We Went On A Date To Walmart And Lived To Tell It

Ever feel like love gets drowned out by noise—babies crying, stacked Saturdays, and decisions that never end? We’ve been there lately, so we opened the mics with our wives and the twins to talk about the messy, funny, very real art of choosing quality over quantity. From counting “date nights” that look like Walmart runs to sneaking in a car-ride debrief after a high school musical, we explored how tiny pockets of presence can do more for a relationship than a rare, elaborate plan.

We compared notes on what actually recharges us—one of us wants the beach and sun every time, another wants a quiet solo shopping trip with a coffee, and someone else just needs to sit at home and watch YouTube without being rushed through every aisle. When schedules are packed with basketball, church events, and moving boxes, those differences can look like conflict, but they can also be the map to real rest. We worked through practical ways to meet in the middle: enlist grandparents, keep a running list of one-hour date ideas, and treat even a grocery run like a chance to listen, laugh, and reset.

Planning travel brought its own debates—Boston baseball vs Orlando theme parks, long lines vs budget limits, and how to include the kids without losing our minds. We also swapped recommendations for what to watch and listen to when the couch is as far as you can go: The Rookie, Vampire Diaries rewatch, true crime docuseries, and worship collabs that remix the classics. Along the way there’s playful trash talk, a Dr. Mario rivalry, and a dad joke finale that no one asked for but everyone will remember.

If you’re juggling newborns, chasing teens, or just navigating two calendars that never agree, this conversation is your permission slip to think smaller and love deeper. Hit play, steal a few ideas, and tell us your favorite low-effort, high-connection ritual. Subscribe, share with a friend who needs a micro-date idea, and leave a review with your best five-minute win—we’ll try it next week.

Transcript

Cold Open And Family Banter

SPEAKER_03 0:45

You what?

SPEAKER_02 0:46

I wasn't a metronome.

SPEAKER_03 0:47

You're a metronome. Got him. What's up, y'all? Oh. Oh. Oh.

SPEAKER_04 0:58

He said, listen, I got something to say. He's just sitting there like. Hey, why don't you give me her binky? Because you don't need it.

SPEAKER_03 1:14

I know, right? Tyler, stop stealing the binkies, bro.

SPEAKER_04 1:19

Don't throw it.

SPEAKER_03 1:21

So I I I wanted to tell y'all something that that happened to me today.

SPEAKER_04 1:26

Oh gosh.

SPEAKER_03 1:28

So my friend Tony, okay, he asked me to to spell his name his name backwards. And I'm like, why not? Why not? You make me sick.

SPEAKER_02 2:03

I'm glad your team lost.

Introducing Wives And Twins

SPEAKER_03 2:11

That's what happened. That's what happened. Oh, that is so funny. What's up, what's up, what's up, what's up, what's up, what's up, what's up, what's up, everybody. Welcome to a brand new episode of the Almost Brothers Podcast. On today's episode, as always, we got Ta. Yeah, there it is. And we got Richie Rich. Cricket, Cricket. No Richie Rich, but we've got our wives are on today. Jamie. Hi. And Liv. Hi. And the babies. And the twins. Same way. Twinning. Oh.

SPEAKER_04 2:51

Oh. Oh. What do you want to say to your fans?

SPEAKER_02 3:02

The Almost Twins podcast.

SPEAKER_03 3:05

That is fantastic.

unknown 3:07

You want to talk about that?

SPEAKER_03 3:11

He's leaning in like he really is about to say something.

SPEAKER_04 3:14

He's leaning in so hard, he's doing cross eyed.

Theme: Quality Over Quantity

SPEAKER_03 3:17

He's leaning into the microphone. Oh. Oh. Really? There's a little bit.

SPEAKER_04 3:28

She's just not.

SPEAKER_03 3:29

So on today's episode, we're going to be talking about quality over quantity and good old-fashioned time together.

SPEAKER_02 3:40

I almost sat on the arm of the chair.

SPEAKER_03 3:43

Yeah, don't sit on the arm of the chair. On time together. You know, with with we're going on our 20-year anniversary, and y'all just.

SPEAKER_01 3:51

Sorry.

SPEAKER_03 3:52

It's messed up. I say that too. And y'all are trying to figure out time with new twin little babbies. That we can hear. Oh my gosh. Yeah, he got a good spit up going.

SPEAKER_02 4:08

Boy. He's like a fountain.

SPEAKER_04 4:11

He just he doesn't teach it.

SPEAKER_02 4:13

Just lets it roll. You're wasting money right there. Spitting a bottle of food.

SPEAKER_04 4:19

He's living his best life, though. He really is.

SPEAKER_02 4:21

Is he though?

SPEAKER_03 4:23

So looks like he's living in his college days. Oh gosh. What are some of the things that y'all are trying to do as you're as you're navigating this life with twins on spending good? Because sometimes you can't spend as much time as you want, but making sure that the time you do spend is quality time.

