I am looking forward to experiencing my first men’s breakfast here at SCC since we moved here. All I have heard from other men is that I will not be disappointed with the vast array of manly breakfast choices (no pastries or foo-foo muffins at this event apparently). SO I can’t wait to get my grub on!!!
And here is what excites me most- It’s not until 8:30am. Unlike some other crazy people (you know who you are) that meet at 7:30am, people here seem to value sleep a little more. And I like it!
I know I have been posting all kinds of pictures of my kids recently, but here is another set. I always thought my daughter was a beautiful little girl…but now I have evidence to back it up. Tell me that these pictures are not gorgeous…
Let me start by asking this question- Do you know of any fairy tale involving a talking donkey (except the move Shrek)? This is where our conversation started.
In the movie, the king has banished all fairy tale creatures, so you see pinnochio, tinkerbell, snow white, the gingerbread man, the three little pigs and others in in the movie. And it is pretty easy to figure out which story they came from. I mean, the wolf in the bed is from Little Red Riding hood, no brainer. But for the life of me, I can not think of a fairy tale with a talking donkey.
Is there one? There is only one place that I can think of that has a talking donkey. And that would be Numbers 22 in the Bible. Which is interesting because they have donkey as a fairy tale creature. Which would by default mean that they think the Bible is a fairy tale book, right? Or maybe they just needed a talkign animal and just happened to choose a donkey. Who knows?
Not trying to say that you should ban the movies or anything, but I just thought this was an interesting point. If you know of a movie with a talking donkey, let me know. But I thought it was pretty interesting to think about.
Apparently this commercial was suppose to air during the Super Bowl this year. And apparently the NFL did not allow it. Before you watch it, think about everything else they let on TV.
Ok, we weren’t the ones on ice. But there was ice involved. We had a great time at Nationwide Arena for Disney on Ice: Princess Classics. From the moment it started to the moment it stopped, I don’t think Addison blinked once. But she did manage to gulp down a $10 sno-cone, a $10 bag of cotton candy and helped us tackle a bucket of popcorn.
She had a blast…along with the other 10,000 little girls at the arena. So I thought I would share some of the pics of the day with ya…
Kelvin Sampson did. Somehow, he was able to get hired at Indiana University after being accused of recruiting violations at Oklahoma (should have been the first warning), then is accused of 5 major violations at Indiana, including making inappropriate recruiting calls, and then is able to get Indiana to pay him $750,000 just to leave the school.
So the way I read it is that if you can get a team to win, you cheat and get caught, that schools have so much money to pay you 3/4 of a million dollars just to go away.
Of course, the total results have not been revealed, but my guess is he did make inappropriate phone calls like he did at Oklahoma. And so my question is why does Indiana have to pay him off?
Addison woke up this morning and the first question out of her mouth, “Are we going to see the princesses today?” Today we are taking Addison to Disney on Ice: Princess Classics. There are going to be a bunch of different Disney princesses: Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Belle, Ariel, etc.
For the last few days, every time she sees the commercials for Disney on Ice, she screams, “we’re going there on Saturday, I so becited (That’s 3 year old for excited). So today is the day. But here is a pic of Addison in her cinderella dress for you (taken about a week ago- when she is home she is either wearing the cinderella dress or her tutu.)
I’ll post some pics later of us at the event.
It’s snowing here this morning, so traffic is terrible. What is normally a 15 minute drive to work turned into a 45 minute ride. Ice was covering many spots in the road, then you throw in the visibility issues with snow, and you have a recipe of traffic disaster.
So I am sitting in my car, patiently waiting for traffic to start moving again (Ok, not really patiently) and I look out my driver’s side window and what do I see? Snowflakes. Not just snow, but snowflakes with their full 6-sided shape are gently landing on the window. I am just amazed. Each one is totally different, a beautiful masterpiece of frozen precipitation. And it hit me- if God is willing to take the time to craft individual snowflakes,that will melt in a matter of minutes or at best days, how much more does he care about us?
So the next time you’re stuck in traffic, take a look around. And you might just appreciate a snowflake like you never have before.
“The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship.”
Psalm 19:1
I know it may be boring you already, but I don’t really care. Here are a few more pics of my kids…
Here are my two kids just hangin’ out
