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Studio time is going lovely and is COMPLETELY insane. Starting next week, I’ll be in the studio every day with producers Rob Graves and David Garcia. We are going to get this project done in the next few weeks! 

All of the songs are written and decided on, and I’m sooooo very excited to share these new songs and stories with you. I’m hoping for them to be a reflection of a passionate life that’s being lived centered in truth and love and vulnerability. Thank you for all of you that have been a part of my story this past year. You’ve inspired me and supported me with your love and prayers. And you’ll be able to hear how much in a few months (album will be coming out in the summer)!!! 

I still need LOTS of prayers… for health and strength. The recording process is intense and then jumping straight into tour with Big Daddy Weave and Mike’s Chair. Get excited!!! Check out www.kerrieroberts.com/calendar for dates. There are lots of them! So keep us all in your prayers for safe travels and healthy bodies and minds AND for the Big Daddy Weave guys to not play too many jokes… like putting stuffed bobcats named Kathy in my bunk  :) 

This year is already FLYING right now. I haven’t even had time to really sit down and let my trip with Food for the Hungry to Bolivia sink in. There’s a lot to digest there, but what I can say right now, is that I’m encouraged, challenged and happy to be associated with such an INCREDIBLE organization. 

Ok, so break time is over. I just am overflowing with sooooo much going on and wanted to check in. I can’t wait to see you on the road for the Love Come to Life tour…starting March 1^st! See you soon!!!

Ok, so obviously who doesn’t love Disney, but I LOVE Disney (LOVE fairy tales, LOVE all that, um see proof in the music in the song “Rescue Me,” it’s all about the wishing for happily ever after and such.

On our most recent day off from the Love Come to Life tour, I got to be in the magical world of wishes and wonders with Big Daddy Weave (we missed you, Luminate!)

There’s a lot about Disney that inspires me- the fact that one man had an idea and has impacted the world at the magnitude that he has, the attention to detail at the park- even the things most people won’t notice- there was still thought and effort put forth to make it the best it should be. All the details matter! It’s worth it. I want to do that too!

So since it was such an inspiring day, I thought I would share it with you.

Here is the band and the crew … chillin’ eating lunch.

We started in Animal Kingdom and went on an African safari, visited Asia (found the Yeti), we went to Hollywood Studios and rode the Tower of Terror twice!!

Then, we were off to the Magic Kingdom. At first sight of the castle my whole body starts radiating excitement… um, this doesn’t happen a lot for me in life…it’s just not the way I’m wired. And when we got in the park I was sooooo amped, I couldn’t even think of subjecting the guys to all my very high pitched “eeeeeeeehs,” sooooo I high fived them all and ran through the park by myself. As Mike Weaver said, my happiness meter was peaking...in the red.

Lines were short. Sun was just right.

Space Mountain. Yes. I thought of my Dad (who if you know me, you’ve been impacted by him, by his sermons that have turned into my music. I love you Daddy!). He took me on my first ride of Space Mountain when I was a little one. I could picture his face and exactly what he would look like as he rode- the look of enjoyment. He makes this face when he’s driving his bass boat too…

At the Haunted Mansion, my flip flop fell off as the Disney employee lowered my safety bar…my shoe was lost forever into the abyss of scary nothingness. No worries… at the nearby Frontier Post I was able to get some Mickey Mouse flip flops for free with a magic coupon I procured from a chick in the mansion...um, excuse me, but my shoe is GONE! And I can’t go thru the park like this:

Then Thunder Mountain. Yes.

Splash Mountain….by now it’s night time….PERFECT VIEW of the castle right before you go over the top….. YES!

Then it’s time for the parade. I enjoyed the light show, which were pictures of people from the day in the park…from the present, and then through the years. Ok, I don’t even know these people and I’m crying. Little kid voices are singing “Wish Upon A Star” and it was KILLING ME!!!

Then the fireworks happen…more crying. I got to see what a dissonant chord looks like if it was written in lights in the sky…behind a castle.

The medley of music and stories of all the tales/movies that I love played through the park. SUCH amazing scores, with the fireworks timed perfectly (putting the Bellagio fountain to shame). It was all about wishing, all about hope. All about the possibility of a happy ending and the people stood there completely sucked into the emotion and spectacle of the moment (my phone was dead by now…no more pictures).

The message, is to believe for the sake of believing. We wish on a star. We hope for a fairy god mother. We look beyond our circumstances and HOPE- because we must, because so much of reality is so harsh and we NEED a break, craving relief.

I am thankful. I am thankful for the truth, that there is more than believing for the sake of believing. There is a Savior worth serving….living for… there will be a rescue…ultimately.

Wishing you all the peace that comes with that truth and that you’ll have a magical day/life!!!!!! (if only I could bottle what a day in Disney does for me! EEEEEEeeeeeh!)

She never grew out of this dream.

She also happened to love “Once Upon a Time” type stories and never grew out of that either.

THEEEEEEEN, she wrote a song with Rob Graves (@robgrav3s) about these happily ever after type things and it was used in a promo for ABC’s show “Once Upon a Time” (see previous post).

THEEEEEN, the song was released on an EP with four other songs, two of which you have already heard (“No Matter What” and “Beautiful to Me.” But these are new, acoustic versions of the songs. AND, get excited…there are two other brand new songs for you as well. One is called “Without Love” and the short synopsis is, that’s it’s 1 Cor 13. The other is “Lovable.” It speaks first to the truth of all our worth- our worth in that we are and seen and sought after by a loving God and also speaks to the power we have with our words and the choice we make every day to build each other up instead of tear each other down.

So…. I don’t know how the story ends….but if you want to hear part of the sound track, click here: 

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/once-upon-a-time-ep/id470319621

I hope everyone is having a lovely summer!

All has been going well with me…keeping busy traveling and singing and my favorite, meeting more and more of you! Thank you so much to everyone who has shared time with me these past months. Thanks for coming out, singing with me and sharing your stories. I love hearing about the music coming along with someone and becoming a part of their journey.

There have been some interesting adventures on the road (as you would expect) and I love sharing them with you.  

Here’s a little video of some behind the scenes/random moments with me and my friends/players at Rock the Coast in Muskegon, MI. It was a great time!

Something else cool that I got to be a part of this summer was the Miracle Hill cycling challenge with HIS radio in South Carolina. NO! I did not get on a bike. I’m still alive aren’t I?

It was a really cool day. Ok, actually it was a BLAZING HOT day, but cool in that I got to learn about one more amazing organization that is helping to change lives. You need to check out www.miraclehill.org. 

Here’s a pic of Rob Dempsey from HIS Radio.

He rode106.8 miles in the mountains that day. CRAZY! He has an amazing story. You NEED to read it, so click here. http://robdempseyradio.blogspot.com/2008/01/my-story.html

Stay tuned. More summer fun videos and pics to come soon! 

-TK