Bless Your 'Hardt w/ Lorra Bowyer - The Best Wingman Ever?

Summary

The Dale Jr. Download

Episode: Bless Your 'Hardt w/ Lorra Bowyer – The Best Wingman Ever?
Date: August 28, 2025
Host: Amy Earnhardt (sitting in for Dale Jr.)
Guest: Lorra Bowyer
Producer/Co-Host: Alex
Podcast Theme: Candid conversations and humorous stories about NASCAR family life, marriage, parenting, friendships, vacations, and pop culture, with Amy and Lorra revealing the real-life chaos and camaraderie behind the scenes of racing families.

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Episode Overview

This episode is a lively, revealing, and often hilarious conversation between Amy Earnhardt and Lorra Bowyer – both wives of NASCAR personalities – as they dive deep into the realities of raising kids, marriage with famous (and wild) husbands, competitive family dynamics, “wingman” stories, girls’ nights, vacation preferences, and the ever-shifting world of modern parenting. Interspersed with personal anecdotes and laugh-inducing banter, the episode opens up the world of NASCAR families from a woman’s perspective, offering connection, commiseration, and plenty of laughs.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Swans and School Run Drama

• [02:13] Amy recounts a mishap where Dale told their daughter Isla the family's swans were being rehomed, causing a teary drop-off at school.

  • "You've got one job to drop her off without her crying, and... she came out crying about the swans." (Amy, [03:30])
  • "Do you want me to send home our little kit that she can write a book about her grief?" (Nurse Hessels, paraphrased by Amy, [03:13])

• Both reflect on the emotional minefields of school drop-off, trying to keep mornings smooth, and the differences between themselves and their husbands.

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2. Parenting Styles: Coffee, Chaos, and Car Rides

• [04:06]–[05:26] Lorra and Amy compare approaches to school mornings and child transportation.
  • Lorra insists on headphones and car TVs so she can have "20 minutes of peace and coffee," while Clint is energetic, wants to hype the kids up, and plays loud music.

"Put your headphones on. Mama needs 20 minutes." – Lorra ([04:43])
"I just want my coffee in peace and quiet." – Lorra ([05:01])

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3. Girls' Nights vs. Guy Trips

• [07:16] The women lament the short length of their Bunko nights (about three hours) compared to their husbands' “open-ended” four or five day-long hunting trips.

"We're at Bunko and it's like, three hours. And they're like, 'When you gonna be home?'" – Lorra ([07:53])
"You're gone for four or five days and I don't ask you when you're gonna be home." – Amy ([08:09])

• They joke about strategically extending girl nights and fantasize about planning their own, longer escapes.

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4. Family Life & Upstate New York Roots

• [09:11–10:51] Lorra discusses her roots in upstate New York near Watkins Glen, holiday routines, and the logistics of family visits with racing schedules.
• She shares about turning their home into a Christmas extravaganza, essentially becoming "Santa" for her family.

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5. Vacation Preferences: Activities Over the Beach

• [10:57–12:26] Lorra shares that Clint can’t handle inactivity ("What do you want to do now?"), so beach trips are out. Their family prefers hiking, adventure, and traveling out West (Yellowstone, Glacier, Banff).
• Both note the rise of "Instagram hikers" with flip-flops and no gear doing it for the pictures.

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6. Lorra’s Lacrosse Warrior Past

• [12:34–14:46] Lorra tells stories from her days as a lacrosse player, including breaking her scapula in a stick check and not bothering to get it fixed.
• She started on varsity as an 8th grader and played through college (DIII), emphasizing the toughness and camaraderie she gained from sports.

"I broke my scapula... she came down and broke my scapula with the end of it. I never even got it fixed." – Lorra ([13:55])

• Amy shares her own story of being a competitive cheerleader and quitting in college when it became too much to keep up with classes.

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7. Love Story: The Original Wingman

• [17:12–19:36] Lorra explains that she and Clint were friends for a long time – she was literally his “wingman” on dates, sometimes accompanying him to make awkward blind dates easier.

  • "He was like, ‘Hey, man, will you just come be my wingman?’... So he's on a date and I'm there." – Lorra ([17:18])
  • Eventually, friendship evolved into romance.

• They reflect on “taming wild stallions” – the process of slowly adapting and negotiating in a marriage to a racing driver.

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8. Hunting Adventures Gone Wrong

• [21:44–23:30] Both women recount failed attempts (and little appetite) for joining their husbands on hunting trips.
  • Lorra describes freezing in a deer stand, scaring off the only deer, and ensuring she’d never be invited again.

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9. Raising Kids: Competitiveness, Activities, and Fashion

[25:50–33:36]

• Lorra describes her kids:

  • Presley is a girly-girl, dance competitor, and little fashionista.
  • Cash is active and competitive but transitioned from racing to multiple sports (soccer, lacrosse, basketball) and even lifting weights at age ten.

• Both moms discuss the intensity and pettiness at dance competitions and sports.

"They just pinpoint everything... ‘Her toe thing was off!’" – Lorra ([26:43])

• On modern kid trends: Cash’s fashion (New Balance dad shoes, socks with Birkenstocks), perms for boys ("He looks like a doodle"), and the explosion of style/fashion consciousness among tweens.

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10. Taylor Swift, Football Feuds & Pop Culture

[33:17–36:09]

• Both moms are Swifties (Taylor Swift fans), having taken their girls to see Taylor in concert, and trade stories of meeting football players (Lorra met Travis Kelce).
• The Bowyers’ household is split: Lorra remains a Bills fan while Clint is die-hard Chiefs – leading to friendly rivalry, silent treatments, and undercover shirt-wearing at games.

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11. Game Time: “He’s a 10, But…”

[36:10–44:01]

A favorite segment with hilarious hypotheticals:

• Waitress Sweetheart: Not a dealbreaker (“We grew up in the South”)
• Messy Eater/Crumbs: Down to a five (“Dale leaves bottles open for dogs to knock over”)
• Always Late: Clint is guilty. “That’s a four.”
• Heavy Breathing at Night: Immediate “two.” “Kick him out.”
• Multiple Alarms, Never Gets Up: "That's a two."
• Toilet Seat Up: Both say "out" and discuss putting labels or stickers on seats ([39:29])
• Dirty Clothes Pile: If laundry is your job, it’s annoying, but re-wearing clothes is fine if it saves work.
• Lighting Stuff on Fire: “That’s like a 12!” Both love bonfires.
• Deer Stand vs. Date Night: If he’d rather hunt than date, he’s a “two.”
• Fantasy Football League but “Bad at Planning”: “He’s a liar. That’s a two.”

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12. Listener Q&A

[46:33–58:16]

Fun, rapid-fire questions from listeners:

• Odd Studio Decor: The “booby vase” and a tea kettle resembling male anatomy ([46:49])
• Hangover Cures: Cheers pills, McDonald's Diet Coke/Coke (“the red ambulance”) ([47:51])
• Would you go to space? Both: Hard no.
• Can a husband have a female best friend? Both: No, except maybe a sister.
• Appetizer Mount Rushmore: Espresso martini, chips & salsa, buffalo chicken dip, nachos, buffalo shrimp.
• Dog Dating Red Flags: Grown men with tiny dogs are (kind of) a red flag unless “it’s their grandmother’s.” Larger masculine dogs like Labs or German Shepherds get approval ([51:25])
• Exotic Pets: Clint wants a kangaroo; discussion leads to whether a first date invite to meet a kangaroo would be cool (it would, kind of).
• Pumpkin Spice Season: Lorra: loves it for a month, then moves on to peppermint. Amy: prefers pumpkin candles over drinks; not standing in line for PSL ([55:22])
• Favorite Fall Activities: Pumpkin patch, bonfires, four-wheeler rides around the Bowyer property, pink motorcycles for Presley, and (for Amy) not letting Dale get rid of the kids’ hoverboard unicorns.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Modern Parenting:
  "Put your headphones on. Mama needs 20 minutes." – Lorra ([04:43])
• On Being a “Wingman” for Clint:
  "He was like, 'Hey, man, will you just come be my wingman?'" – Lorra ([17:18])
• On Husbands’ Messes:
  "He leaves his water or his Coke or anything that has a screw top with the top off for the dog's tail or any of the kids to knock over." – Amy ([37:04])
• On Modern Kids’ Fashions:
  "That's the other thing the boys are doing that I don't understand is the perm. It's like this perm in your face. They look like doodles." – Amy ([30:25])
• On Husband’s Trip Length Disparity:
  "You're gone for four or five days and I don't ask you when you're gonna be home." – Amy ([08:09])
• On Date Night vs. Hunting:
  "If you'd rather do that than go on a date, you're probably a two." – Amy ([42:32])
• On Competitive Dance Moms:
  "They just pinpoint everything... 'Her toe thing was off!'" – Lorra ([26:43])
• On Parenting Resilience:
  "They do [fall off]. And they bounce back off and get on again." – Lorra ([58:06])

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Important (Content) Timestamps

• 02:13 – Amy’s swan/morning drop-off story
• 04:42 – Lorra on headphones/kids/coffee
• 07:16 – Girls' nights vs. guys’ trips
• 10:57 – Family vacation philosophy
• 12:34 – Lorra’s lacrosse years and toughness
• 17:12 – How Lorra and Clint met (the “wingman” story)
• 21:44 – Why hunting with their husbands isn’t for them
• 25:50 – Their children’s personalities and parenting challenges
• 33:17 – Taylor Swift & NFL house rivalry
• 36:12 – “He’s a 10, but…” game segment begins
• 46:33 – Listener Q&A: hangover cures, going to space, dog dating, and more
• 55:22 – Pumpkin spice and favorite fall activities

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Summary Tone & Takeaway

The tone is conversational, witty, and irreverent — with both Amy and Lorra embracing the beautiful chaos of their unique circumstances. The episode is an engaging window into the balancing act of family, fame, and friendship in the NASCAR world, revealing universal truths about messy marriages, competitive kids, the need for self-care (and alone time!), and listening to your inner voice about what matters most.

