I'll have some pictures up soon, just need to make the time to get it done. For now, I thought it would be fun to post a few things I didn't find on anyone else's blogs that I wanted to make sure weren't forgotten. These are all true by the way:
- During a Nerf gun fight we once shot Ben in the face from about 8 feet away with a foam dart and it made his nose bleed. Surprisingly he didn't find it to be so funny.
- Marianne got the Saturn run over by OJ Simpson's white bronco. We always knew she'd be in the driver's seat of that car when it was destroyed. Good thing she was okay, but the poor car had to be melted down and turned into plastic action figures just in time for the holidays.
- There are a million things one could mention about Chris and find tremendous comedic value, but the best story to me is when he stopped me from becoming a casualty on the Chattooga River. While whitewater rafting I got flipped off the front of our vessel and was underwater briefly. I thought to myself that I'd simply relax and let my flotation vest bring me to the surface, of course when I hit the underbelly of the raft which was heading rapidly downstream at the same pace I was things got a bit ugly. It seemed like I was there for a long time but it had to have been only a few second before Chris' mighty hands seemed to reach down beneath the raft and clasp onto my vest and pull me quickly back up topside on top of himself and the other guys. Thanks Chris, if it weren't for I wouldn't of been able to be with you so we could get pounded by airborne debris at the petting zoo at Thanksgiving Point a few days ago.
That's all I got for now. Stay tuned for updates...
6 comments:
Funny thing about the Saturn. My mom kept the key, the emblem from the front of the car, and about 5 copies of the article written about the accident in my "boxes." I just unearthed them this week. I got rid of the extra articles and gave the heroes the key to play with. That was a really sad Senior year having to be picked up by my mom every day. Luckily, I can say my driving has vastly improved since then, but I'm not going to say anything that will require me to say "knock on wood." Good memories!
Back then the whole situation seemed funny because of the fact that it was a white OJ type Bronco, the firefighters practically broke into your house to find your mom (if I recall correctly), and your driving skills weren't exactly razor sharp. In retrospect things could've been a whole lot worse, so from me and on behalf of RETEP and the heroes we're glad you made it through okay.
Yes, the firefighters did come barging into the house. We were all still asleep. At first I thought our house was on fire and we didn't know it.
the great thing about the rafting trip was listening to the beatles until the tape died
oh and i do have some mighty hands
I have some great Saturn stories about the second Red Saturn. We inherited it from Mary and even Andrew and Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne could not kill it. That car is still on the streets of Wellington. If that car could talk. I will find the photos....
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