Obama's Clock

I got the following email the other day and I thought it was so funny. Enjoy!


A man died and went to heaven. As he stood in front of St. Peter at the Pearly Gates, he saw a huge wall of clocks behind him. He asked, 'What are all those clocks?' St. Peter answered, 'Those are Lie-Clocks. Everyone on Earth has a Lie-Clock. Every time you lie the hands on your clock will move. 'Oh,' said the man, 'whose clock is that? ''That's Mother Teresa's. The hands have never moved, indicating that she never told a lie.' 'Incredible,' said the man. 'And whose clock is that one?' St. Peter responded, 'That's Abraham Lincoln's=2 0clock. The hands have moved twice, telling us that Abe told only two lies in his entire life.'Where's Senator Obama's clock?' asked the man. 'Obama's clock is in Jesus' office. He's using it as a ceiling fan.


Let me add that I think just about every politician out there has told more than his/her fair share of lies, but since this joke highlighted Obama I loved it!!!

We are the Pirates of ECU, hey!!

I love love love my Pirates. I am so freakin' proud of them tonight. Today they beat down the #8 team West Virginia at Dowdy Ficklen Stadium. It was an awesome game. The crowd filled with fellow ECU fans didn't stop cheering the entire game. The pirates totally dominated the Mountaineers. If you are at all interested in how good the Pirates played, visit any sports website, b/c I don't mean to brag, but we are the "talk of the town"!! Below are some pictures from the game.

One more thing before I end this post, we had a social at the house on Labor Day for the Elders Quorum group at our house. Below is a picture that the kids paused for 1 second to let me take.

Our 4 year old aspiring artist and The Trip to Charlotte

I had to post the latest adventure with my 4 year old little boy! Last Sunday I went like any other Sunday to pick Luke up from his Sunbeam class but this time it was a bit different. When I picked him up I instantly noticed that he didn't look the same as he did when I dropped him off. During his time in Sunbeams that day he had managed to color his face and arms and managed to completely miss his clothing (thank goodness). At first I was shocked and then mad and later when I got home I had to keep turning my head to laugh so that he couldn't see me. He never gave me a good reason as to why he wanted to color himself. I thought it was a boy thing but Camille in his class did it as well. But trust me, she didn't color half as much as Luke. Maybe he is an aspiring artist! Oh by the way, immediately following church that day was my Grandma Phoebe's 94th birthday party. So I had to bring him home and put him in the tub. The water turned blue once he got in.

This past weekend we travelled to Charlotte to see the ECU vs. Virginia Tech game in the Bank of America Stadium. We decided to bring Luke and Carman stayed with Joy for the weekend. We left Friday afternoon and as soon as we hit the road the fun began. The entire ride up to Charlotte we were joined by several Pirate fans flying their flags. That night we went to eat at TGIFriday's and noticed that Lowe's Motor Speedway was not even a mile from the restaurant. Since Luke is a huge racecar lover (thanks to the movie "Cars", trust me, we don't watch Nascar or anything), we decided to take him by the track. It was dark and we couldn't get in and we couldn't really see anything. He was disappointed but we promised him that if he behaved at the game that we would bring him back by the track. So we went to our hotel and after letting Luke swim in the pool we finally went to sleep. Since Luke stayed up way past his bedtime, we assumed that he would sleep in the following morning. WRONG. He was up at his normal 7:00. We got ready and left for the game. Once we parked our car, we saw nothing but Pirate and Hookie fans. It was great! The stadium was huge. The first half of the game I had to get past the heat. The second half, I didn't even think about it. The game was sooooo good. I am sure that you know by now that we won! Now, I cannot wait until this Saturday for the West Virginia game. I hope it doesn't get rained out. Go Pirates!!!

Notice Luke's face. He was not as excited as we were. Despite his tiredness and desire to go to the racetrack, he was really good.

So, after we witnessed the Pirate victory, we took Luke by the Lowe's Motor Speedway. Please notice the difference in his expression in this picture from the one above. He was in heaven at the racetrack.

I cannot leave out my precious Carman in this post. I constantly thought of her as we were away but knew she was in the best of hands. I don't know what we would do without Aunt Joy. Below is a picture of Carman helping Grandma Phoebe blow out her birthday candles.