For listeners: If you want to laugh, commiserate, or just peek behind the curtain at racing family life — this episode is as real and as fun as it gets.

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End of Summary

Transcript

[Amy]

Hey, guys. I'm back in the DirtyMome media studio and this week I have with me Laura Boyer. Laura's sitting in for me because Dale is gone racing again. And so we're gonna have a lot of fun today. Let's get started.

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[Amy]

Bless your heart. Oh, yeah. This is the way it's going to be, girl. We're going to hang out.

[Alex]

Oh, you look amazing.

[Amy]

I can stare at you all day. Are you kidding me? I couldn't believe it. What's going on? The world is not your trash can.

[Alex]

I slept till 2. Smoking cigarettes and drinking amp energy.

[Amy]

Lord have mercy. This week's drink of the week presented by hi Rock. Vodka is a Cosmo, our classic girls drink, which we all love. It's 2 ounces of Hyrak, 1 ounce of Triple Sec, 1 ounce of cranberry juice, a half an ounce of fresh lime juice, and then shake it up and pour it into your glass. Please also remember to visit highrockvodka.com to find the store locator and see if there's any high rock near you. Also, you must be 21 years or older and you must drink responsibly. Okay. Laura, thank you for being here.

[Laura Boyer]

No problem.

[Amy]

I'm excited to do this because you're so much fun and the world doesn't really know a whole lot about you. I know even like trying to like lightly google because I don't want to know anything really before I ask, there's not a whole lot of information about you. Yeah, it's pretty hard to do this day and age.

[Laura Boyer]

Really hard to do.

[Amy]

So thank you for being here. No problem. I wanted to start off just by Telling you a funny story that happened this week for us. So I don't know how mornings go for you, but Dale does drop off for school.

[Laura Boyer]

You're so lucky.

[Amy]

Especially with Isla, because she will cry. If I get to the point of, like, dropping her off, she will cling to the seat and cry. So he takes her and for whatever reason, she doesn't do that. Well, the other day we had some swans gifted to us. Do you know who cletus is? Cletus McFarland?

[Laura Boyer]

I think so.

[Amy]

Yeah. So he's. He's gifted us some swans. We've had issues with the swans being safe on our property, so we're trying to rehome the swans. And we actually just found a really awesome place in South Carolina to send these babies. And so Dale decides to tell her about that on the way to school because she's wanting to go feed the swans. And so she keeps asking him about it. And instead of just withholding this information just a little bit longer, he just tells her all the news. And she gets so upset she didn't get to tell the swans goodbye. Like, she really goes down and feeds them every afternoon. She really loves these things. And so she gets out of the car, she's crying. I get a text immediately from Nurse Hessels and she's like, isla was crying hysterically. She told me what happened with the swans. Do you want me to send home our little kit that she can, like, write a book about her grief? Like they have a grief book. And I'm like, oh, my God. And I text or call Daily Media. I'm like, what is wrong with you? Like, you've got one job to drop her off without her crying. And. And she's. You gotta tell her the swan story, like, and then kick her out of your truck.

[Laura Boyer]

Bad timing.

[Amy]

What? And he was like, she seemed fine. She started talking about gymnastics. And, like, she was probably trying to distract herself, you know, from getting so upset. From getting so upset. And so of course she, like, was teary eyed. And even when I picked her up later in the afternoon, she still had, like, red splotches on her face. Cause when she cries, she flushes really bad. So she must have cried a lot during the day.

[Laura Boyer]

Poor thing.

[Amy]

Yeah. Does Clint do stupid stuff like that?

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah, he does stupid stuff all the time. Or it's like listening to a song. And I was like, dude, they can't listen to that. Like, there's cuss words on there. He's like, dude, I gotta get him hyped up for school. We Played Kid Rock. I'm like, oh, my God.

[Amy]

So I'm the opposite of that.

[Laura Boyer]

Please don't.

[Amy]

Don't send me into a rage before I have to think and concentrate.

[Laura Boyer]

But I'm like, don't say anything at school. Please don't say the song that you were singing. Like, please don't tell the teachers what you just listen to.

[Amy]

Don't come in as you're doing your math homework.

[Laura Boyer]

Oh, my gosh. I'm like, please don't. But I usually do drop. Well, we kind of rotate. I do drop off quite a bit, though.

[Amy]

You do?

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah.

[Amy]

What do you play them in the car?

[Laura Boyer]

I put their headphones on them and make them watch their TVs.

[Amy]

Really?

[Laura Boyer]

Girl, yes. It's a 30 minute drive. I need my coffee. They've got even cash, like, in the front of my new car. It's got a TV. I'm like, put your headphones on. Mama needs 20 minutes.

[Amy]

Oh, my gosh.

[Laura Boyer]

I can't get up early.

[Amy]

Get ready in their own way.

[Laura Boyer]

Get yourself ready. Get situated. And Clint's complete opposite. He wants to talk in the morning. He wants to play her music. And I'm like, no, I want my coffee in peace and quiet.

[Amy]

Yeah, he's a good.

[Laura Boyer]

So I'm like, nope, put your headphones on. You can watch YouTube, whatever you want.

[Amy]

That's so sad.

[Laura Boyer]

But just don't talk to me yet. I need a cup of coffee.

[Amy]

I need a cup of coffee. And so you're not drinking the coffee in the morning. You're like, wait till you get in the car.

[Laura Boyer]

I am a pro cast. I get up at the last minute, get the kids ready. It's also like, let's go, let's go, let's go. And then finally, I'm able to, like, sit in the car. Put your headphones on, and I drink my coffee.

[Amy]

So your intensity is happening as they're getting ready. And then you're like, okay, everybody relax.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah. Because he doesn't. He sits on the couch and he's like, drinking. All right, guys, get. Go. Go get dressed. And I'm like, no, we've got to go.

[Amy]

Yeah. So Dale. Dale will set his alarm to when. To his. To his schedule. Like, he's not going to get up with me and be available in the kitchen, helping do all the things. He'll, like, get up just in time to, like, feed the dogs, wash his butt, get himself dressed, and then take Isla to school. So that's.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah, that's the same as Clint. He'll give himself like, five minutes to get in the shower and get ready and then get out the door.

[Amy]

God, these boys.

[Laura Boyer]

Boys.

[Amy]

I, um. So when I picked her up from school, she's still, like, a little sad, but I knew she was gonna be thinking about it and have questions. And so she also had dance that evening. And so instead of taking her all the way home, I thought, I'm just gonna take her to get her nails done and then I'll take her to dance. And, like, she gets to have, like, a little Isla of mommy time. So we did that. We went and got manicures, and she, like, was so excited and so happy and giggly and, like, minding her manners and all the things. And then we get to the pedicure situation, and the lady asks her if she wants something to drink. And so she gets a Sprite, which I don't allow her to have very often because she's just super sensitive to all sugars and the food dyes and whatever. So especially in that moment, you're supposed to sit really still, you know? And so she has some of those little cans of Sprite, and all of a sudden this kid can't sit still. She's wiggling, she's goofing off, she's, like, making funny faces. And in walks Caitlin and Audrey. So Caitlin gets to see the progression of her, like, just lose her mind and not sit still. And she's, like, cackling. And I can't tell what Isla's saying, but I think Caitlin can hear her. She's talking to herself, like, with my phone. And I was like, oh, my gosh, that Sprite was a really bad idea. Like, even in the moment of me trying to, like, do the right thing and help her feel better, it was just a total show.

[Laura Boyer]

It always is. It always is.

[Amy]

So what is your take on Bunko?

[Laura Boyer]

I think it's great.

[Amy]

I do, too.

[Laura Boyer]

I wish it lasted longer. I was just telling Kelly that. I was like, what? All right, the guys have these trips, like, hunting trips.

[Amy]

Oh, that's a good point.

[Laura Boyer]

That's where Clint is right now. And you never know how long it is, right?

[Amy]

Well, it's always open ended. Like, if we didn't get a good hunt in, then we might stay another day.

[Laura Boyer]

We didn't see anything the first day. I'm like, what? I'm like, so it's day three, and finally, oh, my gosh, it's there. The wind is going the right way or, like, you see something finally, I'm like, no, what have you been doing for days and then finally, like, day four, it's like, we got it, babe. I gotta say, one more day. We think we got this monster deer. It's ours. Like, one more day.

[Amy]

Like, they're chasing him down. Yeah, I don't.

[Laura Boyer]

And I'm like, we're at bump, and it's like, three hours. And they're like, when you gonna be home?

[Amy]

Are you gonna come back to put the kids down?

[Laura Boyer]

The kids are asking for you. I'm like, dude, put them down. Brush their teeth and put them down. I just. I'm just asking, like, is it gonna be a long time or like, one more hour? I'm like, you're gone for four or five days, and I don't ask you when you're gonna be home.

[Amy]

What we should do is, like, have a driver pick us up so they know not to be. Not to be calling. We're gonna come home late.

[Laura Boyer]

Or we should stay the night, go.

[Amy]

See a movie afterwards. We could do anything.

[Laura Boyer]

Just be like, man, it just lasted.

[Amy]

Longer than we thought. It just lasted forever. I don't know. Somebody had an issue, we needed to sit around and help out.

[Laura Boyer]

We had a tie. We had a tie when they were tired. We had to break it the next morning.

[Amy]

I don't know. They can't really be without us. I don't know how that. I don't know how that works. I don't remember that happening. When I was growing up, my dad didn't disappear and go hunt for four or five days.

[Laura Boyer]

No.

[Amy]

Did yours?

[Laura Boyer]

No. No. And I think if we did, it was like a family vacation. We all went together.

[Amy]

Of course, there was never.

[Laura Boyer]

But I don't think my mom, like, went on girls nights either.

[Amy]

So my mom had bunco. I remember her playing Bunko. That's how I knew exactly what it was.

[Laura Boyer]

She had no idea.

