Back To Lynchburg
Well, Happy Halloween everyone. We are on the road this year so Kristin and the boys will have to get all dressed up and go out without me. I hate missing doing things with the kids, but I know that they will have fun tonight. I plan on dressing up as someone on a tour who needs a shower and a little more sleep.
Thanks to everyone who commented and contributed to the conversation on the previous post. It fascinates me how many different views there are. Turns out there’s no real way to unite religion and politics huh? I do appreciate all the insight though. That’s exactly what I was looking for.
We are in Lynchburg, VA tonight and to keep things “light” I thought I’d share a story. Every time I’m on a tour that stops here, I remember my first time visiting. Most of you have already heard this story but I think it’s worth repeating. This is taken from a post just over two years ago.
The following is an actual conversation that took place some time in February of this year at Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA. Imagine me sitting in an unfamiliar office next to a lit, scented candle working on my computer. Much like I am right now.
Unknown Man: “Oh, hello. How are you?”
Me: “Good”
Unknown Man: “Getting the office smelling good for the Dr.?”
Me: “Okay.”
Unknown Man: “Have a good day”
Me: “You too.”
(15 minutes later…)
Different Unknown Man: “Oh, hello.”
Me: “Hi.”
Different Unknown Man: “Who are you?”
Me: “Brody. Who are you?”
Different Unknown Man: “I’m Jerry Falwell. This is my office.”
Me: “Should I leave?”
Jerry Falwell: “Well, I guess I could have my meeting somewhere else.”
Me: “Okay.”
I wonder if the books with his pictures on them should have given me a clue?
Have a great, safe holiday. What’s your plan tonight?
We Carved
Growing up I didn’t carve too many pumpkins so as an adult I have always sucked at it. I blame it on lack of experience and the fact that my brain has a hard time seeing the negative space. Kristin, on the other hand, is pretty dang good at it. She’s always had a way better pumpkin than me.
This year I decided to cheat a little and get one of those stencil things that tells you what parts to cut out and takes care of the whole “negative space” thing. Cooper and I chose the pirate one. That’s right. It’s not death or poison or anything gross or scary. It’s a pirate pumpkin. The teeth were pretty tough but I think it managed to turn out okay.
Kristin and Aiden chose the spider one. Again, not because it’s scary, but because the bug guy killed all the spiders at our house and we were missing the ones that once covered our front porch. Now for the next couple weeks our porch can have a spider living on it agian.
Blue went with the traditional. Triangle eyes, round ears, sharp teeth and arm holding a sword style. And if you look close you can see that this traditional triangle eyed pumpkin has eyelashes that a woman would die for. Since I will be in Virginia on Halloween it was fun to have a little bit of that with the kids tonight. And tomorrow? Roasted pumpkin seeds.
Do you carve?
