The big festival this weekend is Rockin Rotary Ribfest in Sunset Park in Lake in the Hills beginning July 6 through July 9. Check out rockinrotaryribfest.com for details and a schedule of events.

rauecenter.org for events at the Raue in Crystal Lake

woodstockoperahouse.com for details on the Paranormal midwest event

goldenagecinemas.com for the showings at the McHenry Outdoor Theater

7-6-2023 July 6 through July 11 2023

More great festivals this week including McHenry Fiesta Days
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Music courtesy of Pixabay music Content License

7-13-2023 to 7-18-2023

In this episode, Hey Emma! talks about memories and why it may be difficult for teens to have vivid memories at this point in their lives.  Emma talks about some good memories and some bad memories.  Dad has quite a few memories to share as well.

Episode 211 - Memories

Emma and Dad took part in a 10 question challenge.  But they approached it and interpreted the instructions completely differently.  The results are very different sets of questions and quite a few laughs.  

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Episode 212 - 10 Question Challenge - We Goofed

Fears can be helpful or harmful.  They can be invigorating and they can prevent you from moving forward and growing.  Let's take a look at fears from the teen mind and see if we can relate that to our own fears as parents.  
Teenagers these days have a wide variety of fears that we never encountered when we went to school.  Let's open our minds and learn what we can to help our kids become stronger at facing their fears.
Emma finally reveals a medical challenge she has been reluctant to share.

Episode 205 - Fears

Emma's sister Leah joins us to discuss her favorite music styles and going to the theater.  I apologize for how rough this episode is due to equipment failures.  Leah was really looking forward to joining us on this podcast and we were able to get her to join us.  She has a pretty significant speech impediment due to having Down Syndrome but once you tune your ear to what she's saying, she has some pretty thoughtful words.  She's an amazing girl who has endured so much in her 18 years.  I'm proud of her and so is Emma.  Please join us in encouraging her to continue to develop her speech.

Episode 204 - Leah joins us -

Hey Emma! and dad discusses the upcoming Homecoming Dance and other dances, the ins and outs of having a good DJ versus a bad DJ, and how to get your father to be a chauffer.

Episode 203 - School Dances

It's a common battle in families with kids.  Eating problems become eating habits.  Poor eating habits become ingrained.  Why does it happen?  Get a teenager's perspective on eating and of course, her Dad is there to provide just a little nagging.

Episode 202 - Eating Habits - Why do we do this?

Our first minisode brings us back to school.  Emma has returned to high school as a sophomore and we get an update on how it's going so far.  It includes crazy psych teachers, high school friend groups and not getting arrested.  

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Minisode chorus by Emma & Dad.  Unless you didn't like it, then it was made by some random stranger we grabbed off the street and paid him to sing off key.

Minisode 1 - Back To School 2018

You would think a family vacation would be a welcome event for everyone in the family.  Well, not everyone.  Find out why this teen didn't want to go on vacation and what are some things parents can do to make vacations fun for their teens as well.

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