[Amy]

But it was when we were really little, when we got to, like, junior high, we were running around too much, and I don't think she had the time. But, yeah, I do remember her playing Bunko. It is fun. It's a super fun game. It is fun. Fun to get together and dress up and everything. It is. So you mentioned family trips, and I've learned that you are from New York. Yep. What part?

[Laura Boyer]

Upstate. Like, Watkins Glen.

[Amy]

Oh, okay.

[Laura Boyer]

Maybe. Maybe 15, 20 minutes from Watkins Glen.

[Amy]

So. So you went to Watkins. You're from Watkins Glen. Did you stay there through school?

[Laura Boyer]

I went to high school in a little town called Pena, New York. And then I went to college up in Rochester. Okay, so it's probably like an hour hour away.

[Amy]

So you stay pretty close to home and you're close to your family, then.

[Laura Boyer]

Yes.

[Amy]

Do you see them quite often?

[Laura Boyer]

No, they come down always for Christmas, obviously, because Christmas is like, show at our house. It's like. And you get this and you get.

[Amy]

This and you get that.

[Laura Boyer]

It is.

[Amy]

It's so much fun. You're like Santa Claus for everybody.

[Laura Boyer]

Yes.

[Amy]

That's great.

[Laura Boyer]

It is so fun. And I don't mind it at all. And I'm like, ooh, what did I get myself? Oh, my God. That's great. It's just what I wanted. Thank you.

[Amy]

That's how it always goes. I've woken up plenty of times with no stocking.

[Laura Boyer]

Me, too.

[Amy]

And finally Dale's like, okay, I'll do it. I'm like, if you go to the gas station again, better not just let me handle it the night before.

[Laura Boyer]

And then they get.

[Amy]

He's like, oh, crap, I had to go to the gas station. I'm like, no, you don't.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah, like, please don't. And so I started doing my own. I'm like, oh, my gosh. There's a huge gift card or there's the candy. I want a small improvement. Look how diamonds. I was like, so be careful. Buy or it's going to cost you more later.

[Amy]

You do it and do it good or I'm going to do it better.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah. So they come down for Christmas. We always go up there in the summertime. We try. And then for Thanksgiving, we started to go up there.

[Amy]

Every year since there's racing happening, do y' all ever go back up for the race just to, like, have an excuse to see them?

[Laura Boyer]

Well, I'm kind of excited because it's back in May.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Laura Boyer]

The weather's great in Clint, I think, broadcasts for that race this year, and so I'm excited to go back up there. But the weather up there is beautiful.

[Amy]

It is. It's so nice.

[Laura Boyer]

We usually try and go up in August when it's so hot here, but we've found a love of out west.

[Amy]

Oh, really?

[Laura Boyer]

Been going out west for, like, a week or two in August.

[Amy]

Is that your favorite vacation spot?

[Laura Boyer]

Just like, we've been traveling around, but that's probably, like, our go to.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Laura Boyer]

We're not a beach. Clint is not a beach person.

[Amy]

I can't imagine Clint Voyer liking sand. I don't know why. I don't know him that well.

[Laura Boyer]

He's like.

[Amy]

But he's just anxious and add about everything.

[Laura Boyer]

He's like, what are we gonna do. What do we. What do you do now? And I'm like, just sit there, read a book. He's like, I can't. I was like, go in the water. All right. Five minutes later. All right, now what do you want to do?

[Amy]

Oh, my gosh. I could not handle that.

[Laura Boyer]

No. So we are not beach people. We need, like, activities after activities after activities.

[Amy]

So if you go out west, are you, like, in the dunes doing buggies?

[Laura Boyer]

Like, we usually, like. My kids love to hike. I can't believe it. And Clint likes it. So we've done, like, hikes, and we've done Yellowstone. We did Glacier National Park. This year, we went to Banff.

[Amy]

So, like, I want to go at Christmas time. I've seen the, like, the. Whatever. There's the Renaissance, the big hotel that looks magical.

[Laura Boyer]

Yes.

[Amy]

Yeah. That's where I want to go. The Fairmont. That's what it is.

[Laura Boyer]

Y.

[Amy]

Is that where you go?

[Laura Boyer]

We. There's two of them there. So we stayed one on Lake Louise, and it was breathtaking. Like, it was insane.

[Amy]

Gorgeous insane.

[Laura Boyer]

But the amount of people that are hiking nowadays is insane. Really?

[Amy]

Everybody's into their wellness.

[Laura Boyer]

Yes, but they're, like, in, like, little tiny flip flops and jeans and trying to hike, and you're like, oh, God, are we going to have to, like, save someone appropriately? But they're doing it for the pictures. Right? So, I mean, we are, too. It's beautiful.

[Amy]

But they're Instagram hikers.

[Laura Boyer]

They're Instagram hikers.

[Amy]

Oh, okay.

[Laura Boyer]

Yes.

[Amy]

That's hilarious.

[Laura Boyer]

It is. It is. So then we'll go. We'll go ride horses. We'll do four wheelers. We'll do all the. All the stuff.

[Amy]

Activities.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah. So.

[Amy]

So activities started for you, though, when you were young and I hear that you were a lacrosse player in college.

[Laura Boyer]

I was.

[Amy]

Please tell me all the things about that. I mean, I knew you were a baddie, and you've got this, like, super strong personality, and, like, you're a strong woman, but playing lacrosse is, like, next level.

[Laura Boyer]

It was crazy. It was a lot of fun. So I don't know how it got started, actually. I do. There was a couple of the girls that wanted to try, and so we didn't have a team.

[Amy]

Did you play in high school? Okay.

[Laura Boyer]

But we didn't have a team, so they started playing on the guys team.

[Amy]

Really?

[Laura Boyer]

That was really batty.

[Amy]

I'm surprised they were allowed to do that.

[Laura Boyer]

Well, we didn't. It kind of was kind of like.

[Amy]

How do we push this back? But let's.

[Laura Boyer]

So we decided to form a girls team. And so we worked hard and, you know, it's crazy. Like, back then you had to have like, certain. You had to do so many push ups, so many sit. I'm like, what? This is crazy. But we finally got a team and actually I started varsity as an eighth grader.

[Amy]

That's crazy.

[Laura Boyer]

And played all the way up through and we won. Our team was really good. Like, it was legit. But I mean, we were. I remember our first year, we didn't even have matching uniforms. We didn't have anything that looked good. And we went up against these teams and they're looking at us like, oh, this is going to be easy. And we destroyed them.

[Amy]

You were scrappy.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Amy]

Very scrappy. Did you ever get, like, nailed with one of the sticks?

[Laura Boyer]

So I broke my scapula like this bone back here. And because like, you. They can check you. And so like, I faked him. And she came down.

[Amy]

What do you mean check you?

[Laura Boyer]

They'll check your stick like, so you can like hit a stick and hit a stick and get the ball out. Kind of like. Yes.

[Amy]

Kind of like.

[Laura Boyer]

And she came down and she broke my scapula with the end of it. Yeah. And so I was like, that hurt. I kind of went out for a little bit. I was like, well, I'm playing. I was like, I don't care. And so I never even got it fixed. Never went to the doctor.

[Amy]

But it's like you can still feel a weird spot where it's like it's shifted. Does it hurt ever?

[Laura Boyer]

No.

[Amy]

Oh, well, then you didn't need to get it fixed. It's just like.

[Laura Boyer]

It's just like. It's like this now instead of like this.

[Amy]

Oh, really? Oh, gosh.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah.

[Amy]

And so then you went on to play in college. What was that like?

[Laura Boyer]

So I think it was my saving grace. Because, I mean, I had fun in college.

[Amy]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah. And so. But during the season, you had to behave.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Laura Boyer]

So you did not want to show up hungover to a 6am you would.

[Amy]

Have thrown up all day.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah. And then if you threw up, the coach knew you were out drinking.

[Amy]

So then you had to run. Then you had to run. Yeah.

[Laura Boyer]

So I think it was like my saving grace. But it was so much fun like that you build a group of girls that you. I still.

[Amy]

You still keep in touch. Yeah.

[Laura Boyer]

And it's just fun. It's a lot of fun.

[Amy]

I cheered my freshman year of college.

[Laura Boyer]

I love that.

[Amy]

And I was. We had a really good varsity cheerleading team in high school and won the national championship twice. And so the guy that put our routines together was a cheerleader, Kentucky, back in the day. And he's like, I'll help you put a video together if you want to, like, apply to be on the team. And since you're not going to be there for the actual thing, we can send in a video. And so somehow I got accepted and I get to cheer. But like you said, it was a lot. And so I did it for one year, and I'm like, I really need to focus because I got kicked out of English. Like, I wasn't going to class. It was just too much between practice and all that stuff. Like, I was too tired to do anything else.

[Laura Boyer]

Oh, I know. My freshman year, it's crazy when you go to college. You're like, eight o' clock game. I'm like, I'm not going to that class.

[Amy]

Exactly. And I signed up for all early classes thinking, I'll be fine. I'll get up early and get it knocked out. Nope.

[Laura Boyer]

You're, like, not sleeping for that one. I came home and I think I had a D in history, and my.

[Amy]

Dad was like, ripped your new one?

[Laura Boyer]

He's like, you want to pay this bill? It's on you now. And I'm like, oh, well, how much is it? He told me. I was like, oh, I'm good. I'm good. I promise that I'll never get a D again.

[Amy]

Going back. Yeah, but I'll pay attention. But you guys were good, too, in college.

[Laura Boyer]

We were good. Yep. We went. It was just a D3, but it wasn't huge back then.

[Amy]

I don't know what that means.

[Laura Boyer]

So there's, like, D1, which is like, North Carolina Duke, and then there's, like, a D2, and then there's, Like, D3. So I just went D3. I'm glad I did because I think I was able to have a little.

[Amy]

Bit of a life and have fun doing that.

[Laura Boyer]

Yes.

[Amy]

The sport. And not have it feel like so much pressure. Yeah.