SPEAKER_02 4:39

Thank God for grandparents.

SPEAKER_03 4:41

Ooh, come on. There you go. That's what I'm talking about, man. Let's give it up, man. Yeah. Or that's or godchildren, you know, that that step in, you know. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 4:54

Now that's that's kind of uh the only uh way we've been able to have like nights by ourselves. Yeah. Like just the two of us. Kind of your outlet. Yeah. Yeah. Like last night. Uh because we've been trying to move into our new home and get the old home ready and get the new home ready. And uh it's also hard to do when you have two screening babies.

SPEAKER_03 5:19

Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. That's true. Absolutely. So what is your favorite thing to do together? Sit and watch YouTube.

SPEAKER_04 5:27

I would say we honestly just sit and just hang out at home. We don't really we don't actually go out and do anything. Like we feel better just being at home.

New Parents And Finding Help

SPEAKER_02 5:37

Just I mean everyone like the I think the last last time we actually went out, we what we ate dinner. Did we go see a movie? I can't remember.

SPEAKER_04 5:48

I think so, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 5:49

Yeah, we watched uh uh Wicked Forget. Is that what it was called? Yeah. Oh yeah, you went to the movies? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. We went to we went to uh Cape, didn't we? Or no no no Sexton. No, we went to Sexton. Yeah, we went to Cape.

SPEAKER_03 6:01

There you go. Yeah, babe, what's your what what what's your input on how we can do better at this? I know we we have our schedules that get crazy, and how can we do better in 2026 and spending some good quality time together?

SPEAKER_05 6:17

Um I always think date nights are are nice to have, which we've been slacking because our schedules are busy, but yeah, our Saturdays are taken up now by basketball. Yes, 100%.

SPEAKER_03 6:31

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 6:32

Basketball, uh, church events.

SPEAKER_03 6:35

You know it's bad when I ask her, like, what do you want to do for your birthday? Like, what like where can we go? Like, we go out to eat, I'll take you to a movie. Like, what do you want to do for your birthday? And she's like, I just want to be left alone.

unknown 6:48

I did say that.

SPEAKER_03 6:49

And I'm like, what?

SPEAKER_02 6:51

What do you want for your birthday? I want you to take a trip somewhere else. Right.

SPEAKER_05 6:56

I said me. I said, I want to go on a shopping trip, just me. Literally. And that was that was my only Hey Michael.

SPEAKER_02 7:06

You know what I heard?

SPEAKER_05 7:09

Darn did he darn darn.

SPEAKER_02 7:11

You know what I heard?

SPEAKER_03 7:12

Well that screw you. That's right. That's what I heard. Like, I hate you. That's what I got out of that.

SPEAKER_05 7:18

Well, because there are some stores where he don't want to go in.

SPEAKER_03 7:22

And there's some It's not that I don't want to go in the store. It's that I don't want to go in the store for three hours.

SPEAKER_05 7:29

Yeah, and I do.

SPEAKER_03 7:30

Like, it is live is the conflict. Is live like this?

SPEAKER_05 7:35

That's why I want to go.

SPEAKER_03 7:36

Goes in the store and wants to touch everything in the store before she is done shopping. Jamie will go to every rack, look at every single thing, and leave with nothing.

SPEAKER_02 7:50

I mean, if she does, she don't take forever.

unknown 7:53

What?

SPEAKER_02 7:54

Now, now, say we're at like Target. Yeah. She'll take her time in Target.

SPEAKER_04 8:00

You best breathe.

SPEAKER_02 8:03

But for like at the mall, like I don't know, like American Eagle or something. I mean, she takes as long as I do.

SPEAKER_03 8:09

Yeah. I mean, it's just so long. I'm just like. And I guess I could see that. That would get annoying. I don't and I try not to rush you. I don't like, come on, let's go.

SPEAKER_05 8:19

I'd you breathe hard. You are you like breathing down my neck.

Simple Dates At Home

SPEAKER_03 8:28

Like maybe I'm just trying to get some oxygen. You ever think of that? Maybe my legs are hurting, and I'm trying to get some oxygen to my lungs and my blood vessels.

SPEAKER_05 8:40

No. You will go what when he goes to Target, he goes straight back to the electronics.

SPEAKER_03 8:50

Why you put my business in the street?

SPEAKER_05 8:55

All right, I'm done. Y'all done? Y'all ready to go? I'm like, I've just walked in and got a little drinky drink. And now I'm ready to start. You're like, oh, I'm done. Let's go.

SPEAKER_02 9:06

What's up, what's up, what's up, what's up, everybody. Another episode of the Couples Therapy.

SPEAKER_03 9:10

Man, bro. You ain't lying. Man.

SPEAKER_05 9:14

Right. I I got a I got an event. I haven't been on in a while.

SPEAKER_02 9:18

All right, go ahead then. Let me reach over. Let me reach over there and hit the mute button on my microphone.

