The Tim Hawkins VIP Experience

Holly: Kind of sounds like it could be a title for an episode of Big Bang Theory...

Well...we are 2 days into the #2015bereasnowpocalypse and, since we are a bit what you'd call snowed in, I'll get things rolling by beginning our tale of when we saw Tim Hawkins live for the second time! 

The date was Friday the 13th (how creepy!!) and we waited outside for about fifteen minutes in the RIDICULOUS cold for the VIP doors to open.  Yes, this time we had VIP tix, a transaction that took place in May of last year! So no messing around with us this time.  We were herded to the gym of the church and were promptly fed Chick-Fil-A.  Yes, actual food! Which, at this time, I shall bring up, upon receiving these tickets, it was told that "hors d'oeuvres" were being served, so we ate beforehand.  Definitely not expecting boxes of original chicken sandwiches and waffle chips, so we shared a sandwich and hated ourselves a little bit more.  After we ate we were taken into the sanctuary where we ended up THREE ROWS behind the stage!  

I know there's a lot of you out there who are Tim Hawkins fans, and if you haven't seen him live yet, you really need to!  You WILL laugh, for the entire 2 hours, practically nonstop.  Bonus: He laughs at his own stuff too!  But what I really love about this guy is that he makes it all about Jesus!  So I guess it's what I would call a win-win situation :)

Here he's doing his song called "Third Wheel."  Look it up on Youtube! :)

 Kelly: I kept telling Holly throughout the night "we should be VIP's more often." It was a lot of fun. I felt like we were right there in the action, being 3 rows from the stage. There's really nothing else to add; it was really funny. A few times I sincerely thought I was going to be sick I was laughing so hard. At the end of the show we got to meet him. He was like "have I met you all somewhere before?" We were like....nooooooo. I then asked if he knew any twin jokes. He said he didn't but knew a blonde joke. It goes like this: 2 blondes were on either side of a lake. One blonde yelled to the other "how do you get to the other side?" Yeah...it took me a while to figure that one out; it was a long day. Finally got it when we were driving home. Ahh well. It was still funny. They wouldn't let us take any pictures, but the church did post some on their website (that sis is perusing right now).

I wrote in my journal the night we got home and was like this is why I go to things like this. Tim said that this world is so...messed up, and we're all just a bunch of terds. Laughter is perhaps one of the saving graces for this messed up world. It gives me hope, seriously. And it's a good and healthy escape. Plus we just like funny things (if you go on our Pinterest we posted a couple of his stuff on our funnies board). And his humor isn't crude; it's laughable! You laugh at it because a, it's really funny and b because it's so true! He mentioned that when women laugh they let out this long sigh at the end of it. I laughed at this then sighed. I was like "oh my gosh, Holly, I just did what he said!" and I laughed even harder. Perfect example of "it's only funny because it's true." So yeah. It was a really great night. I am still thinking about it from time to time. And who better to share this night with than sis? I will close with a comment he said near the end of the show; his purpose for why he does what he does is all for Jesus. It's to glorify Him.

Jesus didn't come into the world to make bad people good. He came to make dead people alive. 

If we had a dollar....

Holly and Kelly: So, just in case any of you live under a rock, we are twins.  Duh.  Blatantly obvious.  But over the years, during our numerous encounters with various people and situations, we have been asked a plethora of ridiculous, humorous, silly, stupid, and just flat out "what the heck" questions.  Here are some of them (by the way, the parentheses after the questions are our mental responses, i.e. we would never say them aloud):

"Are y'all TWINS???"  *short pause while we process, then say yes*  "Are y'all related?"
(um...if we just said we're twins, then...we're....probably........related.....MMM, we'll give you a minute to think about it...)

"Are y'all sisters?"
"Do y'all ever fight?" (No, it's just puppies and rainbows all OF COURSE WE DO.  We're so freakishly alike it's scary; of course our opinions will clash.)

"Do you have the same birthday?" (Not even joking.  Although there are twins that don't..i.e. one born at 11:59 and one at like 12:01, etc...but no.  We do not)

"Do you all like the same stuff?" (For the most part, yes...but we do have different tastes.  For some reason that question just irritates us.  Sorry)

"So if I poke your sister in the arm, will you feel it?"  (No.  Next question)

"Does that whole sister ESP thing work? Like, do you know what she's thinking, or feeling?" (Again...no.)

"Have ya'll ever switched places before?" (What are we, cruel? People have a hard enough time telling us apart sometimes. I'd rather not add to the torture)

"Are ya'll the same?" (Same DNA. COMPLETELY different people. Though we are both extroverts, Kelly tends to be more extroverted and expressive with emotions. Holly is more reserved. Not a bad thing. NEXT).

"Do you all ever run out of things to talk about?" (This is actually a good question. And no we don't.)

"Do ya'll share clothes?" (Hmm....again, let me give you all a minute. You have an instant double wardrobe. OF COURSE we share clothes!)

"Do you like being a twin?" (Gee....)

"I think I would hate being a twin." (You would be quite surprised. It's like any relationship; both parties have to work at it and be willing to make the commitments necessary to keep it steady and strong)

And the best one for last...

"How can I tell you apart from your sister?" No parentheses for this. This is what I say. Holly ALWAYS wears her hair up and I don't. That's the easiest way for someone who is at first getting to know us to tell us apart. When you get to know us a little bit more, our family and friends have different ways of telling us apart. To close, we both LOVE being a twin and wouldn't have it any other way! :]