[Laura Boyer]

Or traveling like we travel, but maybe a couple hours where I feel like D1s are traveling everywhere and they're barely can have a life. So I still partied and played sports.

[Amy]

And we still party.

[Laura Boyer]

At least everyone kind of.

[Amy]

Everyone's trying to. I can't keep up like we used to. All right, so how did you get to, like, meeting Clint from college? Because you met him pretty young, right? No, you didn't. How'd you meet Clint?

[Laura Boyer]

We met through Mutual friends down here.

[Amy]

Did he take you on, like, a first date? Was it a blind date?

[Laura Boyer]

No, we didn't date for a long time.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Laura Boyer]

And it was kind of funny because for a while, he would date other people, but we would just be friends. Like, I was out of a relationship, he was out of a relationship, and I just didn't. I didn't want anything. I was like. And so he'd go on dates. It was the best thing. We went on a blind date together, but he was going on the date. Does that make sense? So, like, he was like, hey, man, will you just come be my wingman? Like, come on. Really? Swear to God, and I'll remember. It was up in Winston. And I was like, well, that's weird. He's like, just please come. I don't know what it's gonna be like. I was like, okay, so he's on.

[Amy]

This because you said yes to that. So you were like. You actually were his, like, buddy.

[Laura Boyer]

Yes, yes. And, like, he was at. He was in Daytona. He called me and be like, oh, man, I met this girl. Blah, blah, blah, blah. I'm like, cool. Like, all right, I'll see you next week.

[Amy]

And y' all had been on dates before? None. You were just friends. So you show up for, like, the blind date, wingman situation. Did he leave the blind date?

[Laura Boyer]

He ended up. We ended up hanging out at dinner, had dinner. I was like, this is so awkward. And, yeah, we ended up going home, and he called me later. I'm like, what did you say?

[Amy]

What about the other chick?

[Laura Boyer]

And he's like, well, we went and watched a movie at my house. I'm like, why aren't you. Don't call me. Like, have fun. Go. Like, what are you doing?

[Amy]

He liked you all along, and you just didn't know how to handle it, maybe.

[Laura Boyer]

And I wasn't ready. And I mean, it was. Yeah, I wasn't ready.

[Amy]

When did you guys finally start dating? How long did this cat and mouse situation go for?

[Laura Boyer]

A while. And that's why I don't think anyone ever knew that, like, we never really were dating. Dating. I remember. I think we first started dating and he started the Cheerios. Because I remember we just started like. Like, I'm like, okay, is this going to work? And he switched from Jack Daniels to Cheerios General Mills.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Laura Boyer]

Yes, this might work. I was like, thank God. And I remember he was like, dude, what am I gonna do now? Like, I was at the bar with Jack Daniels, and now I'm gonna be in Walmart.

[Amy]

Selling Cheerios now you're a safe commodity for me.

[Laura Boyer]

Like, this might work. Like, this is perfect. And I was like, okay, maybe this is gonna be great. Yeah. So it kind of changed, and I think that's when we started, like, hanging out, but it took a while, and.

[Amy]

So how long did you date before you actually got engaged and moved forward? I remember seeing you guys, and I felt like you got married shortly after Dale and I were dating. Right? What year did you get married?

[Laura Boyer]

2014.

[Amy]

Yeah, I mean, we started dating nine. Eight. Nine.

[Laura Boyer]

Well, of course, it. Like, I don't know if Dale's like this, but you're like, all right, we've been dating. Like, let's go.

[Amy]

Yeah. So I was not doing to Dale. I'm like, we got a lot of kinks to work out before we get to that situation. I'm old.

[Laura Boyer]

Like, I was like, damn, I got some kids like this. We got to get going.

[Amy]

I wish we had figured out a little sooner because of the kid thing.

[Laura Boyer]

Same. Same.

[Amy]

We may have had more, but same because he's eight years older than I am, so. Yeah, it took a while. Yeah, but we. We needed the time, I think. Yeah, but they're wild, man.

[Laura Boyer]

They are wild men. They did. I mean, they still are.

[Amy]

They still are. I felt like it was taming a wild stallion a little bit. Like, it. It was, like, chipping away. Like, we're gonna fix this one little thing, and maybe this will work. Unlock this little thing. You know what I mean? Like, a trail of events. Did you feel like you had to do that with Clint? Yeah. I mean, you feel like you probably.

[Laura Boyer]

Still have to still do to this day, and you're like, oh, my gosh. And you're like, do you think I'll ever calm down? Like, do you ever think. Cause he text. He's been gone since. When did he leave? Thursday, Friday. And he texts me. He's like, hey, let's go do something fun with the kids this weekend. I'm like, dude, like, you've been gone. Come home. Just, like. Just chill. Like, I just want. And I think we're like, that. I was like, I just kind of like to stay home.

[Amy]

I do, too. Dale likes to have something to look forward to, so if there's nothing on the calendar, he will fill it with something, even if it's something unnecessary. Like, can you just quit that, please? You're making me anxious. Like, I don't feel like I can look at the calendar, and there's no hole where I can get out of here. Or the family. We can go camping together. You know what I mean? We don't have that space because he's always filling it with a deer hunt, a guy's trip, a race, or whatever.

[Laura Boyer]

And so there's two days at home. He's like, can't sit down. What are we going to do this weekend? And I'm like, I don't. I don't know. Nothing. Like, I would love just to stay home.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Laura Boyer]

No, man, we got to find something.

[Amy]

I just want. Don't want to have to plant it.

[Laura Boyer]

Right.

[Amy]

So if we're going to do something and for. If it's from the home base, maybe you can plant it.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Yeah, that would be fun.

[Laura Boyer]

They don't. They don't. Unless it's a hunt.

[Amy]

Unless it's a hunt. Oh, well.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah.

[Amy]

I don't really like killing things. I've never really gone.

[Laura Boyer]

I don't either.

[Amy]

Shot anything.

[Laura Boyer]

He took me once.

[Amy]

I absolutely have never shot an animal ever.

[Laura Boyer]

He took. Well, there's two. Like, he took me once, and it was like Kansas in December. So it's like zero degrees. I didn't have enough. And we went up in this tree and this deer stand, like, this big.

[Amy]

Oh, God.

[Laura Boyer]

And we. And this was like, 5am I'm not a morning person. I don't like it. I need coffee. Leave me alone. And I'm like, this is what you do. And he's like, shh. I'm like, this sucks. And like, I was like. He's like, just wait. There's deer. And I think the only thing we saw was, like, a squirrel.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Laura Boyer]

And I was like, I'm out. I'm done. And so we went back to a cabin, and he's like, I want to go look for this big deer. I'm like, cool, let's go. So we, like, walked. And he's like, there it is. I'm like, there's what? He's like, shut up. And I'm like, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Okay. And so we crawl down in there. And I was like, oh, I see it. I see it. I'm gonna walk a little bit farther. He's like, so I walk a little farther.

[Amy]

You'll get farther. I can see you two, like, cartoonist.

[Laura Boyer]

Oh, my God. I walk a little bit farther. He's like, be quiet. I'm like, okay, okay. And so I walk a little bit farther, and I try and get out my phone, and something falls. And this deer comes up and just starts running. I look back, he's white, and he's like never again. I'm like, cool. I'm good. I'm done. I don't want to hunt.

[Amy]

You knew exactly what to do to not get your invitation.

[Laura Boyer]

So I will never go hunt again.

[Amy]

Dale keeps trying to get me to go and sit in the he said we can sit in any stand you want. You don't have to shoot anything. But he just wants me to go and sit and be in this box with him. I'm like, you know, there's plenty of things I would love to go sit and do with you. Even if we don't talk to each other, if we're supposed to be quiet. But. But that's just not one of them.

[Laura Boyer]

No.

[Amy]

Especially if I'm going to be cold.

[Laura Boyer]

No, I was out, so I've never gone again.

[Amy]

Well, that's never for you. I love that you don't have to worry about getting invited back.

[Laura Boyer]

No, I will not be invited back. I won't forget that.

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[Amy]

All right, so I wanna talk about your babies. My babies. Little Presley is. She seems like your Mini. And Cash seems like his Mini. I'm sure personality wise, there might be.

[Laura Boyer]

She's my Mini, definitely. But she is like, very prissy, very girly girl in a dancer.

[Amy]

Yeah, I love that.

[Laura Boyer]

And I am a dance mom now.

[Amy]

Yeah. And I'm proud for you. I have no idea what I'm doing, honestly. Just be yourself and don't get involved in any of those, like, little groups. It being a dance. Like, if they're doing competitions and stuff like that. It's a lot.

[Laura Boyer]

It is a lot.

[Amy]

And like, people get nuts.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah. And you go to these competitions, she comes out, she dances. I'm like, yeah, great job. And the mom's like, well, her toe thing was off. And I'm like, okay. You're like, whatever about your child. No, no, no.

[Amy]

Like, they just.

[Laura Boyer]

They just pinpoint, like.

[Amy]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Laura Boyer]

And I'm like, I thought looked great. Like, this is great. Good, let's go. And then it comes time for, like, they all come out and they give out the awards and they're like, high gold, platinum, platinum plus. And I'm like, how do we talk about. I was like, I have no idea. I was like, is it good? Is it bad? Like, I don't.

[Amy]

Does everybody get a ribbon? Like, are we.

[Laura Boyer]

What's going on?

[Amy]

Do you do that so that everybody gets something?

[Laura Boyer]

And then this year, they. Her jazz dance was winning everything. And then in one dance, they got second. And this girl comes out, like, fuming, pissed, crying. She's like, we didn't win. And I'm like, well, better do better. Letting this toe just was not straight. So your fault. Try again next time.

[Amy]

Oh, my gosh.

[Laura Boyer]

I'm like, I mean, it's good for.

[Amy]

Him to have a little defeat under their belt.

[Laura Boyer]

But she gets pissed if they don't win.

[Amy]

Yeah, that's.

[Laura Boyer]

It's funny.

[Amy]

I mean, you. You and Claire are both very competitive.

[Laura Boyer]

Very competitive, so.

