"I made a promise, Mr Frodo. A promise. "Don't you leave him Samwise Gamgee." And I don't mean to. I don't mean to."
Recently, Brittany, Raleigh, Brooke and I have started to
watch the Lord of the Rings movies. Brittany has never seen these amazing films
and we set out to show her what she was missing. She actually loves it so far,
that’s how awesome my wife is. It didn’t surprise me though, since she liked
movies like Harry Potter and shows like Game of Thrones.
Why have these movies become my favorites? I honestly have
to say the characters. There are so many wonderful characters that you follow
with multiple different storylines that all lead to the same thing. The
fellowship has sworn to protect little Frodo Baggins as he treks across the
world of Middle-Earth, defending against orcs and evil wizards. Who would not
like this? Well, most women and men with letterman jackets, that’s who. But
that isn’t surprising.
Any ways, the characters and story just leave me wanting
more when the story finally concludes. Frodo, Sam, Pyp and Merry all hit
special heartstrings throughout the conquest. The slow transformation from
happy-go-lucky Frodo to dark-ring-possessed hobbit is one of the saddest
stories in the series. Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli all bring the hardcore
moments, namely Legolas who has to be the coolest of all the characters. Then, there
is Gandalf, the wonderfully powerful wizard who takes on a Balrog head on
screaming one of the most recognizable quotes in movie history, “YOU SHALL NOT
PASS!”
Oh man, just got goose bumps.
In just about everything I watch I need great characters
that I care about. Lord of the Rings is by far one of the strongest showings of
characters in anything I’ve ever followed. The journey to Mordor is one of the
most compelling stories told and Legolas taking out orcs with his bow made me
stand up and cheer.
If you haven’t watched The Lord of the Rings yet, please
take a night to try out the first movie. I know it’s not for everyone but it is
definitely worth giving a try.
Going into this Sunday’s game neither one of my teams had a favorable game. The Titans were taking on the New Orleans Saints and the Redskins had to deal with the New England Patriots. Both games I thought would be a blow out and I’d be disappointed. However, I was proven wrong in both matchups.
Well, I was disappointed but it wasn’t because it was a blow out, they both had a chance to win the game in the final seconds! But, my biggest surprise was the young rookie QB for the Titans who stepped up for an injured Matt Hasselbeck.
It seemed as though Hasselbeck was going to come back in after aggravating his calf in the first quarter, but even so I got a little nervous seeing a rookie QB come out against one of the league’s best. There was no way that a rookie could come in and lead a team against the super bowl champs from a few seasons ago.
My apologies Jake Locker, I stand corrected.
J-Lock was phenomenal in several areas of his play this past Sunday. But this wasn’t the first time we have seen him play this well, several weeks ago he almost led the team to a win in a 23-17 game against the Falcons. When he came into the game it was 23-3 and toward the end of the third quarter.
Yesterday’s game only adds to that success. In three quarters Locker was able to pop up several great plays, including a touchdown run that only Reggie Bush could mimic (video and picture in this post). He got hit at about the 4 yard line but was able to stretch the ball out over the goal line as he was propelled out of bounds. The ball crossed over the top of the pile-on and it was his first rushing score. This wasn’t a ginger push out of bounds either, it was a hard hit and it only showed the toughness of the young and thirsty Locker.
On the next drive he lofted a picture perfect pass to Nate Washington (who has been having a breakthrough season of his own) for a long touchdown. By picture perfect I mean it couldn’t have been any better.
The Saints answered back though, so Locker was working on a game tying touchdown drive with only a few minutes left in the game. Locker took a tremendous hit and was on his back for several minutes. He was taken out for one play while the hobbled Hasselbeck threw an easy screen pass to CJ, then the tough rookie came back onto the field for more.
They didn’t score on that drive, but they did get led right back down the field by Locker to the 5 yard line with only seconds left. Locker scrambled and mistakenly took a sack instead of trying to throw it out of bounds or go for points. Time expired and it was a heartbreaker in Nashville. The Titans were only 5 yards from taking the game into overtime.