SPEAKER_03 9:23

Yeah, I'll I'll mute myself.

SPEAKER_05 9:24

This is my episode.

SPEAKER_03 9:25

Oh, you do always say you're the best, uh, I'm the best co-host.

SPEAKER_05 9:29

Yeah, that's right.

SPEAKER_03 9:31

What do you got to say to Richard about that?

SPEAKER_05 9:33

Richard, these uh what are they? Listens, downloads?

SPEAKER_03 9:39

Yes.

SPEAKER_05 9:39

Something, they're gonna be high now that me and Liver on.

SPEAKER_03 9:42

You don't even know what it is.

SPEAKER_05 9:43

I know, because I'm not a podcaster. Downloads, likes, listens.

SPEAKER_03 9:49

I can't, I can't deal with all the above. I can't deal with them too. I can't even look that way, Tyler. I can't do it. What what what's what would your what would your ideal time together be then?

SPEAKER_05 10:04

Oh, a vacation.

SPEAKER_03 10:06

I'm away. Time away from you.

SPEAKER_02 10:09

Together in spirit.

SPEAKER_03 10:11

So this is something this is something too, okay. It becomes even a hassle to figure out what we want to do together in quality time. It's like it takes so long to figure something out.

Scheduling Date Nights In Busy Seasons

SPEAKER_04 10:22

Well, for us, it's like after a while, you don't want to keep doing the same thing, like going out to eat and go to the movie all the time. Yeah. Like every time you go out, it's that kind of it just gets old. Right. That's right. Sometimes we'll go like bowling or something, but not really anymore.

SPEAKER_02 10:40

It's just I mean, we've we've had we've had what two date nights since they've been born in almost four months they've been alive.

unknown 10:52

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 10:53

That's about that's about where we're at on average. That's not terribly bad.

SPEAKER_04 10:57

Are you counting yesterday?

SPEAKER_02 11:00

No.

SPEAKER_04 11:00

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 11:01

I was gonna say no, I'm counting uh that first, which that wasn't really I mean, that was an evening of ours by ourselves.

SPEAKER_04 11:09

Our first evening away from the babies.

SPEAKER_03 11:11

Yeah. You know you're getting old when when a date night consists of going to Walmart.

unknown 11:17

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 11:18

Just without the kid.

SPEAKER_04 11:19

We literally went to a high school and watched a musical.

SPEAKER_03 11:24

Yeah. And it's like, man, it's a nice little time, a little time away. Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 11:31

That's freaked me out.

SPEAKER_03 11:32

Did you sing along with the musical?

SPEAKER_04 11:35

Yes, he did.

SPEAKER_03 11:36

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 11:36

He had, oh my gosh. He had the time of his life.

SPEAKER_03 11:40

Oh gosh. Was it where was it? In Dexter?

SPEAKER_04 11:43

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 11:44

Oh, yeah, they do do some, they do some good ones.

SPEAKER_04 11:46

There was one kid during one specific scene. So the the musical was high school musical.

SPEAKER_03 11:52

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 11:54

I don't remember what the scene was, but oh my gosh, he was like crying laughter because of one kid.

SPEAKER_02 12:03

It was the scene where they're playing the championship game and she's doing the the scholastic bowl thing. Yeah. And I was like, every time the kid shot the ball, would just just freak out.

SPEAKER_04 12:23

Like going crazy, look just looking stupid, like just because he could.

SPEAKER_02 12:30

It caught me off guard because I'm watching like the main characters of that scene, and I just seen him kind of in the corner of my eye. It's freaking out. I'm like, wait a second, did I just see that wrong? Oh my god.

SPEAKER_03 12:40

And that well, high school musical, that's right. Your time, right?

SPEAKER_02 12:43

When you were that age, you were wasn't that it was 20 years ago this year, I think, that the first one came out. Or 19 years ago. Yeah, yeah, no, no, it was 20 years ago this year.

SPEAKER_04 12:53

Yeah, yeah. Which is so crazy.

Solo Recharge And Shopping Styles

SPEAKER_03 12:54

Yeah, yeah. It goes by, yeah. The fact how fast it goes by. Yeah, it's nuts. Mm-mm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. So we we do stuff like that. Like we'll go, you know, go grab groceries or something like that, and and we'll let the kids kind of hang out at home and then we'll go and do that. Cause, you know, Bubby's old enough to to watch both of them. But we kind of try to squeeze those in as much as possible. Just that little bit of time. Yeah. You know, even the car ride is is pretty nice. I I think. I mean, I I'm not I'm not wanting for my birthday to to be away from her, you know, so it may not be the time of her life to hang out with me. But poor thing. Man, 20 years changed you. 20 to life. Oh, and and you know, talking about vacation, it took us so long to figure out what we're gonna do this summer as a family. Yeah, then finally the kids kind of pinpointed it because you know, one of us uh rhymes with Shmaimi uh can't make her mind up on anything, you know. So it was Zeke. It was a it was a pain just to figure out what we're gonna do, how we're gonna do it. So what are y'all doing? We're going to Boston. You're just a I think you told me that going to Boston.