[Amy]

But I love that she's a girly girl. I grew up like that, like, in competitions. But I really don't want to have to do that with my kids. I mean, I love. I want them to do dance, but the competition stuff is next level.

[Laura Boyer]

It's intense.

[Amy]

It's a lot to commit to.

[Laura Boyer]

It is.

[Amy]

And you're traveling around doing that. It is. Yeah.

[Laura Boyer]

But how can you say no to.

[Amy]

Them when you won't say no?

[Laura Boyer]

You know what I mean?

[Amy]

Like, I'm like, so Cash is racing.

[Laura Boyer]

He's not.

[Amy]

He's not.

[Laura Boyer]

He is. Switched gears.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Laura Boyer]

Which I can say we told him we kind of wanted him to try everything.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Laura Boyer]

Before you commit to anything. So he was racing for a little bit, and then soccer happened.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Laura Boyer]

And he loves soccer, and that's travel soccer. So that's like three days a week. And then on the weekends, I'm like, we can't do this all buddy, like. And he's like, all right, well, I want to try soccer. And so he does soccer, he does lacrosse, he does basketball.

[Amy]

So he's doing all the other sports.

[Laura Boyer]

Yes. And now he's lifting weights, and it's.

[Amy]

Was he like, 10?

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah. So he's like, after school two days.

[Amy]

A week, pumping iron.

[Laura Boyer]

Pumping iron. In last.

[Amy]

Does Clint lift weights?

[Laura Boyer]

Sometimes he comes to the gym with me.

[Amy]

Okay, so you're helping coach Cash.

[Laura Boyer]

I'm not. I was like, you can have a trainer. Cause you won't miss me.

[Amy]

He's got a trainer. Okay.

[Laura Boyer]

And so him and his buddy Wells is going after school, and Tuesday he comes home and he takes off his shirt. He's like, mom, I got abs. And I was like, oh, yeah? Yeah. Get you some. I'm like, oh, God, yeah. Yeah. And he's like, I can feel them. That means I have them. I'm like, dude, I've been feeling my muscles, and I still don't have them. You are? No. I was like, yeah, bud. Yep. You can keep. Keep at it. You got those abs. He's like, I feel em. But so now his new thing is lifting. So him and his buddy Wells lifts two days after school.

[Amy]

And so from here, like, where is he in school? Like, he's fourth grade, fifth grade.

[Laura Boyer]

What's kind of cool at our school. So he's considered middle school. So it's like a fifth grade academy. So that's a whole different world.

[Amy]

Wow. So he's going to get to play the next level of sports next year soon. So he'll be like stronger than all the other kids because he's got it all going on. I love that the kids these days are so much more grown up than we were. They're like into things that we didn't even know about.

[Laura Boyer]

Oh, like the clothes nowadays?

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Laura Boyer]

Like, he's like, mom, I've got.

[Amy]

And the boys are super into fashion and clothes and hairstyles and all that.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah. But I think it's ugly. Like, he's like the new balance dad shoes. He's like, God, have these for school. I'm like, oh.

[Amy]

I tried to talk Dale into getting those because he's. His feet hurt really bad. He's like, amy, that is where I draw the line. I'm like, but they're popular again. He's like, absolutely not. I'm too old to wear that for it to be cool.

[Laura Boyer]

My 10 year old has them.

[Amy]

Oh my gosh. But they are comfortable.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah. I was like, we were the same size now. So he also wears like.

[Amy]

Does he get into your shoes?

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah, my Birkenstock, my clogs.

[Amy]

Oh, yeah.

[Laura Boyer]

But he wears them with socks.

[Amy]

Socks. Yep.

[Laura Boyer]

I'm like, that's so ugly. But he also has a perm, so what do I know?

[Amy]

That's the other thing the boys are doing that I don't understand is the perm. It's like this perm in your face. They look like doodles.

[Laura Boyer]

Uh huh. That's exactly what he looks like. He looks like a doodle.

[Amy]

How often do you have to get that redone?

[Laura Boyer]

So this summer. Well, last year it started. You remember when they were doing this flip up thing, like the cap, so I had to like blow dry it. I was like, I don't have time for this.

[Amy]

In the morning, like round brush his hair in the morning.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah. And then like straighten it. And by the end of the day I was like, in his face. And so the summer he was like, mom, I want a perm. I'm like, what? Okay. And so I was like, gosh, where am I gonna get him a perm?

[Amy]

I know.

[Laura Boyer]

So I called my friend Morgan and I was like, you. You know hairdressers? I was like, who can do a perm? She's like, well, my mom did them, but like 20 years ago, I was like, let's try it. And so we went to her house and her mom was sitting there doing Cashless perm and doing all these rollers and stuff like that. That smell.

[Amy]

Oh, yeah. It was like PTSD from being a kid. Yes.

[Laura Boyer]

It just. It's like this distinctive smell. It's disgusting.

[Amy]

Pneumonia.

[Laura Boyer]

Now, he has a special curl shampoo and, like, this cream he has to put in it, and he's like, mom.

[Amy]

So it's not frizzy.

[Laura Boyer]

Do my curls look okay?

[Amy]

And I'm like, oh, God, that's so cute. It is cute. Well, Presley seems like she's really into fashion, though. And you are. You always are. But does she dress herself or, like, are you, like, helping her?

[Laura Boyer]

She dresses herself 100%.

[Amy]

She does, because she always seems like she's, like, styled, even if she's just in a T shirt and shorts. Like, something she feels styled. Like, I have to help my kids tremendously.

[Laura Boyer]

You'll go through the stages. You will. And there's those stages you hate, and you're like, oh, why are you wearing that?

[Amy]

Yeah. Well, Nicole likes to dress herself, but she's four, so I don't care what she puts on as long as she's got her clothes on, because she loves it. Went through the phase of, like, she's not wearing any clothes. And I had to worry. Like, I even told her preschool teacher, like, sometimes she'll come out of the bathroom, she doesn't have any clothes on, and she doesn't think anything of it. So sorry if that happens.

[Laura Boyer]

Exactly.

[Amy]

She likes to be Nucky Becky. So at least she's dressing herself.

[Laura Boyer]

She's dressing herself. She's very. She's into the Lulu. There is a shirt like, it's a women's zero.

[Amy]

And it's like.

[Laura Boyer]

I swear it's this. I'm like, there is no adult that this fits. Like, period. This should not be an adult size. But Presley fits into it, So, I mean, she basically.

[Amy]

They just knew what they were doing. We're gonna size it down so that all the little tina girls for $68.

[Laura Boyer]

I'm like, okay. But, like, that's what she wears, and she wears it on repeat.

[Amy]

Really?

[Laura Boyer]

Yep. And her little shorts.

[Amy]

That's so cute.

[Laura Boyer]

But she's. She's pretty stylish. She's into makeup. She could probably do makeup better than I could.

[Amy]

Yeah. So Isla's very into makeup, and I think it's because of Taylor Swift, probably because she can do a red lip without smudging. It's, like, perfectly in her lines. And she comes down some mornings before we're supposed to go anywhere, and she's got a full face of makeup on, of course. Cause I bought it for her to play in, and she thinks that that means that she can wear it whenever she wants. And I'm pretty impressed, but also, like, quit it.

[Laura Boyer]

I know.

[Amy]

We gotta go out in public.

[Laura Boyer]

I know. It's like a catch 22. You're like, all right, well, you're gonna.

[Amy]

Have to learn to just to let it go.

[Laura Boyer]

Tape it down. Yeah, I know.

[Amy]

Speaking of Taylor Swift, are you a Swiftie? Are y' all as big a Swifties as we are?

[Laura Boyer]

Yes.

[Amy]

So Isla's especially into her, and they're getting married, and that's so exciting. I want it to be broadcast like the freaking royal wedding was.

[Laura Boyer]

I think it'd be great.

[Amy]

What do you think that's gonna happen? Have you ever met them?

[Laura Boyer]

So I have met Travis.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Laura Boyer]

During COVID they used to come to the Lake of the Ozarks because that was, like, the only place open in the world, right? So the Chiefs players used to come down and get a boat and come out on the Lake of the Ozarks. So I've met Travis before, but I've never met Taylor. And Presley's like, mom, surely you can pull this off. Got to pull this off. I'm like, there is no way I took her to a concert.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Laura Boyer]

I was like, girl, that's about all I could.

[Amy]

Yeah. I took Isla to a concert also then in Indy this last year, and she fell asleep halfway through.

[Laura Boyer]

She did Presley. Like, I was. I didn't know either. I was like, gosh, this is a lot. And she stayed in the whole entire thing.

[Amy]

Well, Isla, I think, was. How old was Presley when you took her? Because she's probably about the same.

[Laura Boyer]

Years ago.

[Amy]

Yeah. So she was six. Yeah. I was sick. She fell asleep. She couldn't handle it. I even gave her a Coke, which I never give her caffeine, and it did not work.

[Laura Boyer]

It was a good show. I mean, I was very impressed.

[Amy]

So are you a Chiefs fan because you grew up in New York?

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah, I'm a Bills fan.

[Amy]

You're a Bills fan?

[Laura Boyer]

I'm a Bills fan.

[Amy]

I feel like Bills fans are die hards. Like, we can't be. You can't be wavered.

[Laura Boyer]

But then when the super bowl comes, I'm like, oh, if the Chiefs make it, I'll go to the Super Bowl. If the Bills make it. He's not taking me to the Super Bowl. So I switch back and forth until they play, and then we don't speak to each other.

[Amy]

Oh, that's gotta be fun. It is fun because I'm not like a diehard of anything. My dad didn't.

[Laura Boyer]

Washington.

[Amy]

No, I like Washington. I'm on the team. We're. I'm rooting for them now. But I didn't grow up with, like a team in the house that everybody cheered for.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah.

[Amy]

So, like, it wasn't a big deal. I would love to have a rivalry.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah.

