Emma's World

I've decided to start a new feature on my blog entitled "Emma's World"! Emma is my 8 year old daughter whose unique personality and perspective on life provides a wealth of amusing anecdotes! Emma has the energy of a humming bird and the attention span of a gnat. She only stops talking when she is asleep or watching television. Her two brothers find this extremely irritating, but I mostly find it amusing. There is never a dull moment with Emma around.

Emma's world is full of fantasy. She believes in unicorns, leprechauns and Santa Clause. In fact, last Christmas she woke up earlier than everyone else so she could turn on the Christmas tree lights. Then when we were all awake and ready to open the presents she exclaimed "Look Dad! Santa Clause turned on the Christmas Tree lights for us!"

Emma also loves to write letters. She will write letters to people occasionally, but mostly her letters are to fictional characters. Most recently she wrote a letter to Pluto. You know, the little planet that was recently scientifically declared no longer a planet. The letter goes like this:

To Pluto (The 10th Planet)

Dear Pluto,

I want to be you're friend. How come you are sad? I love how you look! I live on Earth. If Earth is being mean, ignore him!

Love,

Emma

GUYS WEEKEND!!!

I just returned from my annual "Guys Weekend"!!! This is something I look forward to every year! And even though I drink too much and sleep too little, I always come home rejuvenated and reconnected!

There's just something about having a group of guys that get together on a regular basis that is comforting for the male gender! We love the competitive atmosphere, the locker room humor, the drinking games and that male bonding that makes us feel like we are part of a fraternity!

As part of this weekend we also have our fantasy football draft. If you are not familiar with fantasy football then watch these two clips and you will get the idea

Fantasy Football just gives us another reason to trash talk and pound our chests! This past year I was the league champion. So before the draft I was presented with the League Championship Trophy!!! This was the first time I had won since the first season in 1991. For those keeping score that would be a 16 year drought. So you'd better believe that I was reminding everyone all weekend that I was "The Champ"!!!

We spent the weekend playing golf, frisbee football, frisbee golf, a game called washers similar to horseshoes, a drinking game called "caps", a drinking game called a "boat race", billiards, and nerf basketball!!! We cooked man size bacon, egg, and french toast breakfasts! We fired up the barbeque and had steak and potatoes! We went to Oktoberfest, drank beer and ate bratwurst! We relaxed in the jacuzzi on the deck! We watched comedy in the theater room!

As you can tell, a "Guys Weekend" is basically our chance to be "Guys"!!! BOOYAH!!!