Before I get to the update that everyone floods to this website to read, I felt a couple of events from this week needed to be mentioned:
"Dandy" Don Meredith passed away at the age of 72.
Played for the Dallas Cowboys 1960 - 1968; Never played a home football game outside of Texas (went to high school in Texas; college at Southern Methodist (SMU)). NFL Player of the Year 1966; Pro Bowl selection 3 times; Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor and Pro Football Hall of Fame as a Sportscaster
Unlike some other bloggers, I do remember Don on MNF (70-72, 77-84) with Howard Cosell (until 83), Frank Gifford (and a four man booth with Fran Tarkenton and two years with OJ Simpson (yes, that's right OJ was an announcer on MNF before taking up another profession)) . I remember his trademark "Turn out the light, the parties over" when the game was out of reach for the losing team. As with every sportscaster he had a couple of minor incidents - referred to then President Nixon as "Tricky" Dick; said he was "mile-high" before a game in Denver; and took Cleveland Brown receiver Fair Hooker's name and said "Fair Hooker...well, I haven't met one yet".
As a segway to another topic, I also remember Howard Cosell on MNF in 1983 refer to receiver Alvin Garrett who had broken away from the Cowboy defenders "look at that little monkey run". He was pressured to apologize, refused referring to his history with black athletes and saying "little monkey" was a term he used with his grandson. He retired from MNF at the end of the season. Which provides the segway to event two of this week...
John Lennon's Death - December 8th 1980 (30 Year Anniversary)
Which was 1st announced by Howard Cosell on MNF.
The Beatles...Tragic...Enough Said...
Pearl Harbor, December 7th 1941
A day that will never be forgotten in American History and proclaimed by President Franklin D Roosevelt "a date which will live in infamy".
To those that died, those that survived at Pearl Harbor and all that have served or continue to serve in our armed forces - thank you for your service and sacrifice to make this Nation GREAT.
On with the update...
If you are a male and have a daughter or ever might have a daughter, I would suggest you read the following on raising girls that was sent to my by I'm Just Say'in. Probably one of the funniest things I have read (other that my blog and his blog).
The Brady Bunch
Last weekend LA and I felt bad and agreed to babysit the Wesley Ulmer clan (ok, so we didn't feel bad but it sounds better) - Wes, Garrett and Paige. So we weren't quite The Brady Bunch but it was close enough - 5 kids and 2 adults. Good thing we had an SUV or a couple of them would have been riding on the roof or on their bike holding a rope attached to the car. We should have rented a conversion van...that would have been fun. Darn the car seats...those things just get in the way and take up a lot of space which made me think about when I was growing up and their weren't any car seats. I remember the station wagons my parents had growing up and actually playing in the back of them as we went down the rode - seat belts? What were those? I also remember the rear facing seat in the back of the station wagon, evidently put there so you could witness your own death in a rear end collision. I am going to give my parents some props because the were pretty good drivers to have taken as many trips as we took and not wreck the car and get someone killed.
Day 1 - Friday Evening
Our adventure started with a trip to James Island County Park to see the lights. Nana and Gramps had their camper there and had invited everyone to come out to eat dinner and see the lights. This is where LA and I went from a nice little family of four to a basketball team with two subs. Paige had spent the day with Nana and Scott and Marsha brought Wes and Garrett. After seeing the lights, we loaded up all of the kids stuff (forgot to tell Wesley and Karissa they were only coming for two nights not the month or did they have other plans???) and installed car seat number 3. It was late when we left and everyone was sleeping by the time we got home. LA and I figured we had to do this in waves so we filled our arms with Paige and Aubrey and took them inside and put them to bed. I went and got Wyatt and LA and I discussed leaving Wes and Garrett in car with it running overnight or at least until they woke up. We decided they probably needed to come inside and I went out to get them. They were both knocked out. I was able to get Wes to wake from his trance after a few minutes and he got out the car. I then attempted to wake Garrett who evidently had been drugged. I pulled him out of the car and attempted to lift all 85 pounds of dead weight which quickly made me realize that I shouldn't kill anybody and have to dispose of the body. It was all I could do the get him in the house without dropping him or tripping and killing us both. After I got him inside, he was still barely awake. I took him to the bathroom and told him to use the bathroom. He was just standing there. I would tell him again and he wouldn't do anything. He finally woke up enough to understand the words coming from my mouth, put the seat down (wasn't going to argue with him) and I turned and shut the door. We got them on their sofas and called night 1 over...we thought. Wesley and Karissa evidently forgot to tell us about Paige screaming in the middle of the night....woke both of us up - actually scared the poop out of us.