SPEAKER_05 14:07

Creature of uh of what is it?

SPEAKER_03 14:11

Creature of habit is what you're trying to say.

SPEAKER_05 14:13

Yeah, it's late, okay. So you're just like, yeah, y'all want to go to Boston? And the kids, of course, are like, yeah, we do, because you want to go. And he's like, yeah, let's plan that.

SPEAKER_03 14:27

Do I I don't that doesn't sound like me. Who's talking? Wait a second. That doesn't sound like me. No, I said, kids, do y'all want to go here or here? Then they chose where they wanted to go. To what'd you say? Orlando, Florida.

SPEAKER_04 14:48

Oh man. I want to go.

unknown 14:52

Thank you.

SPEAKER_03 14:53

I just don't, I don't get the uh I haven't been to Florida in oh my gosh. I just don't want to I don't want to stand in line for three and a half hours to go on one ride. That doesn't sound fun to me.

SPEAKER_04 15:03

Well, you ain't gotta wait to go to the beach.

SPEAKER_03 15:05

Well, yeah, that's true.

SPEAKER_02 15:07

We've got a friend from church, Logan. How many times a year does she go to Disneyland?

SPEAKER_04 15:12

Well, she she went to Disneyland for the first time. Or Disney World, California. Yeah, she goes to Disney all the time.

SPEAKER_02 15:17

Yeah, well she yeah, she went to she went to she just came back from Disneyland. Yeah, I think what uh towards the end of last year, she went to Disney World. Yeah, and then probably earlier that world words, holy crap. Earlier that year, last year, she went to Disney World.

SPEAKER_04 15:36

Yeah, she goes to Disney World quite a bit.

SPEAKER_01 15:42

What is up with my is running out of mouth, man?

SPEAKER_04 15:44

It's so cool because she has like a oh my gosh, she has a whole room like dedicated to Disney stuff. It's so cool. Yeah, and like she has all sorts like a little one of those like cubicle or not cubicle things, like the like the IKEA shelves, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 15:57

Oh, yeah, okay.

SPEAKER_04 15:58

Full like 20 bags. That's awesome. They're all different, it's so cool.

SPEAKER_03 16:02

Oh, yeah. Yeah, and that would be fun. I just don't it's it just takes so long to do anything at those places. So you get yeah, don't they make like the passes where you can look at the phone? Yes, but then you now you're spending more money.

SPEAKER_04 16:13

Yeah, you know, you got four people understand is you have to pay for each park.

SPEAKER_03 16:17

Right. Right.

SPEAKER_04 16:18

So if you want to go to multiple, like it's so expensive to go to all the parks.

SPEAKER_02 16:23

Yeah, well uh you uh I think you mentioned it what last time or something like that. Um I saw on Facebook too, where it's like it's cheaper to to go to Disney World like Tokyo.

SPEAKER_03 16:36

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And it it's just or probably the same uh uh the same amount as going in Florida. Yeah. And it's just so much. So we talk about going and catching a Red Sox game and doing that. So yeah. We're uh we're hoping to go to San Antonio this summer.

SPEAKER_02 16:55

Now what was San Antonio? Uh so that competition, uh that music competition there. Yeah, that's where it's at.

SPEAKER_04 17:03

What's it called?

SPEAKER_02 17:04

Uh what? Wait, was that you?

SPEAKER_04 17:07

That was me.

SPEAKER_02 17:08

So you're you're well the microphone is covering like the bottom half of your face, so all I see is Well, you should still be able to recognize my voice. Ooh, get him.

SPEAKER_04 17:17

That's problem number one.

Target Runs And Electronics Detours

SPEAKER_02 17:19

Oh, snap on. Listen. Anyways, it's called You God's Music. You God's Music. Okay, that's what I thought. You, comma, God's music. That's cool. Yep.

SPEAKER_04 17:29

Yeah, what's funny is um I didn't know anything about it until after he had submitted our audition. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 17:34

Hey, that's the way to do it.

SPEAKER_04 17:35

He's like, hey, so I did this thing.

SPEAKER_02 17:38

By the way. Well, they they reached out to our they commented on one of uh my TikToks like, hey, you should audition for this. I looked into it and I thought it was not like a not legit thing, but I thought it was like a like like someone putting something on and it's like three people involved. Yeah. And I've never we'd never heard of it before. I looked into it and looked, uh went on their website, looked like a legit website, have a YouTube link to their their finale last year. Uh Torn Wells performed there. Uh Jason Cradd was a host. Um Jordan Feliz was a judge. That's awesome. That is awesome. And it like there's probably 10 or so thousand people there. So cool.