[Amy]

I went to Kentucky. And so, like, naturally, Dale is always cheering for North Carolina. So I'm like, you can't do that because if I'm going to cheer for the commanders, you're going to be a Wildcat fan. He's like, I can't do it. Like, why do these boys just, like, not jump on being part of the team?

[Laura Boyer]

They are so hard headed. They will not. So he's like, die hard, Chiefs all the way. So if the Bills win, which they usually do at least once a year, he's like, pissed at me. I'm like, I didn't do anything. But I'm like, all right, whatever.

[Amy]

Don't talk to me for a day. Gosh, yes, please go away for a day.

[Laura Boyer]

Oh, gosh. But we beat them in Chief stadium when we were there before. And he was like, oh, so you.

[Amy]

Got to see that in person. That'd be fun. Do you wear like, you're wearing Phil's clothes? And he goes, I did wear the.

[Laura Boyer]

And he. Well, he was. He's like, you cannot, like, come on, Laura. So I had a Bill's T shirt on, but I had chief stuff over the top.

[Amy]

Wait, that's not fair. Because you were invited by the Chiefs to go.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Oh, that is hard. Yeah, but I see.

[Laura Boyer]

I mean, I. I mean, how can you not like the Chiefs? I mean, I like Patrick, you love. Yes, Kelsey. I mean, it's. It's. They're fun to watch.

[Amy]

They are fun to watch.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah.

[Amy]

You want to play a game?

[Laura Boyer]

Play a game?

[Amy]

Yeah, we have like a fun little game that we usually play every week.

[Alex]

This one's called he's a 10. But have you heard of this trend?

[Laura Boyer]

No.

[Alex]

This is every sentence I'll read. Will start with he's a 10, but. And then there'll be like a flaw a guy does. And you guys have to rate what he is now. So he starts at a 10. He's the hottest dude ever, but then he has this floss now. What is he? Okay, first one, he's a 10, but he calls every waitress sweetheart.

[Amy]

Eight.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah, that doesn't bother me too much.

[Amy]

No, we grew up in the south, so, like, that's kind of a term of endearment. Dale calls a lot of people honey. Like, even at the drive through, like, he said, thanks, honey. And I don't think anything of it.

[Laura Boyer]

I don't either.

[Alex]

I don't know. I mean, for on Long Island, I feel like sweetheart could be, like, very derogatory, condescending sometimes. Yeah.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah, Yeah. I don't mind that.

[Amy]

No, I don't mind it.

[Alex]

All right, next one. He's a 10, but he leaves crumbs everywhere after he eats.

[Amy]

Like Dale.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Just. Just cleansing.

[Laura Boyer]

Or leaves his plate.

[Amy]

Oh, yeah. Just leaves.

[Laura Boyer]

Just everything and just walks off.

[Amy]

Yeah. So Dale likes to leave his water or his Coke or anything that has a screw top with the top off for the dog's tail or any of the kids to knock over. So we. We've constantly got a mess. Okay. I'm gonna say he's a five.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah. I would do a five or six.

[Alex]

That's a big one. Wow. He's a 10. But he's always late to everything.

[Laura Boyer]

Again, that's my husband.

[Amy]

Yeah. Really?

[Laura Boyer]

This is not good.

[Amy]

Clint, your number is going.

[Alex]

Losing points.

[Amy]

Yeah, man. Dale is not usually late. He used to be. He used to be chronically late. I think that's a NASCAR driver thing. They always have somebody telling them where and when to go.

[Laura Boyer]

I know. Or they just like to drive fast, so they want to be late. So they just have to haul ass. I don't know.

[Amy]

I would say that's annoying. In your five.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah, I. I don't like that. Yeah, I'm always 15 minutes early. Try to be. Yeah, so that's like a four.

[Amy]

Oh, you're one out of four.

[Laura Boyer]

No, I don't like it.

[Alex]

Next one. He's a 10. But he's a loud breather when he sleeps.

[Laura Boyer]

Well, you would get your own bedroom.

[Amy]

Kick him out.

[Laura Boyer]

Kick him out.

[Amy]

He's a loud breather when he sleeps. Like, are we snoring?

[Alex]

Not quite a snore, but he's, like, breathing in your face.

[Amy]

Panting.

[Alex]

Yeah. Like, almost. Yeah.

[Amy]

Like gross. Yeah, I don't like that at all. Two.

[Laura Boyer]

Two.

[Amy]

If I can't sleep because you're panting on me.

[Laura Boyer]

Off. No, no, I'm out.

[Alex]

My biggest pet peeve is when a girl is, like, breathing into my neck.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah.

[Alex]

I hate that.

[Amy]

So don't. You can't have a girl doing the cheating spoon with you.

[Alex]

No, I gotta adjust myself where, like, it's just blowing off my shoulder or something like that.

[Amy]

Yeah, she's not a keeper.

[Alex]

No, not at all.

[Laura Boyer]

Out.

[Alex]

It's supposed to fit naturally. Not like that.

[Amy]

You're right. Yeah, true.

[Alex]

Next one. He's a 10, but he sets 10 alarms each morning and doesn't wake up for any of them.

[Amy]

That's really rude.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah, that's me.

[Amy]

I mean, I like that he's trying to. Oh, I say he never wakes up.

[Alex]

Doesn't wake up. You're waking him up, basically.

[Amy]

I think that's the two. Also, like, it affects your sleep.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah. Get up and go.

[Amy]

Yeah. So I do set my alarm and snooze it, and I know that that wakes Dale up, but it's not like it's like a nice little sound. He wakes up to, like, a dangerous summer scream song. And that's his alarm. So if he has to wake up to set an alarm earlier than me, it's like at 5am or something where he's got to travel. And that is freaking annoying.

[Laura Boyer]

I agree. Because you're up.

[Amy]

Because everybody's up. We're gonna give it a three.

[Laura Boyer]

Three.

[Alex]

Okay, next one. He's a 10, but he forgets to put the toilet seat.

[Laura Boyer]

I'm out on this one. You're a one. I can't stand it.

[Amy]

Same.

[Laura Boyer]

Can't stand it.

[Amy]

I have literally taken a sharpie to the underside of the seat that says, put the toilet seat down.

[Laura Boyer]

Oh, my God. I need to do that. Well, I've got two boys in the house, so it makes it even worse.

[Amy]

Decals. So you don't ruin your toilet seat because it took a while to get that off.

[Laura Boyer]

I need to get stickers. Yeah, that's exactly what I'm going to do. Yeah, I'm out on that.

[Alex]

Who's worse, Clint or Cash doing that?

[Amy]

What's that?

[Alex]

Who's worse, Clint or Cash, at putting the seat down?

[Laura Boyer]

Clint has gotten really bad lately. I don't know why Cash. I mean, Cash would rather pee outside.

[Amy]

And I'm like, they live in the country like we do. So he's got no neighbors.

[Laura Boyer]

We've got this new puppy. And so, like, every morning, it's Cash and the puppy peeing outside.

[Amy]

That's so cute. Jack Russell. Tiny, little, tiny, tiny little thing. That's awesome.

[Laura Boyer]

So I'd rather have him pee outside.

[Alex]

Next one. He's a 10, but he has a dirty clothes pile which he says isn't dirty enough to wash yet.

[Amy]

That's disgusting.

[Alex]

It's like, you know, you wear these jeans yesterday. I'm gonna wear them again.

[Amy]

Do you do this, Alex?

[Alex]

No, all my stuff. I'm pretty neat, actually.

[Amy]

You tidy?

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Amy]

So this is what Dale does. He'll take his pants off and he doesn't wash them every time. And he'll just drape them over the dining room chair because he takes them off downstairs before he comes upstairs to get in the bed.

[Laura Boyer]

So.

[Amy]

So he doesn't clank his belt buckle around and wake me up. So we'll come downstairs and we'll seize yesterday's clothes on the dining table.

[Alex]

Oh, my God, really?

[Laura Boyer]

Now that's odd.

[Amy]

He's full of quirky, odd things like that. Like he brushes his teeth downstairs. He does all that downstairs. He refuses to come to bed early. He just refuses. And so he's, like, getting undressed. He leaves his crumbs and his grapes stems or whatever on the couch. And then his clothes are over here, so he leaves a little trail of. You can tell exactly what happened before you came upstairs.

[Alex]

Really?

[Laura Boyer]

That's funny.

[Amy]

It's. I mean, if you stink, it's a 2. Agree. If it's not dirty, if it's like just a pair of pants, I. I would say not that big of a deal.

[Laura Boyer]

But I will say, the amount of laundry we do, it's a lot. It's a lot.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Laura Boyer]

So wear it again. I don't care. It's a good point, because I don't have to do the laundry. Wear it again. Wear it all week. I don't care.

[Amy]

I don't give a. But if I have to wash it, that pile is just fine.

[Laura Boyer]

Yep, agreed.

[Alex]

All right, good. That's a positive one.

[Laura Boyer]

Trying.

[Alex]

All right, three more for you. Here's a. He's a 10, but he likes lighting things on fire a little too much.

[Laura Boyer]

Oh, that's like a 12. I think it's.

[Amy]

I don't mind that either.

[Laura Boyer]

I don't mind that either.

[Amy]

I remember Travis saying something about fireworks, like, not being cool after the weekend of the holiday, and I don't care about that either. Like, let's shoot them off.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah, let's blow something up. Let's have a big fire. Yeah, we used to have big bonfires and I mean, we'd put everything in there. A Christmas tree burning party we used.

[Amy]

To have every year. That's fun. Everyone's growing their fast.

[Laura Boyer]

Yes. It is huge. It was awesome.

[Amy]

Yeah, that sounds fun. So I like that 12.

[Laura Boyer]

Can we go up?

[Alex]

Yeah, as high as you want.

[Laura Boyer]

I like that.

[Alex]

All right. Light and shit on fire is cool. Oh, the last one, he's a 10, but he'd rather be in a deer stand than go on a date.

[Amy]

Well, Laura, what do we think of that?

[Laura Boyer]

I don't know.