Day 2 Saturday
After a five star breakfast of ham and cheese omelets and bacon (how do I know it was 5 star because 1. We cooked it 2. Everything is 5 star when bacon is served), LA and I decided that staying at home would be boring and we should load everyone up and go get our Christmas tree. If your new to the blog, you might want to read about LA and our Christmas tree tradition (adventures) here and here the past two years and know that three years ago we bought a tree and it never made it in our house because of the remodeling (but we had a tree). Nothing is ever simple with us or without a few laughs. We loaded up everyone (making sure everyone had gone to the bathroom) and headed out to Ridgeville to Tomlinsons (same place we went last year). We walked the property (fortunately, it is not too big (not 100 acres)) and found a bunch of Charlie Brown trees and some nice smaller tree but nothing of any size like we wanted. I should have known something was up when he told me everything was $50. Wes and Garrett were just ready to cut something down. We should have stopped while we were ahead - we still had all the kids, all the ant mounds Paige and Aubrey walked through were dormant, no one had got hurt falling over the tree stumps...etc. We (LA and I) then had to make a decision...continue on to Younges Island (Hollywood, SC) or go back to the house eat lunch, take naps, eat dinner and get ready for the Living Christmas Story. We decided we were on a mission and to forge ahead with the Christmas tree plans and head on down the road to Toogoodo Christmas Tree Farm. Realizing it was lunch time, we decided that we would stop at our only choice - the Hardee's in Hollywood, SC. Not to long into our adventure, Aubrey tells us that she needs to pp in the grass - she knows to pp in the bathroom inside and in the grass outside when traveling or out in the yard (don't waste the energy to go inside and because every time we need to portable potty which normally is in my car, it has been left behind at the house.). I stopped the car on the side of the road and got Aubrey out of her car seat. Our preferred method for roadside pp is the pike position. As Aubrey is going pp, I look down and realize the it is going everywhere including on my tennis shoes...man, are you kidding me...at least she didn't pp in her seat and on her clothes because that would have been a disaster. We made it to the Hardee's. Did you know that Hardee's is fine dining? You don't get your food at the counter, they bring it to you. I will admit that I haven't been inside a Hardees in long time - breakfast maybe through the drive through but not for lunch or dinner loooong time (never had a monster burger). Other than it taking forever to get our food, it was ok. While we were sitting at our table, I noticed a gentleman looking at us. He had his son with him. After a few minutes, we made eye contact and he said "Are all those yours?" with a look of holy crap, I hope not. I shook my head yes and he came over to the table and prayed for us. Not really...I told him "no" and he was like thank God. He said he had three and couldn't imagine 5. While at the table in Hardee's, it was determined that either someone had stepped in some poop or Paige had stunk up her diaper. It was the latter. It was then that LA, looked at me at told that we didn't have any diapers for Paige. They were at the house. The Christmas tree adventure was going supposed to be quick...oops. Wyatt's diapers are too small and we didn't even have an emergency pull up for Aubrey that she could use. Not having any other option, we got some duck tape from the truck and a handful of napkins and fashioned a diaper for Paige, Macgyver style). It wasn't pretty but it was practical. We continued our adventure to the Christmas Tree Farm. after we went to CVS and got Paige some diapers. Since CVS didn't have a bathroom, LA changed her on the front seat...not classy but it got the job done.
