There’s just something so special about having young children experience the magic of Christmas, and Dierks Bentley enjoyed every single second of it with his family, that includes wife Cassady, daughters Evie (7) and Jordan (5) and son Knox (2). He says Knox is really starting to figure out what to do with his presents.
“I’ve had several friends that have told me that these are the years, the best years with kids and Santa Claus, and it really is. I’ve got a seven-year-old, a five-year-old and a two-year-old, and just the excitement around Christmas, the tree,” says Dierks. “My two-year-old just discovering how to do presents, taking off the paper. He didn’t really get that, [but] he gets it now. He has a full understanding what a present is, but the first present I gave him, he kind of just wasn’t exactly sure what to do with it. And the girls, you know, the Elf on a Shelf, and just all the lights, driving around and seeing the lights around town and stuff. It takes you right back when you were a kid.”
The family of five also made the trek from Nashville to Phoenix to visit family members, but some of them spent a little too much time in the bathroom. “Everyone got sick in my family. There’s a nasty bug going around, and a lot of vomit [laughs] in the Bentley household, but I avoided it. I think I’ve been on the road and around so many germs that I’m immune to it. Even considering that, it was still such a great time, and it’s special every year, so special.”
Dierks is set to co-host this year’s ACM Awards with pal Luke Bryan. The 51st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards will air live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas April 3rd at 8pm ET on CBS.
Audio / Dierks Bentley talks about being a father to three small children over the holidays.
DownloadDierks Bentley (2015 holidays) OC: …so special. 1:01
“I’ve had several friends that have told me that these are the years, the best years with kids and Santa Claus, and it really is. I’ve got a seven-year-old, a five-year-old and a two-year-old, and just the excitement around Christmas, the tree. My two-year-old just discovering how to do presents, taking off the paper. He didn’t really get that, [but] he gets it now. He has a full understanding what a present is, but the first present I gave him, he kind of just wasn’t exactly sure what to do with it. And the girls, you know, the Elf on a Shelf, and just all the lights, driving around and seeing the lights around town and stuff. It takes you right back when you were a kid. There’s a lot of years in-between there where you just kind of don’t celebrate it like you do now [with kids]. Yeah, just right back to being a kid yourself, and we really did have a great holiday season. But everyone got sick in my family. There’s a nasty bug going around, and a lot of vomit [laughs] in the Bentley household, but I avoided it. I think I’ve been on the road and around so many germs that I’m immune to it. Even considering that, it was still such a great time, and it’s special every year, so special.”
Audio / Dierks Bentley talks about being a father to three small children over the holidays.
DownloadDierks Bentley (2015 holidays) OC: …so special. 1:01
“I’ve had several friends that have told me that these are the years, the best years with kids and Santa Claus, and it really is. I’ve got a seven-year-old, a five-year-old and a two-year-old, and just the excitement around Christmas, the tree. My two-year-old just discovering how to do presents, taking off the paper. He didn’t really get that, [but] he gets it now. He has a full understanding what a present is, but the first present I gave him, he kind of just wasn’t exactly sure what to do with it. And the girls, you know, the Elf on a Shelf, and just all the lights, driving around and seeing the lights around town and stuff. It takes you right back when you were a kid. There’s a lot of years in-between there where you just kind of don’t celebrate it like you do now [with kids]. Yeah, just right back to being a kid yourself, and we really did have a great holiday season. But everyone got sick in my family. There’s a nasty bug going around, and a lot of vomit [laughs] in the Bentley household, but I avoided it. I think I’ve been on the road and around so many germs that I’m immune to it. Even considering that, it was still such a great time, and it’s special every year, so special.”
