Ira opens for Paul McCartney

from Dawn Nahlen-
Hi. My husband and I wore our Ira bracelets to the Paul McCartney show in Dallas on Nov 20. Please see attached photo; we're sorry that we couldn't include Paul in the shot (too dark during the performance)!

Texas in NYC

As you probably saw on Joe's blog, we went out for a little texas music fun Thursday night, 11/17. It was just about the best performance I have seen Willie put on. He has been healing from hand surgery, and it seems to have made quite a difference in his pickin' and strummin'.
Its awesome how he gets the crowd into his songs, and I definitely love his closing numbers of "I'll Fly Away" and "I saw the Light...praise the Lord, I saw the light..."
We waited outside the bus to see if he'd come out and take a picture, but no such luck. I did get to enjoy a Starbucks coffee while taking in all the NY-life.
I had a good time with my friend Joe. I had a good visit with Ira, Laura and Sophia. They were very kind to let me play around a few days. As I sat there looking at those blue eyes of Ira, I couldn't help but see the look of his father. He's a great kid, and I was honored to be his guest this weekend. I want to praise God, and lift up His name for the love he has shown to his precious children... the Hays family.
Now for some pictures:

Ira's Video

Well, you can't be on this page without having looked at Ira's page, but just in case... Here's the link to his coming home video

We still have wristbands if you'd like to get one. Order form is to the right.
Also, keep sending me your photos of where you took Ira.
Steve

Ira at Game 2 of World Series

from Kristen(Jacobson)Anagnostopoulos:
Hi! I don't know Ira personally, but I was really moved by his story after reading his dad's blog. Anyway, when I found out that my dad and my brother(Scott Jacobson) were going to game 2 of the World Series, I asked them to take Ira along and to take some pictures with the wristband--clearly explaining that the idea was to demonstrate that they were actually at the game. Well...they tried. They even went out and got a disposable camera for their mission. They did get a picture of my brother Scott with the wristband, and I know it was taken at US Cellular field--but it doesn't really evoke the scene the way I'd hoped it would. This was taken in the left field concourse--it was a horribly rainy night, and they weren't seated together, so they couldn't get any decent outdoor shots, apparently. Unfortunately, the only hint that they're actually at the game is the fact that all 3 males in the photo appear to be wearing varied forms of Sox hats.