When we arrived at the Toogoodo Christmas Tree farm they have a lot of trees which means a lot more property. I will make this part of the adventure short - you're looking for the perfect tree, YOUR family tree...it's too short, it's too tall, it's lopsided, it's not full, it's got a hole...etc. Imagine the letter T (or look at it right there) with trees planted on it. We walked the vertical line, then the left side to the property line (found a tree that had potential), then right side to the property line (found one with potential), back to the left side to take another look at the one we had found to compare it to the one on the right side. (Did I mention that included in our 5 kids it included Aubrey at age 2, Paige at 21 months (who haven't taken naps yet) and Wyatt 9 months.) Guess what the tree on the right side was to be our Christmas tree because the tree on the left wasn't "perfect" (it was a family decision). So Wes, Garrett and I walked back to the tree we found on the right side to cut it down. There were one minor(maybe, major) problem once I got back to the tree. The trunk was crooked...not good but I decided that I would find a way to over come the crooked trunk and decided to cut the tree down (plus, I wasn't walking all the way back to the other tree to cut it down). I had Garrett on camera duty and told him to record the tree falling. I said "Timber", the tree fell and Garrett told me "You didn't tell be to press "OK"" (which starts the recording)...HA!HA! So, I grab the tree for the 500 yard drag to the checkout. I was wondering where the four wheeler or golf carts were to help me get this tree out of here..I put that suggestion in their suggestion box. As I am nearing the vertical part of the "T" n the field a family is circled around a much smaller tree (about 3 to 4 foot tree...our is 9 to 10) and the following conversation takes place:
Father To Me:"Did you cut that yourself?"
Me: "Yes, about 200 yard back"
Father: "Wow, I feel bad.
Daughter: "Do you want to cut our tree down?"
Father immediately: "NO!"
It seems the father was the city type (more than me) and didn't want to get his khakis dirty and while having the manual bow saw in his hand to cut his very own tree had asked one of the workers walking buy if he had a power saw that he could cut the tree down. In the meantime, the worker had gone to retrieve the chain saw when I walked up. Sorry, to ruin your kids image of you dude and that you are going to have to live with the fact that you didn't cut your own tree down with your own two hands.
I finally got the crooked trunked tree to the bagger and the owner looked at me and said "That is a big, heavy tree". I replied "I know I just dragged it here from way over there, where is the four wheeler". After he inspected the tree, he told me "I want you to be happy and this trunk on this tree is going to be hard to get mounted straight. I will charge you $25 bucks and give you a stand that might help you". They are good people and I appreciated that because I cut the tree and knew what I was getting myself into. (Toogoodo Christmas Tree Farms is the FIRST officially endorsed business by this blog. For all your Christmas Tree needs call Toogoodo Christmas Tree Farms) What a bargain. Now, all I have to do is get it straight and in the house. So the Christmas tree adventure was a success and we only lost Paige for a few minutes when someone (unnamed) stopped watching her and she was just wandering off in the Christmas trees.
Since we had so much fun on the Christmas adventure, we had to hurry home to get ready for evenings event - The Living Christmas Story at Bethany.
Living Christmas Story
This year LA and I were going to be return to our 2008 award winning role as Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus. We followed up last year with another award in 2009 as pregnant Mary and Joseph. This year we had a 22lb infant baby Jesus. Wes, Garrett, Aubrey, Paige and Nanny were going to be villagers. To speed up the story - Wes and Garrett got to be shepherds keeping the cow and goats on the same set as LA and I. LA and I took our place and Wyatt is knocked out which is good because he loves his pacifier and the last time I checked baby Jesus didn't have a pacifier. So after about 20/25 minutes on the set, LA tells me she isn't feeling good and thinks she might pass out. She takes a knee. The Wiseman asks if LA is okay and do we need to get a replacement (being a wiseman he has a radio or phone in his gift box). LA then asks to sit down and the Wiseman makes the call "MARY IS DOWN". LA tells me she can't hear me talking (which she tells me all the time, so I didn't think anything of it.) I help LA up and a Wiseman helps LA back inside...I stay outside because "the show must go on" and now Wyatt is awake. I get a stand in Mary (Melissa F) which causes Wyatt to look at her and be like "where is my mommy". After a few minutes, they get a stand in for Joseph and fake baby Jesus and Wyatt and I head inside to check on LA. She is doing much better....don't know what happened but she seems to have recovered. Nothing like a little excitement on the LCS set. By the way I know what you are thinking, she pregnant. No, not a chance (not impossible) UNLESS for some reason God has decided to preform another Christmas miracle and has chosen LA to be the next Mary and if that is the case you better get right with the man upstairs and start praying for LA and I (and for further proof she isn't pregnant, we haven't listened to any Hootie CD's or been to any concerts). When Wes and Garrett came back in the fellowship hall, Wes had a special treat on him. He had knelt down in some cow poop or something and his costume was smelling right.
