We started a ritual with some friends of ours last August, and Wednesday quickly and easily became my favorite night of the week!
Every Wednesday night, we have about 4 friends over to the house for
dinner and great TV. Since we're the only ones with a child, we always host the event. We usually rotate the responsibility of providing food for the group each week. As we eat, we watch American Idol and laugh all the way through it! After eating, Josh Hale usually chases Emma around, tosses her all around (which she loves!). This past Wednesday was one of the best times I've had in a long time. Todd went out of town and we dog-sat Maggie. He left her crate for us to use. And though Maggie didn't give it a second glance, Emma sure did find a
new toy! She spent the evening crawling in and closing the gate. She even coaxed Josh to climb into the crate with her (above right)! Being over 6 feet tall, we were all pretty darn impressed that he got in. But he's only about 8 inches thick and pretty limber, so it all worked out. Todd gave him a little help getting out (left). As I mentioned, Emma loves Josh...we tell her that Josh is coming over and she spends the remainder of the day saying his name (over and over and over).
Josh also managed to squeeze into a boa that appare
ntly separates and turns into a feathery tube top (left). The sad thing is, he only showed us he could do it because HE HAD DONE PREVIOUSLY SOMEWHERE ELSE! Talk about strange! But it was worth a picture and well worth a good laugh.
About 8:15, Allison or I start the process of putting Emma to bed (which a whole other blog by itself). Th
is night, Josh took the opportunity to read a book to Emma. Either that, or she duped him into reading her a book. I lean toward the latter. But it made for a sweet moment and a great picture.
Once Emma goes to bed (read: once we have prayed 4 times, tucked her in 3 times, and tucked in her stuffed animals 2 times and told her to go to bed 10 times), we fire up the DVR and begin watching LOST. LOST is the main reason we get together on Wednesdays (and American Idol now that it's started). We're all addicted to the show, and it's fun to watch with others in case you miss some small clue...others can fill you in. We also talk about crazy plot line theories, which is fun. Afterwards, we kind of hang out and talk a bit more. Then everyone goes home, and we get ready for bed.
I love getting together with friends to eat, and to watch American Idol and LOST. However, the shows are not nearly as great as the fellowship. If you're into AI or LOST and don't have plans on Wednesday nights, give us a call...we'd love to have you over to our Watch Party!
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Published by John Nelson
on January 26, 2006 at 8:58 PM.
Every Wednesday night, we have about 4 friends over to the house for
dinner and great TV. Since we're the only ones with a child, we always host the event. We usually rotate the responsibility of providing food for the group each week. As we eat, we watch American Idol and laugh all the way through it! After eating, Josh Hale usually chases Emma around, tosses her all around (which she loves!). This past Wednesday was one of the best times I've had in a long time. Todd went out of town and we dog-sat Maggie. He left her crate for us to use. And though Maggie didn't give it a second glance, Emma sure did find a
new toy! She spent the evening crawling in and closing the gate. She even coaxed Josh to climb into the crate with her (above right)! Being over 6 feet tall, we were all pretty darn impressed that he got in. But he's only about 8 inches thick and pretty limber, so it all worked out. Todd gave him a little help getting out (left). As I mentioned, Emma loves Josh...we tell her that Josh is coming over and she spends the remainder of the day saying his name (over and over and over).Josh also managed to squeeze into a boa that appare
ntly separates and turns into a feathery tube top (left). The sad thing is, he only showed us he could do it because HE HAD DONE PREVIOUSLY SOMEWHERE ELSE! Talk about strange! But it was worth a picture and well worth a good laugh.About 8:15, Allison or I start the process of putting Emma to bed (which a whole other blog by itself). Th
is night, Josh took the opportunity to read a book to Emma. Either that, or she duped him into reading her a book. I lean toward the latter. But it made for a sweet moment and a great picture.Once Emma goes to bed (read: once we have prayed 4 times, tucked her in 3 times, and tucked in her stuffed animals 2 times and told her to go to bed 10 times), we fire up the DVR and begin watching LOST. LOST is the main reason we get together on Wednesdays (and American Idol now that it's started). We're all addicted to the show, and it's fun to watch with others in case you miss some small clue...others can fill you in. We also talk about crazy plot line theories, which is fun. Afterwards, we kind of hang out and talk a bit more. Then everyone goes home, and we get ready for bed.
I love getting together with friends to eat, and to watch American Idol and LOST. However, the shows are not nearly as great as the fellowship. If you're into AI or LOST and don't have plans on Wednesday nights, give us a call...we'd love to have you over to our Watch Party!
Those pictures are hilarious! They made my morning. We love our Wednesday evenings too! (Obviously!)
~Margo
You do realize that Emma is picking her nose in the picture with Josh....?
She's ALWAYS picking her nose. Apparently, there's gold up there somewhere because she keeps mining for it all day long.