Right. I mean, we grew up like that. Our grandparents danced all the time. They did. take us to Strader Hall, which is like the second oldest dance on Texas all the time.

Yeah. We were in dance lessons and in class and competitions our entire lives. And she even danced in high school with the drill team. So like dancing is just part of life. All right. This next question, Granny, close your ears. Most likely to sneak out of the house. Oh, I did that quite of it.

Katie did too. You didn't sneak out. You just opened the front door and walk out. We didn't tell anybody we were leaving either. Yeah. It was like sneaking. No. I went out the window a couple of times.

and then I realized I could just walk out the front door. And it was no big deal. The front door made zero noise. And mom loved Christmas so much. She left some Christmas things out all year. So there was a strip of sleigh bells on the front door. Oh. So you'd think that would wake everybody up.

But honestly, they probably just, when they figured out we were leaving, as long as they heard the sleigh bells ring twice, that knew we came home. You know what I mean? Nobody ever got mad at us. They had a phone on the side of their bed, my mom's side. And she would unplug it. So like, she did?

Yes. At least when I was in high school, she would just unflug it. Well, when if dad was working, he would work shift work. So if he needed to sleep a night, he needed to sleep. And so he was, they don't want the phone ringing. Yeah. I mean, that makes sense for unplugging it. But I don't think surely she wasn't doing that just so that she didn't get a call from us.

Surely not. Yeah, it wasn't hard to snow out. She also didn't know we were sneaking out. So. Did Lacey sneak out too? I don't think so. I feel like she just would, she was always, so she was the sweetest one and still is the sweetest one of the three of us.

She's the baby. But I don't know that she snuck out. I feel like by the time it gets to the baby, they're like, they're allowed to do whatever they want. Well, I think she watched Katie be such a hellraiser too, and this is fair. Katie was always in trouble. I told her at one point in high school, I'm like, you're doing it all wrong. If you just tell them where you are, they won't question.

question everything that you're doing, you know? And she's like, she was like double bird. Just nope, doing it my way. And I feel like after Lacey watching that go down, she's like, you know, I'm just going to chill. I was just, when I was at Papa's birthday, somehow some of the stories of me eye hell raising came up and Granny was like, I never knew you did anything like that. And I was like, I didn't mean for you to hear that. I don't think you didn't need to know. Everybody lock it up. Poor Granny. I know.

I think she just chooses to forget about some of that stuff too because she knows like our mom and dad were totally quiet about it. There's no way that she didn't know. And that's a small town. Everybody knows what's going on. And they lived like a mile from us. I stayed with the other side, our nana and granddaddy one time. I feel like you had a cheerleading competition in Florida and I didn't get a go that year. And so I stayed with them. And by the end of it, I had a cell phone. It was fabulous. I was on five minutes late after your 11 p.m. curfew and the next day you got a cell phone. And then you got a brand new cell? I feel like I'm winning. Dang. I didn't know that that happened for you. In high school? Yeah, when I was 16.

That's some bullshit. You were the best senior. Yeah. Well, I didn't get a phone until I went off to college. Because you weren't the favorite kid. No, I wasn't. See, I told you. I wasn't.

They weren't worried about you. No, no one was ever worried about me. It was a bad. They were worried about. I had common sense. I was a little street smart. And I came home. home when I said I was going to come home. So they just knew that I was going to do the right thing.

I did stupid things when I was out. But yeah. But you came back. But I came back. All right. Well, that's it for the game. All right. Well, thank you for your fun questions. Thank you for being with me today. Katie. I know you got to get in the car and head out. You got all kinds of plans, aren't you? Yeah, we have a friend's birthday weekend. So we're heading to mine country in Texas. Fun. She's a freder expert. Yeah. Try to practice the R word. She does not sit still. Dale and I were just talking about this. The Fenton's, move. They play hard and they enjoy life. So that's for sure. They're always going somewhere. Catching them is hard. It is hard. I mean, the weekends are always planned out. I feel like my goal

this summer was to not do that, but it just never works out that way. Because you're a lot of fun. Everyone wants to hang out with you. Well, thank you for being with me. Hope you guys have a good weekend and can't wait. Can't wait to see you soon. All right. Love you too. Bye. Check out Dirtymoe Media on Instagram, Facebook, X, and TikTok.