Day 3 Sunday
Some how with God's help we got everyone to church and had a great lunch with Wesley, Karissa, Nanny and the kids after Sunday School and we told them of our adventures.
I don't think we scared them and they might even come back - I doubt it but if their mom and dad make them and they won't have a choice.
Don't Miss This
If you have missed the 30 on 30 series on ESPN, you might want to check it out this Saturday after the Heisman Trophy Presentation. It is on the SMU Mustangs and everything that went on prior to the death penalty handed down by the NCAA and now their rise from the ashes. Don't miss it.
Football Update
Need to ask Danny if my comment last week was correct about - winning is much better live and losing is much better in HD.
Cam Newton is innocent (He said so and it was on ESPN this morning); He also said he hasn't talked to his father about the alleged "pay for play" scheme his father dreamed up. I am going to find that hard to believe but it's time to move on. Regardless, Cam is the best (paid) football player this year, give him the Heisman. (It's a joke War Eagle fans. They can always take it back...just kidding - Jenn and Clark) War Cam Eagle!
I am looking forward to an offensive showcase in the National Championship game. I hope both defenses stay at home and it is big play after big play for touchdowns and it goes into triple overtime and the final score is like a basketball game (which might not be hard after a D1 team the other night scored 9 points in a half...yes, that's right 9 points. I am pretty sure Aubrey could score 9 points in 20 minutes...and the other team only scored 25 in the half). However, I am sure it will end up being a blow out...it is too much to ask for it to live up to all the hype. I am holding out hope.
Stay tuned here for all your bowl update information on the Who Cares - Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte.
"Dandy" Don Meredith passed away at the age of 72.
Played for the Dallas Cowboys 1960 - 1968; Never played a home football game outside of Texas (went to high school in Texas; college at Southern Methodist (SMU)). NFL Player of the Year 1966; Pro Bowl selection 3 times; Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor and Pro Football Hall of Fame as a Sportscaster
Unlike some other bloggers, I do remember Don on MNF (70-72, 77-84) with Howard Cosell (until 83), Frank Gifford (and a four man booth with Fran Tarkenton and two years with OJ Simpson (yes, that's right OJ was an announcer on MNF before taking up another profession)) . I remember his trademark "Turn out the light, the parties over" when the game was out of reach for the losing team. As with every sportscaster he had a couple of minor incidents - referred to then President Nixon as "Tricky" Dick; said he was "mile-high" before a game in Denver; and took Cleveland Brown receiver Fair Hooker's name and said "Fair Hooker...well, I haven't met one yet".
As a segway to another topic, I also remember Howard Cosell on MNF in 1983 refer to receiver Alvin Garrett who had broken away from the Cowboy defenders "look at that little monkey run". He was pressured to apologize, refused referring to his history with black athletes and saying "little monkey" was a term he used with his grandson. He retired from MNF at the end of the season. Which provides the segway to event two of this week...
John Lennon's Death - December 8th 1980 (30 Year Anniversary)
Which was 1st announced by Howard Cosell on MNF.
The Beatles...Tragic...Enough Said...
Pearl Harbor, December 7th 1941
A day that will never be forgotten in American History and proclaimed by President Franklin D Roosevelt "a date which will live in infamy".
To those that died, those that survived at Pearl Harbor and all that have served or continue to serve in our armed forces - thank you for your service and sacrifice to make this Nation GREAT.
On with the update...
If you are a male and have a daughter or ever might have a daughter, I would suggest you read the following on raising girls that was sent to my by I'm Just Say'in. Probably one of the funniest things I have read (other that my blog and his blog).