SPEAKER_03 18:27

So and we're and we're only planning a trip to you know, North Carolina for the one trio. You know, I mean, I'm just saying. You're done. I'm just throwing that out there, just throwing that out there. Uh yeah. Excuse me.

SPEAKER_04 18:40

You've gone on plenty of trips.

SPEAKER_03 18:42

Oh, we may have gone on plenty of trips.

SPEAKER_04 18:44

Yeah. We may have gone on on the trip.

Rethinking Date Ideas Beyond Dinner

SPEAKER_02 18:46

Speaking of, are you trying to go to Atlanta again this year? Yeah. I um I talked with um Johnny about leading worship down there for your next conference. Yep.

SPEAKER_03 19:34

Yep, yep. Well, James, what's something you want to do? You she wants to go to the beach all the time. It's just always the beach.

SPEAKER_05 19:42

I love warm weather.

SPEAKER_03 19:44

Same. She's always always the beach. What is it with you in the beach? Like what what what makes what are you so fascinated about?

unknown 19:54

Uh vitamin D.

SPEAKER_03 19:55

The sharks. Vitamin D. You can go to Walmart and get that.

SPEAKER_01 20:01

Not the same.

SPEAKER_03 20:04

You can go to Walmart and get that.

SPEAKER_02 20:07

Let me see it, Zay. Let me see it.

SPEAKER_03 20:09

I just can't, I just can't. I can't do it. I can't do the beach all the time.

SPEAKER_05 20:14

Yeah, you stick your big toe in and you're done.

SPEAKER_03 20:18

Yeah, that's it. That's all I need. That's all I need. Big toe in the in the water, and I'm good.

SPEAKER_05 20:23

See, even Ezra says fearful of it.

SPEAKER_03 20:29

So moving on, we're gonna move to that's what's up. Something that you're watching. Let's do I'm gonna start with Tyler and then go to the ladies. So y'all can kind of think of it a little bit. What's something you got going on this week, man? Or last week.

SPEAKER_02 20:42

You weren't you weren't on last week, so uh hardly anything because we're we've been so busy.

SPEAKER_03 20:49

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 20:50

Um still watching the rookie.

SPEAKER_03 20:54

Yeah, oh yeah, the show. Okay, it took me a second. I was thinking the rookie of the movie. I was like, how long have you been watching this one movie?

SPEAKER_02 21:00

Yeah, no, we no, just watch it every week. Yeah. Um, am I listening to anything? Let me see. Is there anything I'll I'll skim the top of my playlist real quick. Um, um, so I've been uh listening to a lot more of uh Ben Fuller. Yeah, he's good. He's really good. Yeah, I love his testimony. Yeah. Have you heard it?

SPEAKER_03 21:24

Yeah. Yeah. It's good. Yeah, we got a few people at the church that really like him.

SPEAKER_02 21:28

Yeah, his guess actually uh the uh my guitar player for my band actually got to play with him at a conference in December.

SPEAKER_03 21:36

Yeah, that's awesome.

Counting Real Date Nights Post-Twins

SPEAKER_02 21:37

Um so that and then um there's this, I don't know, it's I guess it's this collective of uh Christian artists. I don't know who all I put it together, um, but they called it a house of worship, and they it was like um what's her name? I can't remember. She was the she was a lady from the Hillsong back in the 90s that sang Shout to the Lord. I think it was Hillsong. Oh yeah, okay. And I I think she might have been the one to kind of put it all together. Anyways, um it's her and like some newer artists, Cece Wynans, Chris Brown and um uh Josh Baldwin, they uh uh collaborated with some like the older artists like Michael W. Smith, yeah, uh Matt Redman. They uh did and recorded a whole album of like all the older uh 90s, maybe early 2000s uh worship songs like shot to the Lord, uh Breathe, um Heart of Worship, you know, those the ones everyone knows. Yeah. It was so good. Oh, it's cool. It's such a good album.

SPEAKER_03 22:41

Very neat. Liv, what you got going on? You been listening to anything outside of uh The Baby's Crying? The baby's crying, the orchestra of farts and burps and baby noises. I'm first chair of farts.

SPEAKER_04 22:59

That's just a close second. The wind instruments?

SPEAKER_02 23:10

Oh my god, so dumb.

SPEAKER_00 23:12

We literally just watch the That that dude is so funny.

SPEAKER_02 23:18

Like Michael doesn't understand good humor.

SPEAKER_04 23:25

Um I started rewatching the Vampire Diaries.

SPEAKER_03 23:29

Oh, it's so good. It is. Oh, it's so good. I love it.

SPEAKER_04 23:37

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 23:38

Is it like background noise? Or do you like get to sit down and watch it?

SPEAKER_04 23:43

A little bit of both. So like, well, the other day I fell asleep watching it. I just started because I've already seen edit, so I just started it where it stopped.

SPEAKER_05 23:55

Right.

