2025 was a grind. Wrapped up the year feeling exhausted yet grateful and deeply honored.
34 states.
10 countries.
✈️ 60,000+ miles flown (2.4 times around the Earth).
🚌 70,000+ miles on the ground (2.8 times around the Earth).
🎟️ 800,000+ fans showed up across all the different shows that I was honored to be a part of this year…that number is wild and humbling.
God is good. He has been faithful through the countless load ins, load outs, early mornings, and late nights…this job isn’t easy and there’s often problem solving on the fly. It’s crazy to look back and see how He directed my steps to this line of work and how it started out compared to today. It’s truly an honor that different artists and tours trust me to help lead their teams and to be able to be a small part in helping create moments that people carry with them long after the lights go down. It’s something I don’t take lightly and something I’ll never take for granted. It also takes so many people that I’m grateful to have gotten to work alongside with.
So here’s to all the crews, artists, drivers, and everyone behind the scenes who make the impossible happen every day.
Bring on 2026.
It was a special Christmas getting to spend it with my sister and her husband and their newborn twins who made their appearance on the 23rd. It might have been a wild household with little sleep but wouldn’t have had it any other way. My sister is a rockstar as is her husband. Bring on the Uncle life x 3 now!
That’s a wrap on the 2025 @dudeperfect Tour…and man what a ride it was! These shows were next-level…tons of energy and pure fun from start to finish. The days were long and exhausting but nothing beat seeing families laughing and making memories together each night. That’s what it’s all about.
The team...from the Dudes to the crew…all great people. Huge shout out to our crew who worked hard day in and day out to make each show happen…we couldn’t have done it without every single one of them. It truly was a team effort on all fronts.
We closed things out last Sunday at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. It was our second largest show of any of our tours with a 12,000+ sold out crowd. It was a great way to end it!
What DP has stood for and still stands for is why they are trusted by millions of parents and families around the world and why so many kids look up to them. It’s an honor to have been a small part in bringing their tour this year to more than 200,000 fans across 21 shows and 20 cities.
If you didn’t get a chance to see this year’s tour live, then you can catch it on the big screen in theaters this September!
Until next time!
Pound it. Noggin. See ya!
📸: @lebamatt
Grandparents are a special kind of people. This was the last picture I got with my Grandma for her 95th birthday in February.
She was Kind. Funny. Generous. Compassionate. Feisty. Full of life. Deer whisperer (deer would literally come running over the mountain when they heard her calling them by saying “here babe, her babe, here baby” and many of them would eat out of her hand and let her pet them). They knew she (and my Grandad) were a safe place for them.
I’m truly blessed and thankful to have been able to call her my Grandma.
Grandma you are missed so much already but we know you’re no longer suffering and we know that you are happy to be back together with Grandad. I love you Grandma.
It was so good being back with team @elevationworship . Great people. Great tour. Our Toronto show, they broke their own record for the largest ticketed Christian concert in Canada with more than 16,500+ tickets sold. And a total of 105,000+ people across all 8 shows. These past 2 weeks have been exhausting but also refreshing. It’s an honor to be a part of events like these. Already looking forward to the next run in the fall!
Yesterday was not only the last show of the Air1 Worship Now Tour with @wethekingdom , @caintheband , @passionmusic , @jonreddick and @crowder , but it also marked the 500th show that I’ve worked since I made the decision to leap from full-time nursing to get into tour management.
These 500 shows have been an incredible journey filled with growth, adventure, and memories that will last forever. From sleepless nights to unforgettable moments, I’ve been fortunate to be part of the behind-the-scenes magic that brings a tour to life.
A huge thank you to every artist, crew member, and fan who has made these experiences truly special.
To everyone I’ve met and worked with along the way…whether it was for one show or multiple tours…it’s been an absolute blast. I’m grateful for every opportunity to have shared the road with you.
A special thanks to all the tours and teams who have trusted me to wear the TM hat…thank you for allowing this RN-turned-TM to lead your teams. I’m beyond grateful, humbled, and honored to get to do what I love doing.
There still is seriously nothing like looking out at the crowds each night seeing people having a great time with their families and friends…it makes all the long days worth it.
Here’s to the next 500!
Property #2 has officially been secured! A lot of hard work the last several years has made this a reality. This is proof to keep taking steps every day towards your goals…no matter how small a step may seem or if it takes a little longer than you’d like, you’ll still be making progress and that’s what matters instead of giving up.
I’m excited to get to work and bring some life back to this older home.
Shoutout to @broadwaymortgagegroup and @rudytitle for their help with this one! If you’re in the Nashville area and looking to buy or sell, I’d be honored to help you navigate the housing market!
Now the hard work continues towards the next goal…
#NashvilleRealEstate #NeverGiveUp
Had the honor of working with @wethekingdom for their spring tour with @katynicholemusic . It’s always a little nerve wracking coming in as the new person and I knew I had some big shoes to fill from their previous TM who moved off the road into a management role. But day 1, these people started to feel like family.
We wrapped up our 7 week tour last weekend and what a blast it was!
7 weeks
16 states
26 cities/shows
18,172 miles traveled
Supportive. Kind. Selfless. Fun. This describes this team. Thankful for these people who were a lot of fun to work with.
The band is also insanely talented and it’s an awesome show. If we’re ever near you, come on out!
Now we have a couple weeks off before we start the summer festival season! 📸: @trescox
Wrapped up my last tour of the year this past weekend. Grateful to have gotten to work with the LD team again over the last couple months. Such good people. 📸: @ashleymaewright & @garrett.lobaugh
I’m one very proud brother over here watching you become a mother @laurenwalsh25 . You and @benrunkin are already the best parents and I’m excited to watch yall continue to step into these new roles in life and raise your son. Welcome to the world Bodhi…you are already loved by so many! Bring on the uncle life!
6 weeks…24 shows in 24 cities…15,501 miles traveled…that’s a wrap on another successful @dudeperfect tour! It’s always a good time when working with the DP team. And I can’t thank our crew enough who put in the hard work behind the scenes every day to make each show happen. I’ve mentioned this before, but the highlight of every day is seeing the joy on the thousands of faces in the crowd each night. It makes all the long days worth it. I’m thankful to have been a small part of this tour and getting to work with good people. I love what I get to do. Until next time. Now it’s time for a nap. #dudeperfecttour 📸: @luxiumcreative
Heaven gained another Angel last night as He called my Mema home. While it’s tough, I’m thankful she’s no longer suffering.
Her faith was unwavering. Watch the 2min video of her singing one of her favorite songs by Brooks & Dunn (this is the song that would play every time she went in for chemo back when she battled and beat cancer). The lyrics fit perfectly “I raise my hands, bow my head. I'm finding more and more truth in the words written in red. They tell me that there's more to life than just what I can see, I believe…You can't tell me it all ends in a slow ride in a hearse. You know I'm more and more convinced the longer that I live, this can't be all there is…I believe.” And at the end of the video, you hear her say “I believe.”
Yes she surely did and she knew where she was going as she’d been talking about how ready she was to meet Jesus in Heaven. She lived an amazing life and she’s finally reunited with Papa. Our family and all her friends were blessed to know her.
The picture was a couple weeks ago when all four of us grandkids were able to be with her at the same time. I will always cherish the time spent with her. Love you Mema.