The Brady Bunch
Last weekend LA and I felt bad and agreed to babysit the Wesley Ulmer clan (ok, so we didn't feel bad but it sounds better) - Wes, Garrett and Paige. So we weren't quite The Brady Bunch but it was close enough - 5 kids and 2 adults. Good thing we had an SUV or a couple of them would have been riding on the roof or on their bike holding a rope attached to the car. We should have rented a conversion van...that would have been fun. Darn the car seats...those things just get in the way and take up a lot of space which made me think about when I was growing up and their weren't any car seats. I remember the station wagons my parents had growing up and actually playing in the back of them as we went down the rode - seat belts? What were those? I also remember the rear facing seat in the back of the station wagon, evidently put there so you could witness your own death in a rear end collision. I am going to give my parents some props because the were pretty good drivers to have taken as many trips as we took and not wreck the car and get someone killed.
Day 1 - Friday Evening
Our adventure started with a trip to James Island County Park to see the lights. Nana and Gramps had their camper there and had invited everyone to come out to eat dinner and see the lights. This is where LA and I went from a nice little family of four to a basketball team with two subs. Paige had spent the day with Nana and Scott and Marsha brought Wes and Garrett. After seeing the lights, we loaded up all of the kids stuff (forgot to tell Wesley and Karissa they were only coming for two nights not the month or did they have other plans???) and installed car seat number 3. It was late when we left and everyone was sleeping by the time we got home. LA and I figured we had to do this in waves so we filled our arms with Paige and Aubrey and took them inside and put them to bed. I went and got Wyatt and LA and I discussed leaving Wes and Garrett in car with it running overnight or at least until they woke up. We decided they probably needed to come inside and I went out to get them. They were both knocked out. I was able to get Wes to wake from his trance after a few minutes and he got out the car. I then attempted to wake Garrett who evidently had been drugged. I pulled him out of the car and attempted to lift all 85 pounds of dead weight which quickly made me realize that I shouldn't kill anybody and have to dispose of the body. It was all I could do the get him in the house without dropping him or tripping and killing us both. After I got him inside, he was still barely awake. I took him to the bathroom and told him to use the bathroom. He was just standing there. I would tell him again and he wouldn't do anything. He finally woke up enough to understand the words coming from my mouth, put the seat down (wasn't going to argue with him) and I turned and shut the door. We got them on their sofas and called night 1 over...we thought. Wesley and Karissa evidently forgot to tell us about Paige screaming in the middle of the night....woke both of us up - actually scared the poop out of us.
Day 2 Saturday
After a five star breakfast of ham and cheese omelets and bacon (how do I know it was 5 star because 1. We cooked it 2. Everything is 5 star when bacon is served), LA and I decided that staying at home would be boring and we should load everyone up and go get our Christmas tree. If your new to the blog, you might want to read about LA and our Christmas tree tradition (adventures) here and here the past two years and know that three years ago we bought a tree and it never made it in our house because of the remodeling (but we had a tree). Nothing is ever simple with us or without a few laughs. We loaded up everyone (making sure everyone had gone to the bathroom) and headed out to Ridgeville to Tomlinsons (same place we went last year). We walked the property (fortunately, it is not too big (not 100 acres)) and found a bunch of Charlie Brown trees and some nice smaller tree but nothing of any size like we wanted. I should have known something was up when he told me everything was $50. Wes and Garrett were just ready to cut something down. We should have stopped while we were ahead - we still had all the kids, all the ant mounds Paige and Aubrey walked through were dormant, no one had got hurt falling over the tree stumps...etc. We (LA and I) then had to make a decision...continue on to Younges Island (Hollywood, SC) or go back to the house eat lunch, take naps, eat dinner and get ready for the Living Christmas Story. We decided we were on a mission and to forge ahead with the Christmas tree plans and head on down the road to Toogoodo Christmas Tree Farm. Realizing it was lunch time, we decided that we would stop at our only choice - the Hardee's in Hollywood, SC. Not