[Alex]

It's just funny that came up.

[Amy]

Dan, go on a date. Listen, I understand wanting some alone time. I like being alone, and that's what Dale equates to sitting in a deer stand, too. But if you'd rather do that than go on a date, you're probably a two.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah.

[Amy]

I mean, you don't really get that. Too many chances to go on dates when you're with kids.

[Laura Boyer]

Are you struggling with that right now?

[Amy]

Yeah, we don't really go on dates.

[Laura Boyer]

We struggle with that a lot.

[Amy]

We talk about it. We do, but we don't go.

[Laura Boyer]

Actually, Clint's always like, we need to go on a date. I'm like. And I'm.

[Amy]

Sit still. Yeah, let's go on a day date.

[Laura Boyer]

I know we need to. Well, I don't know why he doesn't consider that. I'm like, well, go to lunch.

[Amy]

Well, we went out on the boat last week on a Wednesday. Oh, that's nice. Yes. The generator broke. It was a whole thing, but it was. He fixed it, and it was fine. But, like, we decided to do a day date instead of. Like, that makes more sense. Asking someone to come watch the kids. That was easier.

[Laura Boyer]

I know. It's really hard to go on dates, so that's a tough one, because it. The older you get, the harder it is to go on a date.

[Amy]

It is. I. I don't know. He'd rather be in a deer stand, though.

[Laura Boyer]

That's not good.

[Alex]

What if the date is in a deer stand?

[Laura Boyer]

No, we tried it.

[Alex]

Yeah. Doesn't work.

[Amy]

You can't talk. There's no snacks. You can't go potty. That's not a date.

[Alex]

All right, last one. He's a 10. But he says he's bad at planning, but has organized and managed a fantasy football league for years.

[Amy]

He's a liar. Yeah, I would say he's a two. I mean, if you can do all that organization, you would do what you want. Let's just say that.

[Alex]

Yeah, for sure.

[Amy]

So if you don't want to. If you don't do it, I would say two.

[Alex]

Two.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah, two.

[Alex]

All right. Well, that was. He's a 10. Not a lot of. Not a lot of positive ones. Light on fire.

[Amy]

Light on fire is where it's. Where it's at.

[Alex]

And don't make me do laundry. Seems like that's the consensus.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Yeah. I mean, who's gonna like putting the 10 alarms on and Never waking them up.

[Laura Boyer]

Right?

[Alex]

I know.

[Laura Boyer]

In the sweetheart, we don't mind them calling nobody sweethearts. I don't mind that.

[Alex]

That's true.

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[Amy]

Hi, guys. We are in the Dirty Mo Media Studio. Sorry, my mouth is not working because of my Cosmopolitan. We're in the Nerdy MO Media Studios this morning with Laura Boyer, and we've had a fun show. I hope you check it out. If you haven't already, remember to hit our subscribe button. And we are ready for all of your questions. What do you got?

[Alex]

All right, our first question is from Steve. He wants to know what the figurine under the booby vase is under the table.

[Amy]

The figurine under the booby vase was a gift. Should I put it. Should I get it out?

[Alex]

You don't have to. You can if you'd like.

[Amy]

Oh, it's. It's. I don't even know really what it is. Is it a tea kettle?

[Alex]

I think it's the. It's part of a tea kettle.

[Amy]

It's like a tea steeping situation, but it's. It's the lower half of a. Of a male and is his thing releases the tea into the cup.

[Alex]

Yeah, it's like. It's like almost like a running fountain, I guess if you could put water in it.

[Amy]

It's a fountain cup. Yeah.

[Alex]

Yeah, it matches.

[Amy]

I think it's for hot tea. Yeah. I'm not really sure, but we've left it there just in case anyone wanted to check it out.

[Alex]

Yeah, it matches our decor.

[Amy]

It does. We have some boobs, so we felt like we needed a little penis cup, I guess so.

[Alex]

It was a gift. That's all we could say. All right, next question. Charlie, she wants to know what's your best hangover cure? Because she's struggling as she gets older to cure the hangover.

[Amy]

Do you have any good ones? Drink more again. You're not hungover till you quit. I like Cheers pills. I'm like an avid Cheers pills fan. They work better if you take them before you go to sleep, but you can take them in the morning. Also. Regular old Coca Cola. They call that a red ambulance.

[Laura Boyer]

Just straight Diet Coke from McDonald's.

[Amy]

Yours is a Diet Coke from McDonald's.

[Alex]

That's a good one.

[Laura Boyer]

Yes.

[Amy]

Soda.

[Alex]

That's my go to. Go to McDonald's, get an ice cold Coke.

[Laura Boyer]

Yep.

[Amy]

Really?

[Dale Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

What is it about McDonald's? Soda. Everybody says that.

[Laura Boyer]

So good.

[Amy]

Is it extra carbonated?

[Laura Boyer]

I don't know.

[Alex]

It's good. Good fountain drink. I don't know. Whatever that maker is, where that brand is, is good. Yeah.

[Amy]

Whatever's in there.

[Alex]

Yeah. The ice cream machine never works, but that thing is.

[Amy]

That thing's on Point pumping.

[Laura Boyer]

Yep.

[Alex]

Next question is from Jeff. This is interesting. Do you guys have any desire to go to space?

[Laura Boyer]

No, no, no.

[Amy]

The last place I'm going to get lost is space. Plus it's expensive.

[Laura Boyer]

I'm out.

[Amy]

Rather go shopping.

[Laura Boyer]

Me too. Go on a girls trip.

[Amy]

Yes, a few.

[Alex]

What do you think about, like, the Katy Perry's that went to space?

[Amy]

Good for her. Good for the group.

[Alex]

Okay.

[Amy]

But like, their reactions afterwards were kind of silly. I don't know. I know if that's how she genuinely felt. No, I don't want to go. I don't want to be scared for my life. No, it's a cool concept and it's really neat that you can do that, but I am absolutely feet on the ground.

[Alex]

Do you think they actually went to space?

[Amy]

Oh, I don't know.

[Laura Boyer]

Conspiracy theory.

[Amy]

I don't know.

[Alex]

I don't know. That landing was a little sketchy. That door opened a little too easy.

[Amy]

Oh, you don't think it happened?

[Alex]

That's just my theory. I'll throw it out there.

[Laura Boyer]

Oh, I'll have to go on Twitter for this.

[Amy]

I mean, how would we ever really know? They could have AI'd the whole thing.

[Laura Boyer]

They could have.

[Alex]

It was Jeff Bezos, so, I mean, it could. It could have been AI.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah.

[Alex]

I don't know.

[Amy]

That's a good point.

[Laura Boyer]

Interesting.

[Alex]

That's a thought thinker for everybody in the chat. Oh, Tony's got a good one in the chat. He wants to know, can a husband have a female best friend?

[Amy]

No.

[Laura Boyer]

No.

[Amy]

Not unless it's his sister.

[Alex]

Okay.

[Amy]

And that's allowed. But you know, you should still be closer to your husband than his sister is as a friend, right? Yeah, but like, if your husband's close to his sister, that's totally fine. But no, no man is ever able to do that long term. And most women aren't either. Like, at some point there's like a frisky moment that happens.

[Laura Boyer]

Right.

[Alex]

I feel like if you're truly friends at some point you get it and you just kind of phase out a little bit and that kind of happens.

[Amy]

You get the moment. Like you.

[Alex]

You get like they're with this guy or girl, and you're kind of like, all right, it's like, my. My time's over. I passed him on to you. Like, this is, you know, I'm fading in the background.

[Amy]

Yeah, if you respect. If you respect them.

[Alex]

Yeah, exactly.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Okay. Interesting. Good question, Tony. Next one's from Bill. What is your Mount Rushmore of appetizers of appetizers Appetizers.

[Laura Boyer]

A martini, Espresso martini.

[Amy]

Espresso martini. Yeah. I don't really order appetizers much unless the kids are with us. And, like, we get chips and salsa. That's pretty much it.

[Alex]

That's a good one, though. I would say that's on Mount Rushmore of appetizers.

[Amy]

Probably, like, it's always a catch 22, though, because you eat so much of it and then you're not hungry. But it's a good. It's a good meal, too.

[Alex]

Yeah. Laura, what do you think? Do you have anything?

[Laura Boyer]

Buffalo chicken dip.

[Alex]

Good one.

[Laura Boyer]

That's on the menu.

[Amy]

Yeah. Buffalo anything is. Yes. Yeah.

[Alex]

Like, loaded nachos, too.

[Laura Boyer]

Oh, yeah, that's a good one.

[Alex]

Buffalo shrimp.

[Amy]

Buffalo shrimp. We love some buffalo shrimp.

[Alex]

Buffalo shrimp would be good. All right, Jessica is our next question. This is a good one. Apparently, there's a new dating app in her city for dog lovers, so you can, like, post your dog their dog. And that's how you match with each other, I guess. So she's wondering, what kind of dogs would you think would be a red flag for a guy to own?

[Amy]

Ooh, I don't think that any of them. Do you think a dog, like, any type of a breed, is a red flag?

[Laura Boyer]

Kinda.

[Amy]

What is?

[Laura Boyer]

Like, if there's, like, a big old guy with, like, a little tiny, like, shih Tzu or something?

[Amy]

What if he rescued it? If they just don't, you kind of end up looking like your dog. So maybe, like, that would be odd. Yeah, they do say, like, you pick something that, like, matches you.

[Laura Boyer]

Like, I feel like a man should have a masculine dog. You know what I mean? Like, I just. No, if they show up and I don't know, I struggle with that one.

[Amy]

You're like, what happened here? And why did you end up with.

[Laura Boyer]

That tiny little tiny. Like, I don't know, what's another little tiny? Like a shih Tzu?

[Amy]

Like, that's Pomeranian.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah. And they're like, hey, babe. You're like, shouldn't you have, like, a.

[Amy]

Lab or, like, grandmother's dog?

[Laura Boyer]

Yes, it better be. Or his.

