{She's a Little Bit Country and I'm a Little Bit Rock 'n' Roll}

**Guest post by one of Kate’s Best Friends: Anmaree Osmond**

She’s a Little Bit Country (and by a little bit I mean a lot…almost too much)

Kate’s great. I think we can all agree on that. I met her 15 years ago at work and we became instant friends, but that budding friendship was on thin ice just a few days later when she drove us both to lunch and she started singing along to the most awful Country song I had ever heard. I hated Country music so much, and, being the music snob I was, I just wasn’t sure I could relate to the type of person that loved Country. Okay, that is a bit of an exaggeration. I still adored her, despite her horrible taste in music (about which I teased her incessantly).

It kind of became our thing. She was a little bit Country and I was a little bit Rock ‘n’ Roll. I mocked her and Country music in general, and she just smiled and stood strong, never mocking me for my love of Rock. I was so mean about it sometimes that I don’t know how she didn’t smack me. She should have. But that is one of the things that makes Kate great. She is one of the kindest, most caring and selfless people that I know. She is beautiful on the inside and out, and I am so lucky to have her as one of my close friends. And it’s perfect that she found a nice, handsome Southern boy to share her life with. Ben and Kate are great!

Kate and I still don’t agree when it comes to music. I still hate Country. There are exceptions. For example, when I was a kid I loved the Kenny Rogers, Sheena Easton duet of “We’ve Got Tonight,” and I still do. Back then I thought it was a song about a sleepover, where they were going to watch movies, eat junk food and crank call the neighbors. Now I realize they are just agreeing through song that they both want to have a one night stand with each other. Shady, shady stuff. As a side note, it’s actually a Bob Seger song, so it’s not officially Country. I do like some other Country stuff, but overall, I just don’t like the genre.

The night we rocked at a Quiet Riot concert.

There is a point to all this, and here it is: I love my little Country Kate so much that I (quite possibly the world’s biggest Country-music hater) am willing to promote Country music for her…

Some of Kate’s friends happen to be in possession of some Garth Brooks tickets. There are eight of them and they are great seats the night of Thursday, October 29th @ 7:30pm, Energy Solutions Area, Salt Lake City, Utah (Section 19, Row 24, Seats 5-8). Can you imagine how much fun Kate would have at a Garth Brooks concert with seven of her Country-loving friends? I know how much I love my rock concerts, so it’s got to be the same for you Country folk. It’s hard to beat a fun night out with people you love, listening to the music you love. But one thing that would beat a night like that is the beat of a baby’s heart coming from Kate’s Country-lovin’ belly. So instead of one night of fun, we want to get Kate and Ben closer to their goal so they can have a lifetime and eternity of fun with their future children.

Right now you have the chance to not only see Garth Brooks, but also to help with the funds needed to get a nice Southern-style sticky bun into Kate’s oven.

These tickets were not free, so we are asking for face value ($75) and a donation of at least ($25) per ticket to Kate & Ben's IVF fund. We want to put the offer out there first for Kate’s friends, in case they (for some reason) are dying to go to Garth Brooks. You could pay the same price buying from a greedy scalper on KSL who probably plans to spend the earnings on drugs, or worse…on video games and Cheetos. Buy from Ben and Kate’s IVF fund and you can help start a cute little family.

And Kate, all I ask in return is that you play some Rock music for poor the kid once in a while!

~Anmaree Osmond

**First come first serve on the tickets. The tickets can easily be transferred to you through FlashSeats. Please note how many you would like on the donation page. All we will need once you donate (through youcaring.com/babylundyq) or (https://www.paypal.me/KateLyon/100) is your email address and name (which should come through the website once you donate, anyway). Kate will email and confirm with you right away and send you the tickets online**