SPEAKER_03 23:56

That's what I that's what you do, yeah. Heck yeah, James. What you got?

SPEAKER_05 24:02

Uh I mine the same as what you got.

SPEAKER_03 24:05

Well, go ahead.

SPEAKER_05 24:07

I really don't remember. Uh we're watching the Myrtles.

SPEAKER_03 24:14

Yeah. It's a it's a docuseries based off of a true story of a family and a bunch of this stuff happens. It's pretty crazy.

SPEAKER_04 24:25

Oh, we watched the documentary last night.

SPEAKER_03 24:27

It's pretty crazy.

SPEAKER_04 24:28

It was called What Jennifer Did.

SPEAKER_05 24:30

Oh yeah, I watch that.

SPEAKER_04 24:31

It's good. It's like and like you see it coming, but the way that everything happens is like it's crazy.

SPEAKER_02 24:42

Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_04 24:44

She's still denying everything to this day.

SPEAKER_02 24:46

Yeah. Well, it's like it's like uh that one with the the the social media and the mom.

SPEAKER_04 24:52

Oh, I'm that was crazy. I was ready to beat her up.

SPEAKER_02 24:55

What was it called?

Small Escapes: Musicals And Groceries

SPEAKER_03 24:56

Yes, yeah, I know I know where she like wasn't feeding her kids or whatever. No, it was no.

SPEAKER_04 25:02

No, that's a different one. That's like the Jody, whatever, right? Oh I don't know. Jody something. Um I think we watched that one too.

SPEAKER_02 25:08

This one, so um, if you haven't heard, I'm gonna spoil it for people.

SPEAKER_00 25:13

So basically, there's this there's this girl.

SPEAKER_02 25:16

Um, and she was dating.

SPEAKER_03 25:17

Well, don't spoil it for me.

SPEAKER_05 25:21

Yeah, because he's I didn't know you were gonna watch it.

SPEAKER_03 25:23

You're about to go into it. No, I didn't like your headphones, Mike.

SPEAKER_05 25:28

Wait, he does need to watch it.

SPEAKER_02 25:29

Yeah, don't ruin it, right? It's unknown number, I think. That's right, that's right. Yeah, no, he needs to watch it because I need to record his reaction.

SPEAKER_04 25:35

Yeah, it's on Netflix. Yeah, it's really cool. Oh, have you seen it?

SPEAKER_03 25:39

No, I just seen like Oh, you know what happens. It's really good.

SPEAKER_04 25:43

Yeah, well, people ruin it on TikTok.

SPEAKER_03 25:45

So this girl, I'm in. I don't need you to explain. I'm in. Okay. I'm just I was just giving you a little premise.

SPEAKER_04 25:51

I would say you think you know what's gonna happen. I'm in.

SPEAKER_02 25:53

And then it's like no plot twist. It yes, very we were hooked.

SPEAKER_04 25:57

We were like sitting on the edge of our seats with our eyes out of our head. We might need to watch that.

SPEAKER_02 26:01

So it's it's kind of one of those. No, no, it's it was kind of one of those uh because they you know interview a bunch of people, and it's like you like, okay, it could be this person. Yeah, it else could be this person. And then when they finally reveal it, you're like, absolutely no freaking way. Oh, that's awesome. I'm down. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_04 26:18

And you'll probably figure it out before they get to that point, but you might I don't know if you'll figure it out, but you you'll have an idea.

SPEAKER_02 26:25

I I would say you may have like like this is a crazy idea, and it probably isn't it, but this is what I'm thinking.

SPEAKER_03 26:32

Man, what was what what was the other one we just got done watching before the before the Murder Alls? It was another case. The staircase, yeah. That's one y'all need to watch. That's a that's a good one. So there's a documentary and a docuseries both. Yeah. And then The Perfect Neighbor. You tell me about that one.

SPEAKER_02 26:51

I remember you telling me that.

SPEAKER_04 26:52

Oh yeah, that was I didn't finish that one.

SPEAKER_02 26:55

You fell asleep. We watched it while you're in the hospital. You fell asleep.

SPEAKER_04 26:57

Yeah, I did.

SPEAKER_02 26:58

It yeah.

SPEAKER_03 26:59

So would y'all would y'all rather watch like a like a series or a like docuseries like that? That's like based off of a true story? Or would you rather watch something like vampire diaries or something like that? I don't know.

SPEAKER_04 27:13

I really like the documentary type stuff like that. Like the murder.

SPEAKER_03 27:17

The actual Yeah, I I do too.

SPEAKER_04 27:19

I like the He's just choking on a spit.

SPEAKER_03 27:22

He's like, I like I like the docuseries like based on a true story because it makes me want to like go and dig into the actual story. Like, oh my gosh. So like we're looking stuff up, like oh.

SPEAKER_04 27:33

Like the one of my favorite cases that I'm still stuck on is the Jean Bonnet.

unknown 27:37

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 27:37

Oh my gosh. Jean Bonet Ringsy. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 27:39

Like I'm I'm convinced it was her parents.