to long into our adventure, Aubrey tells us that she needs to pp in the grass - she knows to pp in the bathroom inside and in the grass outside when traveling or out in the yard (don't waste the energy to go inside and because every time we need to portable potty which normally is in my car, it has been left behind at the house.). I stopped the car on the side of the road and got Aubrey out of her car seat. Our preferred method for roadside pp is the pike position. As Aubrey is going pp, I look down and realize the it is going everywhere including on my tennis shoes...man, are you kidding me...at least she didn't pp in her seat and on her clothes because that would have been a disaster. We made it to the Hardee's. Did you know that Hardee's is fine dining? You don't get your food at the counter, they bring it to you. I will admit that I haven't been inside a Hardees in long time - breakfast maybe through the drive through but not for lunch or dinner loooong time (never had a monster burger). Other than it taking forever to get our food, it was ok. While we were sitting at our table, I noticed a gentleman looking at us. He had his son with him. After a few minutes, we made eye contact and he said "Are all those yours?" with a look of holy crap, I hope not. I shook my head yes and he came over to the table and prayed for us. Not really...I told him "no" and he was like thank God. He said he had three and couldn't imagine 5. While at the table in Hardee's, it was determined that either someone had stepped in some poop or Paige had stunk up her diaper. It was the latter. It was then that LA, looked at me at told that we didn't have any diapers for Paige. They were at the house. The Christmas tree adventure was going supposed to be quick...oops. Wyatt's diapers are too small and we didn't even have an emergency pull up for Aubrey that she could use. Not having any other option, we got some duck tape from the truck and a handful of napkins and fashioned a diaper for Paige, Macgyver style). It wasn't pretty but it was practical. We continued our adventure to the Christmas Tree Farm. after we went to CVS and got Paige some diapers. Since CVS didn't have a bathroom, LA changed her on the front seat...not classy but it got the job done.
When we arrived at the Toogoodo Christmas Tree farm they have a lot of trees which means a lot more property. I will make this part of the adventure short - you're looking for the perfect tree, YOUR family tree...it's too short, it's too tall, it's lopsided, it's not full, it's got a hole...etc. Imagine the letter T (or look at it right there) with trees planted on it. We walked the vertical line, then the left side to the property line (found a tree that had potential), then right side to the property line (found one with potential), back to the left side to take another look at the one we had found to compare it to the one on the right side. (Did I mention that included in our 5 kids it included Aubrey at age 2, Paige at 21 months (who haven't taken naps yet) and Wyatt 9 months.) Guess what the tree on the right side was to be our Christmas tree because the tree on the left wasn't "perfect" (it was a family decision). So Wes, Garrett and I walked back to the tree we found on the right side to cut it down. There were one minor(maybe, major) problem once I got back to the tree. The trunk was crooked...not good but I decided that I would find a way to over come the crooked trunk and decided to cut the tree down (plus, I wasn't walking all the way back to the other tree to cut it down). I had Garrett on camera duty and told him to record the tree falling. I said "Timber", the tree fell and Garrett told me "You didn't tell be to press "OK"" (which starts the recording)...HA!HA! So, I grab the tree for the 500 yard drag to the checkout. I was wondering where the four wheeler or golf carts were to help me get this tree out of here..I put that suggestion in their suggestion box. As I am nearing the vertical part of the "T" n the field a family is circled around a much smaller tree (about 3 to 4 foot tree...our is 9 to 10) and the following conversation takes place:
Father To Me:"Did you cut that yourself?"
Me: "Yes, about 200 yard back"
Father: "Wow, I feel bad.
Daughter: "Do you want to cut our tree down?"
Father immediately: "NO!"
It seems the father was the city type (more than me) and didn't want to get his khakis dirty and while having the manual bow saw in his hand to cut his very own tree had asked one of the workers walking buy if he had a power saw that he could cut the tree down. In the meantime, the worker had gone to retrieve the chain saw when I walked up. Sorry, to ruin your kids image of you dude and that you are going to have to live with the fact that you didn't cut your own tree down with your own two hands.
