walmart

i like to say hi to the wal mart greeters before they can say hi to me

sometimes i wonder what the people are thinking who ring me up. teen ministry requires me to make a lot of bizarre purchases. my cart (buggy for my friend steve) today had in it:

10 gallon plastic tub
2 padlocks
sticky tack
5 cans of E-Z Cheese

march madness

espn commercial

this video is unfortunately me. i love this time of year when i get to fill out brackets and watch games. this year i filled out 5 brackets all with different themes like the guy on the commercial. i have been filling out more than one bracket for several years now just like the guy on the commercial. when i saw the commercial this year i was somewhat embarrassed.

hope you all enjoy watching as much as i do.

go purdue!

elsie

fatherhood is slowly becoming reality...it doesn't feel as life-changing as i thought it would (other than the lack of sleep at the very beginning) i think most people told me how much it would change my life that it feels a little anti-climatic...

but elsie has been alot of fun recently...she is making lots of fun sounds and smiles at us a alot...especially after she has eaten...must get that from me...

katie is a wonderful mother and i am amazed by her daily...

here is a recent picture of elsie...

super bowl rings

here is a great piece that espn put together about 43 stories unique to each super bowl ring....

http://espn.go.com/nfl/rings

it was really cool to just see all of the rings....

here are a few of my favorites....(please keep this in mind as you look at my favorite rings...i am a steelers fan first and only...but i do like these rings)

cluttered

sometimes my mind feels like this on a monday morning....today is one of those mornings...


on a side note have you ever seen "that" car...its the car usually found in the walmart parking lot...its the car that only has room in it for the driver because the rest of the car is full of newspapers, shopping bags, cans of expired tuna, lawn darts, broken picture frames, diapers, dirty band aides and loads of other crap that someone just can't part with...

wouldn't it be awesome if someone could get a ticket for that...like a parking ticket, but instead we call it a:

"hey you got way too much crap in your car and we are all kind of sick to our stomach when we look at it, so clean it up or pay this fine" ticket....

friday morning face

elsie is asleep in her swing...

katie is catching up on some much needed rest...

and i am trying to catch up by listening to sports talk radio...i would be watching espn...but i don't want turn the tv on and thus wake up my sleeping wife...hence the huge radio headphones...

movies worth seeing

here are a couple of movies that i would highly recommend...

last weekend we took several high school students to see a movie called 'to save a life'

the movie revolves a character named jake taylor who is living the teenage dream. he is good looking, popular, star athlete, and has the admiration of everyone especially his cheerleader girlfriend....jake starts to evaluate his life as the result of a significant event in his life. he begins to ask himself the question 'what is the point?'

for those of us who work with teens its a must see.


the second movie that is a must see is called 'the worlds fastest indian'

oddly enough this movie is not about m. night shyamalan running track. its about an older new zealand gentleman who lives out his dream of racing at the salt flats on his 1920 indian motorcycle. it is such a wonderful movie and one that every guy needs to see.

let me know what you think of these movies when you see them. and enjoy