Reed's Rat Race

...come some really weird things. Somewhere on I-40 between Little Rock and Memphis, I passed a bottle of Gatorade to Izzy so she could have a drink.  I mentioned to her to be extra careful not to spill it since it was one of the big 32oz bottles. It was then that I heard Gavin inform me that: "You can get arrested for having an open container in a vehicle." I just had to laugh when I heard that.  He's right too.  Mississippi does have an open container law.  But how in the world does a 6 year old know that??!     

Here it is... We went hiking!!!

RESPONSIBILITY, that's what.  I was listening to the radio at work this morning and the weather man said that the nice parts of Tennessee and North Carolina were going to get a healthy layer of snow this weekend.  "Cool!" I thought.  So I called up Angela. "Hey Ang, lets load up the kids and head to the mountains this weekend." "Okay," she says.  "Where to?" So we look at weather reports for Gatlinburg and Maggie Valley and snow reports from the small ski areas that are within a day's drive of here.  After perusing the web sites, we realize that while Gavin and Izzy can be enrolled in ski classes, none of the ski areas offer day care for Milla.  When it becomes apparent that things aren't going to work out for us skiing wise, we look at just going to one of the nice aquariums in Chattanooga or Atlanta.  After 45 minutes of not coming to a solid plan I vote to think it over for a while and talk again after lunch.  So w...

Woot!  Went into the doctor last Friday and had some x-rays taken.  As the doctor was walking into the exam room, he told me the x-rays looked good.  Then he said, "Lets cut that cast off and get you outta here." That's when I told him I had already cut it off...two weeks ago!  I will say this:  Dremels are a handy tool to have around.  Anyway, I rode the Buell into work this morning.  16 deg F and my breath was freezing on the inside of my visor but I was smiling the whole way to work.  Woot!

The List: 1.  A cast on your dominant hand 2.  The ability to shovel in food twice as fast ...and thats about all I can think of.  Y'all are more than welcome to add to the list. Anyway, two broken bones and two weeks (minus a day) between the incident and when I got my cast.  To my knowledge, these are the first broken bones I've ever had (I've broken lots of hearts though!) which is kind of surprising considering all the action sports I took part in growing up. By the way, the cast does allow me to cast awesome shadow puppets!! The above photo is a picture of my chupacabra shadow puppet.  Awesome!! Laters y'all.

So what happens when your cool uncle and aunt come to visit and they say one of their favorite bands is called The Aquabats?  Further more, if you're an impressionable 6 yr old and the Aquabats happen to have funny videos on Youtube that you can watch, well, you become quite infatuated with The Aquabats. Such was the case with Gavin.  Lil' G has been watching Aquabat videos every day since Thanksgiving and he walks around singing "Super Rad" all the time.  Well, yesterday he decided to dress up like the lead singer.  This was the costume he assembled all by himself, even the PERMANENT MARKER mustache. Not bad for a first attempt by a six year old. Well, this afternoon, Gavin and I worked on making a slightly better costume.  Here's what we came up with. Notice the artwork on the belt?  Hand drawn by yours truly.  Not bad for somebody with a wrist brace (More on that in another post, maybe). The next image is stolen from the Aquabats' w...

Kimberly came through with the pictures that I mentioned in the previous post.  Thanks Kimmies!   So, as promised, here are a few shots of the mayhem and madness that ensues when motorcycles, families, and a corn field are combined...sort of a Nitro Circus kinda atmosphere.  Yeah, thats it.       This one needs a caption. Cool, old-school vibe. Even the ladies got in on the moto action. My favorite.