I finally got the crooked trunked tree to the bagger and the owner looked at me and said "That is a big, heavy tree". I replied "I know I just dragged it here from way over there, where is the four wheeler". After he inspected the tree, he told me "I want you to be happy and this trunk on this tree is going to be hard to get mounted straight. I will charge you $25 bucks and give you a stand that might help you". They are good people and I appreciated that because I cut the tree and knew what I was getting myself into. (Toogoodo Christmas Tree Farms is the FIRST officially endorsed business by this blog. For all your Christmas Tree needs call Toogoodo Christmas Tree Farms) What a bargain. Now, all I have to do is get it straight and in the house. So the Christmas tree adventure was a success and we only lost Paige for a few minutes when someone (unnamed) stopped watching her and she was just wandering off in the Christmas trees.
Since we had so much fun on the Christmas adventure, we had to hurry home to get ready for evenings event - The Living Christmas Story at Bethany.
Living Christmas Story
This year LA and I were going to be return to our 2008 award winning role as Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus. We followed up last year with another award in 2009 as pregnant Mary and Joseph. This year we had a 22lb infant baby Jesus. Wes, Garrett, Aubrey, Paige and Nanny were going to be villagers. To speed up the story - Wes and Garrett got to be shepherds keeping the cow and goats on the same set as LA and I. LA and I took our place and Wyatt is knocked out which is good because he loves his pacifier and the last time I checked baby Jesus didn't have a pacifier. So after about 20/25 minutes on the set, LA tells me she isn't feeling good and thinks she might pass out. She takes a knee. The Wiseman asks if LA is okay and do we need to get a replacement (being a wiseman he has a radio or phone in his gift box). LA then asks to sit down and the Wiseman makes the call "MARY IS DOWN". LA tells me she can't hear me talking (which she tells me all the time, so I didn't think anything of it.) I help LA up and a Wiseman helps LA back inside...I stay outside because "the show must go on" and now Wyatt is awake. I get a stand in Mary (Melissa F) which causes Wyatt to look at her and be like "where is my mommy". After a few minutes, they get a stand in for Joseph and fake baby Jesus and Wyatt and I head inside to check on LA. She is doing much better....don't know what happened but she seems to have recovered. Nothing like a little excitement on the LCS set. By the way I know what you are thinking, she pregnant. No, not a chance (not impossible) UNLESS for some reason God has decided to preform another Christmas miracle and has chosen LA to be the next Mary and if that is the case you better get right with the man upstairs and start praying for LA and I (and for further proof she isn't pregnant, we haven't listened to any Hootie CD's or been to any concerts). When Wes and Garrett came back in the fellowship hall, Wes had a special treat on him. He had knelt down in some cow poop or something and his costume was smelling right.
Day 3 Sunday
Some how with God's help we got everyone to church and had a great lunch with Wesley, Karissa, Nanny and the kids after Sunday School and we told them of our adventures.
I don't think we scared them and they might even come back - I doubt it but if their mom and dad make them and they won't have a choice.
Don't Miss This
If you have missed the 30 on 30 series on ESPN, you might want to check it out this Saturday after the Heisman Trophy Presentation. It is on the SMU Mustangs and everything that went on prior to the death penalty handed down by the NCAA and now their rise from the ashes. Don't miss it.
Football Update
Need to ask Danny if my comment last week was correct about - winning is much better live and losing is much better in HD.
Cam Newton is innocent (He said so and it was on ESPN this morning); He also said he hasn't talked to his father about the alleged "pay for play" scheme his father dreamed up. I am going to find that hard to believe but it's time to move on. Regardless, Cam is the best
I am looking forward to an offensive showcase in the National Championship game. I hope both defenses stay at home and it is big play after big play for touchdowns and it goes into triple overtime and the final score is like a basketball game (which might not be hard after a D1 team the other night scored 9 points in a half...yes, that's right 9 points. I am pretty sure Aubrey could score 9 points in 20 minutes...and the other team only scored 25 in the half). However, I am sure it will end up being a blow out...it is too much to ask for it to live up to all the hype. I am holding out hope.
Stay tuned here for all your bowl update information on the Who Cares - Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte.
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