SPEAKER_03 27:41

Yeah. I'm convinced it was or her brother. Who's the other one where the girl, the, the girl wound up like missing or something? Uh Casey Anthony. Oh, we watched, we watched uh a documentary on that. She's like, this is crazy.

SPEAKER_04 27:54

I think we watched part of that one too. Yeah, I don't think we finished it, but I think we started watching it. Yeah. I think it's like she's on there all day, like, yeah.

Summer Trip Debates: Boston Vs Florida

SPEAKER_03 28:03

And then shut up. Yeah. Like those are so good, which I don't really have any new movies that we've watched that like lately.

SPEAKER_00 28:13

Yeah, it's terrible.

SPEAKER_03 28:16

But what? Oh, we went we went and watched Lord of the Rings in theaters for the 35th anniversary. Nerd. Yeah, man.

SPEAKER_04 28:23

That's what you were gonna say for the 35th time.

SPEAKER_03 28:27

Quite that many.

SPEAKER_02 28:28

And then he's probably seen it that many times in his life.

SPEAKER_03 28:31

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Part 2, Secret of the Ooze. Ooooze. It's uh the an I can't remember 30 years, I think. No, no, it's it's older than that. Um, but the anniversary of that's coming out, so it's gonna be re-released in theater, so I'll be going to see that. That's about it. That's about it. Been playing some video games a little bit. Nothing crazy. Yeah, no, I haven't been playing video games. Well, last time Jamie, that last time me and her play. This is my shocked face. Yeah. Right, right. We play um uh Dr. Mario.

SPEAKER_05 29:04

We haven't played that long.

SPEAKER_03 29:05

It's been a while, it's been a few weeks. Yeah, because I'm surprised that Jamie still plays.

SPEAKER_04 29:10

I ain't playing that one again.

SPEAKER_03 29:12

Well, hold up. Hold up, hold up. Now let's let's let's give full context to what really happened. Uh uh. Let's give full context.

SPEAKER_02 29:24

Not the context.

SPEAKER_05 29:27

What's the full context? I beat you.

SPEAKER_03 29:31

How do you beat me?

SPEAKER_05 29:33

Uh I don't know.

SPEAKER_03 29:35

You you complain and make me go up levels until finally you start beating me. True or no? Hey, a dub's a dub. True or no? No, no, no. True or no?

SPEAKER_05 29:48

I will go to no I will go to level 10.

SPEAKER_03 29:52

And then you make me go to 13.

SPEAKER_05 29:54

I don't make you. You go complain.

SPEAKER_03 29:57

You complain. You need to go up. I don't want to play with you anymore. You need to go up a level. You need to speed it up. You need to do.

SPEAKER_05 30:06

No, false. I'm still the way.

SPEAKER_03 30:08

Jamie Danielle.

SPEAKER_05 30:09

I'm still the champ.

SPEAKER_03 30:11

So you're a champ, yeah, you're the champ at lying because you're lying right now. Long live the champ.

SPEAKER_05 30:17

No, I'm the champ.

SPEAKER_03 30:19

So that's like that's I'm not a licensed therapist, Michael. That's like getting in the ring with the champ and going, okay, you have to stand on one leg and close your eyes and only use your left arm. And then beating them and like, I'm the champ now. It's like, well, yeah, you That's what we call a handicap match. Exactly. Exactly. Oh no, he's just drilling. Oh goodness. He's just ruined. Well, hey, babe. Oh Lord.

SPEAKER_00 30:41

Hey.

SPEAKER_03 30:42

Hey. How are you doing? What's something that you've been watching or listening to this week?

SPEAKER_04 30:49

Hunger Games and Harry Potter. Oh Hunger Games. I literally just watched like Hunger Games like the other day.

SPEAKER_03 30:55

We are on, which one are we on now?

SPEAKER_04 30:58

Four.

SPEAKER_03 30:59

Yes, we're on Hunger Games part four. Because she we've been we've been able to spend time together, just me and her. So we've been watching these series. So we watched all the Harry Potters. Now we're on the Hunger Games, and then you want to watch uh what do you want to watch next? Zay? What is it you wanted to watch next? Stranger Things. Yeah, she's I really want to watch Stranger Things.

SPEAKER_04 31:21

I already have a favorite.

SPEAKER_03 31:23

Yeah, who's your favorite already?

SPEAKER_04 31:25

Are you sure?

SPEAKER_03 31:26

Yeah, who's your favorite already?

SPEAKER_04 31:28

Max.

SPEAKER_03 31:29

Max? Okay. Does your boyfriend know? About Max?

SPEAKER_04 31:33

She FaceTimed me the other day with her boyfriend there.

SPEAKER_03 31:35

Oh, whoa. Where was that at?

SPEAKER_04 31:38

Zeke's basketball game.