I’m not blaming Locker at all for the loss, if anything he was the reason we were in the game. If there is any bright spots from yesterday’s game it was that J-Lock has a promising future for the Titans. He is the hope that Nashvillians have wanted since McNair departed.
How would you grade your weekend? I would have to grade mine a big fat A+. This was one of the best weekends I’ve had in a long time and it was mostly lived through my little man’s excitement. Micah is now 7 (almost – his real bday is Wednesday). SEVEN freaking years old! Where has the time gone? I can’t believe he is that old.
I remember the first time I met the little guy, he was only 2 and was really shy to come down the steps at Kim and Randy’s house to say hi. Little did I know that he was so full of personality!! Hah. I love this little guy and I was so glad to hear him say things as “This is the best day of my life!” or “I wish this day would never end!” It made Brittany and my weekend to hear the little dude say those things. So glad he had a blast!
Now, you might be wondering what we did? WELLLLLLLL. It started on Saturday, we went to Chuck E. Cheese and had a blast with all of his friends and family. Then, came back home and opened all of his wonderful presents and within an hour we had a houseful of kids! We played Beyblades, video games and had an epic nerf sword and gun battle.
The next morning the kids woke up and played more video games and beyblades, we cooked them a feast of a breakfast and tried to recover some of our strength. Then, we took Micah and Penny to see the Christmas lights at Opryland Hotel and went out to eat at the Old Spaghetti Factory. We finally got home around 9 and gleefully fell back into our beds in excitement that the kids had such a great weekend.
So glad Micah had such a great birthday weekend before heading off to his Dad’s for a week and ½, next time we see him more excitement will ensue on Christmas Eve!
So Spring is right around the corner, tons of cool stuff to do and fun to be had! It also means a very busy schedule that we have to prepare for, which is both good and bad. Anywho, let’s see what is happening with me and my family lately.
Micah has started up spring league Hockey this week. He is doing so much better this season than he did in the fall. He is skating so much better and really getting better handling the puck. Now that he is skating so well we can really focus on the aspects of hockey now, woohoo! He is about to finish Kindergarten this year and start 1st grade…wow…that is so unbelievable. Of course he is still playing video games and is starting his obsession with Pokemon way earlier than I did.
Brittany is getting back into the swing of photography and is already getting booked up for spring pictures. Not to mention all the weddings she is getting booked for – we have two destination weddings this year – so excited! I’m really proud of how successful she is getting. She is in the middle of reading The Hunger Games book series, which she says is amazing. Of course she still is watching all her crazy reality television shows, Bachelor is about to finish, Teen Mom 2 and Celebrity Rehab all control the television lately.
Penny is now seven months old…holy cow where does the time go? She is constantly talking, saying Bo-Bo (Micah’s nickname is Bro-bro with her), Ba-Ba (for bottle), Ma-ma and Da-da-da-da-da-da-da. I personally love it when she says the last one J. Not only is she talking but she is also crawling around now AND pulling up on things. She is growing up so fast it isn’t even funny. I can’t wait to have our first conversation together.
I’m gearing up for my spring softball league to start up next month, hopefully we can get a practice together soon. Also I’ve jumped back into reading and have finished the third book in George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series. Before I start the fourth book I’m trying out The Hunger Games, but big news on the fifth book in the series was just released so I’m fighting the urge to start the fourth. I’ve also gotten back into writing the book I’ve been working on for the past five years. That helps get some of that creativity out of my system, in case you want news and updates on that please follow me under my pen name on twitter, http://twitter.com/sawyerperry - just don’t tell anyone that’s me ;)
Life is good right now, and I thank god for that.
We will keep you updated with all the awesome spring activities we have coming up.
I’ve found that I’m updating my blog about once every couple of weeks, so I’ll try to stick to that plan, haha. Alright, let’s dive right into the topic of this post. It has something to do with Spongebob and the word FUN. You put them together and you get the FUN song.
Just about every day for the past week I’ve woken up, picked up my guitar and randomly started singing this to Micah to start out the day. He usually sings Plankton’s part while Brittany and I sing Spongebob’s. It is random, but it really seems to kick off the day right.
Today I didn’t have time to jam this song out and the morning was kind of hectic. So enjoy, learn the words and sing it with your family – because it works!
