Monday, October 31, 2011

Top Shot


Collin is in love with the show Top Shot. He gets to sleep in bed with Daddy on Tuesday nights because they watch the show together.If you don't know what the show is it is a shooting competition where the contestants compete for the title of "Top Shot".

I'm not sure how he got hooked on this show but if I had to venture a guess I would say Pops had something to do with it. I'm sure it breaks Pops heart that his first grandson is showing and interest in anything that has to do with a gun. Pops is kind of a gun fanatic and someday he will be a great teacher for his little protege.

In the mean time Collin is happy "playing" Top Shot. He even announces the competitions! He shoots the target with his imaginary finger gun.




 May sound strange but the kid doesn't have any toy guns. I have some sort of aversion to him playing with guns. I want him to learn how to properly handle and respect a gun and playing with them as toys doesn't really facilitate that. I also have a very strong aversion of guns being pointed at people, especially me, it really freaks me out, toy or not. Now that I have written this I am sure that Santa will load Collin up with toy guns this Christmas. Luckily, I'm pretty sure Uncle B doesn't read this blog because he is always looking for a way to repay me for all of the toys I bought his kids that said "some assembly required" and a couple of times that I may have returned his kids with a sugar buzz.

One of the Top Shot challenges was to throw a hatchet.

I'm sure you can imagine what is going on here. If you are wondering about the brostache-he and daddy decided to dress up as Mario and Luigi (mustache and all) to play Mario baseball-FREAKS! The costumes came off but the mustache stayed.

Now the game is to see how many marks he can put on the beam in the middle of the room. God help me and my house!!
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Guatoberfest Cruise 2009

My soapbox about the Advent Conspiracy

I came across this video on another blog. I have to admit I only looked at it for entertainment value. I assumed with a title like that, it had to be some wacko conspiracy theory and who doesn't need a good laugh. Suprisingly enough it really touched me and made me think. It didn't grab my interest because of it's religious value, because that's not really my thing. I am not the type of person that flaunts religion or believes in pushing your beliefs onto others. It touched me because of it's human value and because it shows me how quickly I forget.

When we were in Guatemala it was truly a life changing experience for a myriad of reasons, only one of which was bringing home a baby! We saw poverty that we could never imagine in this country. I remember thinking when I was there that despite all of the stress of the situation, I was more at peace than I had ever felt in my life. Among other things, there was no pressure to have more...there was nothing to have. People just lived their lives. Families worked together, lived together in cramped housing-if they had a roof over their heads at all-and they were happy! We were forced to enjoy eachother without our "creature comforts" and I loved it. I now remember hoping that once we got home, I would never lose that idea that we don't really need much at all. I realized our society makes us think we need more but we really don't. And after watching the video it makes me realize that I have failed miserably.


I had made up my mind that in order to honor my new found attitude and our sons heritage, we would sponsor a Guatemalan family every year so that they could have food and heat and their children could go to school-things we take for granted on a daily basis. For some reason I can never seem to find the money to do that- BUT- I can find the money to buy coffee every day, sometimes several times a day, Collin will see a room full of gifts on Christmas morning, I can go out to eat, I can do whatever I want for the most part. My priorities have gone right back to where they were before I experienced Guatemala and it makes me sad. That is the reason that I am posting the video in a permenant spot on the blog, so that I am constantly reminded, not only during Christmas but all year to give PRESENCE to my friends and family not PRESENTS and to give back to something that I feel very strongly about. I don't write this to push Guatemalan charity or any charity but to encourage anyone reading this to slow down and take a look at your life and see what means the most to you and see where it takes you.

Advent Conspiracy