SPEAKER_03 31:39

Oh, was that the game? Oh. Yeah, for those out that don't know, this is my youngest daughter, Zalee. Youngest.

SPEAKER_02 31:49

She's practically still a baby. She looks just like the twins there. Oh. So she is not old enough for it.

SPEAKER_03 31:56

What's your favorite way to spend time with uh me and mommy?

SPEAKER_04 32:01

Um probably watching a movie.

SPEAKER_03 32:05

Yeah. You also like going to Target, don't you?

SPEAKER_00 32:07

Oh, yeah, definitely.

San Antonio And Music Competition Plans

SPEAKER_03 32:09

Get your Starbies. What's your favorite way to spend time with me and your godmommy?

SPEAKER_00 32:15

Spending time with the twins. Of course.

SPEAKER_04 32:18

No, that she literally FaceTime me. Uh was it yesterday maybe? Yeah. And she was like, I was just checking on the twins, seeing how they're doing.

SPEAKER_02 32:29

Yeah, FaceTime me.

SPEAKER_00 32:31

Well, also, I just got your new number, so.

SPEAKER_02 32:34

That's true. I texted you my new number when I got it.

unknown 32:37

You didn't.

SPEAKER_02 32:38

I did. Well, didn't you get it? She got a new number, didn't she?

SPEAKER_03 32:41

Uh yeah. Yeah, not too long ago, yeah. Yeah. So who who is your first first pick to call if you if you need to call one of these two? Who's the first one on your phone?

SPEAKER_04 32:54

It's if I had to pick, probably live.

SPEAKER_02 33:01

That's a bunch of bulls. That is a bunch of bull. That's a bunch of bull. Only because ain't no explanation. You have you call and text me so much more.

SPEAKER_04 33:15

No, because listen. No, because girl lives a girl. I'm a girl. She gets it.

SPEAKER_02 33:22

Oh, yeah. Okay. Okay. Well, she doesn't get as much as you think she does. Apparently you don't call her these.

SPEAKER_04 33:28

You'd be like, okay, cool. Do you want to see the dogs?

SPEAKER_03 33:34

You love the dogs. She doesn't see the dogs. That sounds like Tyler right there.

SPEAKER_00 33:38

I never said I didn't.

SPEAKER_03 33:39

Now the toys are here.

SPEAKER_00 33:41

Oh yeah. Hey, how are you doing? Don't. Zay. Hey.

SPEAKER_02 33:47

Don't come in here. Don't come in here and act like I'm not the favorite goddamn. Don't do that. Don't do that.

SPEAKER_04 33:56

Why are you making her pick favorites? Oh my God.

SPEAKER_02 34:00

She does it on her own. She's not saying her favorite.

SPEAKER_04 34:02

I'm not saying my favorite. I'd just say if I would call like something.

SPEAKER_03 34:06

She gets it. I dig it. I dig it.

SPEAKER_02 34:10

I guess I don't get it now because I don't like that she has a boyfriend.

SPEAKER_03 34:14

Yeah, none of us like that very much, but he seems to be a good kid. Way to upset the family. Yeah, that's right. Yeah. I told him he needs to get a job. That's what needs to happen. Invite him over.

SPEAKER_02 34:31

Give him a talk into you while you're cleaning your nerf gun.

SPEAKER_03 34:33

Yeah, that's what he said. We're gonna sit there. Water gun. Me, Tyler, and Richard, we're gonna have this three water guns just cleaning them. So have a seat there, pal.

SPEAKER_02 34:44

What's his name again?

SPEAKER_00 34:46

Kendrick.

SPEAKER_02 34:47

I don't like it. I don't like it. Was he a rapper?

SPEAKER_03 34:52

Kendrick Lamar?

SPEAKER_00 34:54

No.

SPEAKER_03 34:55

Is he fly for a white guy?

unknown 34:57

Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_03 34:58

Well, I sure love y'all. I love y'all so much. It's awesome. Get to spend some time with y'all.

SPEAKER_04 35:03

I love y'all.

Beach Love And Vacation Preferences

SPEAKER_03 35:05

Richard, you got anything else to add? He's got nothing. You ready for another joke? Oh god.

SPEAKER_00 35:14

Oh. Oh no.

SPEAKER_03 35:16

Zaylee, get your father. Are you ready? Zaylee, get your father. Don't encourage him. What did Simba say to the slow bus driver?

unknown 35:25

Oh no.

SPEAKER_03 35:27

Don't Michael, please.

SPEAKER_02 35:29

What did Simba say to the slow bus driver? Michael Sims, please, for the love of all things holy. Just don't. We know and I don't want to I don't and and just don't. Stop. Stop it. Stop.

unknown 35:44

Help! No.

SPEAKER_03 35:46

What did Simba say to the slow bus driver? Mufasa.

SPEAKER_00 36:01

No, it wasn't a terrible joke. Just saying.