[Amy]

Is he using his grandmother's dog to get dates?

[Alex]

That has happened way more than not.

[Amy]

There's people doing that.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah, for sure. You guys don't have small, little, tiny, girly dogs, do you?

[Alex]

No, no, I have a label.

[Amy]

See?

[Laura Boyer]

See, a lab or, like, a German shepherd or something.

[Alex]

Like, I know a guy who's like, he was a big, buff dude, like, six, four, built nice. He had that little terrier just like, on his, like, a little. And he was showing it around to girls in bars, and I thought it was a real cheap way to do that, but I was like, that's not gonna work. Like, who wants to leave?

[Laura Boyer]

She loves a dog, but she's not gonna go home with him.

[Amy]

She's gonna hold your dog for you while you're at the bar, but she's not gonna go home with you.

[Alex]

No. Right, exactly. A golden retriever that just comes up in, like, lays on its back. That's how. That's what you want.

[Laura Boyer]

Like, who's the guy on TikTok that's got that big dog that, like, he travels with? It's like a sheepdog. Have you ever seen that?

[Amy]

No.

[Laura Boyer]

He, like, puts it in his backpack and, like, travels with his backpack.

[Amy]

Oh, I have seen that. They, like, he hikes with him on his.

[Laura Boyer]

I'm like, that's cool.

[Amy]

Yeah, that is cool.

[Alex]

That is cool. Yeah. What about if he owns, like, a cat or something?

[Amy]

Dale had cats. He also had dogs, but, yeah, he's. He's. He's like an animal lover in general. They were big cats. Like, huge. A Maine coon and a Manx. Like, they were giant cats.

[Laura Boyer]

Oh, those are kind of cool.

[Amy]

Yeah, they were neat.

[Alex]

What. What would be the coolest animal that you go over, like, and he's got, Honestly?

[Amy]

A dog.

[Alex]

Really?

[Amy]

A dog would be it if a guy's got, like, lizards and snakes and stuff like that. I'm out.

[Laura Boyer]

You know what? Clint wants a kangaroo.

[Alex]

Oh, that's cool.

[Laura Boyer]

I'm like, what? Because we need it, but I think that's kind of cool.

[Amy]

And what if it kicks you? Well, you're done for five kangaroos.

[Laura Boyer]

But wouldn't that be cool to be like, hey, here's my kangaroo? I mean, it's kind of cool, right? I know. And I was like, where the heck.

[Amy]

Do you have kangaroos in North Carolina?

[Laura Boyer]

I don't know. I don't know. That's a great question. We do not have any kangaroos. But he's like, let's get some kangaroos.

[Amy]

If anybody around has a kangaroo, Clint Boyer really wants one.

[Laura Boyer]

I don't even know if.

[Amy]

Watch out, Laura. They're show up.

[Laura Boyer]

We're going to show up with, like, three kangaroos.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Yeah. They're going to be fighting in the backyard.

[Laura Boyer]

So that would be kind of cool if he, like, went on a first date and he's like, you want to meet my kangaroos, right? I'm like, yeah, kind of.

[Alex]

Kind of awesome.

[Amy]

So excited. Alex also Wants a kangaroo.

[Alex]

He's a kangaroo now, too.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah.

[Alex]

I did one of those drive through safaris one time, and a zebra came up to the door, and that was the coolest thing ever. I mean, maybe because I had food and they weren't too violent, but I'm like, imagine just like, you want to see my zebra? And this thing's just walking around your backyard.

[Amy]

Zebras are less scary, I feel like. Are they dangerous, though?

[Alex]

I've heard they're dangerous.

[Amy]

Really?

[Laura Boyer]

They're really dangerous.

[Amy]

I feel like a kangaroo would be more scary than a zebra, but I don't really know what I'm talking about. I just. Just my assumption.

[Alex]

Yeah. Kangaroos and dogs, I don't think, mix. Like, they try to fight each other.

[Amy]

Right, But.

[Alex]

And they're strong kangaroos, but I feel like you can just punch them and they'll let go. That's what I've seen.

[Amy]

Would you really need to get in a fist fight with your pet?

[Alex]

Like, kangaroo? Stand up. They'll box with you a little bit.

[Laura Boyer]

Yes.

[Amy]

That would be so weird.

[Alex]

Oh, no.

[Amy]

Like, looking at you eye level, like, put them up.

[Alex]

I'll be honest. If I had a kangaroo, I'd try to box it every day.

[Laura Boyer]

Maybe we'll get you a kangaroo.

[Amy]

I feel like you really need one.

[Alex]

That's my new favorite animal. All right, my last question is from David. In your opinion, Fall's coming up, so when is the best time to start indulging in all these pumpkin spice drinks?

[Amy]

I know people get carried away with this. I like the smells. I don't like the taste. So, like, I'm pumpkin spice candles all over the house, and I don't even light them. I just put them out. But I don't really want to drink it.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Amy]

I don't know. I don't mind the vibe because I really love fall, so I don't care. But I'm not getting in line to fight you at the Starbucks for a pumpkin spice latte.

[Laura Boyer]

I don't know. You're pretty good.

[Amy]

So she's gonna be in line, and.

[Laura Boyer]

I'll be in line.

[Amy]

I'm gonna be buying candles.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah, I like the candles, too. But then, like, you get over it, right? So, like, you're like, I want pumpkin spice for just two weeks. Two months. Yeah, months.

[Amy]

Oh, no, I really like it.

[Laura Boyer]

And then you switch to, like, peppermint, and you're like, oh, I got this. And then you go back to normal.

[Amy]

Yeah. So you go back to, like, the volcano candle that everybody has in their house. Yes. Basically, yeah.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Peppermint. I like peppermint thyme. That's the best. Switch over.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Because it lasts to, like, March, where you get the Shamrock shakes from McDonald's.

[Amy]

Y' all are, like, drink people. I don't go through the drive through to get, like, a soda at the McDonald's or at Starbucks. I don't do anything.

[Laura Boyer]

Have you tried the new. What is the new soda place in Charlotte everyone's talking about?

[Alex]

I know.

[Amy]

With the bubble teas or what?

[Laura Boyer]

No, it's like the. It's from.

[Alex]

Is it Utah?

[Laura Boyer]

Utah.

[Alex]

Yeah, I know.

[Laura Boyer]

It's like, special sodas. People are waiting in line for, like, hour. That's, like, insanity.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Laura Boyer]

I would not do that for a soda.

[Amy]

No one's fighting me over a martini, so I'm gonna stick with my drink.

[Alex]

Yeah, you can't go wrong with those. What about other fall activities? Do you guys have favorites? Like, yes.

[Amy]

I love taking my kids to the pumpkin patch and, like, doing all those, like, the mazes and all that stuff. Bonfires, sitting around outside, campfires.

[Laura Boyer]

Fall's the best at our house. The kids, we ride, like, Clint has, like, all these trails through our house, and so all the kids will get on four wheelers and motorcycles, and we'll go ride. And he's got, like, little different stops, really. And so there'll be, like, a bar. There's, like a. Out by. There's, like, a little river. And then Cash has his own cabin, like, at a fishing pond.

[Amy]

That's so cute.

[Laura Boyer]

It is fun.

[Amy]

We need to come do that with y'. All.

[Laura Boyer]

Okay.

[Amy]

I'm inviting myself. That's fine.

[Laura Boyer]

Even Presley, she's got, like, this pink little motorcycle shoe.

[Amy]

She does?

[Laura Boyer]

Yes.

[Amy]

Our kids do not get on motorized anything.

[Laura Boyer]

Was it pink?

[Amy]

They had these unicorns that had a hoverboard attached to them, and they are fast. And Dale was, like, terrified they're gonna kill themselves on these things. So he hid them in their garage. He wanted to get rid of them. I was like, you can't do that. Like, give them some time to, like, get used to this and, like, learn. He's like, look at me. And he took off and, like, spun in circles. I was like, they don't drive him like that.

[Laura Boyer]

Yeah. No, but Presley. Well, it was gonna be Cash's little 50, and it was a hand me down. And, like, Presley, she's like, I'm not riding this. And Claude's like, well, what if we, like. So he got all these decals, and he made it pink, and she got, like, a pink helmet and, like, this whole outfit.

[Amy]

And she's got a vibe. So she's.

[Laura Boyer]

And so now she's got a vibe and she's out on that motorcycle almost.

[Amy]

Every day with Cash. I love that.

[Laura Boyer]

But it's gotta be pink.

[Amy]

I don't care about that. I don't think Dale would care about the pink part either. He's just terrified they're gonna fall off.

[Laura Boyer]

They do.

[Amy]

They do. And they bounce back off and get on again. That's good.

[Laura Boyer]

But that's. That's. Fall is a lot of fun at the farm.

[Alex]

That is fun. Fall is the best season.

[Amy]

Fall is the best, for sure.

[Alex]

I think that's a good place to stop. Ask Amy for today.

[Amy]

Thank you guys for your questions. We hope you listen to the show. Thank you for being on, Laura. Thank you. Appreciate it. And we will see you next week. Also, don't forget to hit the subscribe button and check out shop.dirtymomedia.com for all the merch.

[Laura Boyer]

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[Dale Jr.]

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[Laura Boyer]

Honey.

[Alex]

Do not make plans. Saturday, September 13th.

[Laura Boyer]

Okay. Why?

[Amy]

What's happening?

[Dale Jr.]

The Walmart wellness event. Flu shots, health screenings, free samples from those brands you like.

[Amy]

All that at Walmart?

[Alex]

We can just walk right in, no appointment needed. Who knew we could cover our health.

[Dale Jr.]

And wellness needs at Walmart?

[Amy]

Check the calendar. Saturday, September 13th.

[Alex]

Walmart wellness event. You knew?

[Amy]

I knew.

[Laura Boyer]

Check in on your health at the same place you already shop. Visit Walmart. Saturday, September 13th for our semiannual wellness event. Flu shot. Subject to availability and applicable state law. Age restrictions apply. Free samples while supplies last year.