443 was the section we were in when I took Billy to see the Redskins play the Eagles this past Sunday. It was also the chant that we heard over and over from some of the season ticket holders in the section.

Two days before the game, I made the statement:

Bill knows if he brings cold weather gear to the Skins game, it will be hot. If he bring his camera, it will pour, and both will cause a rip in the cosmic fabric.

Well I did both and was right about the rip. Just as we were getting ready to leave, my car battery decided to call it quits. On the way to pick up Elizabeth and Ryan, there was an accident on 95 that caused a big backup so I had to take a detour to get to their house. Thank goodness a rip like this can cause good as well as evil and the sun came out when we got to DC. Of course it was bitter cold and the the hot chocolate machine was acting up so it was actual “not cold” chocolate… with no lid. But hey, we had great time and the people in our section were awesome to hang around!

Just some shots I was playing around with.

At least I found it funny. I think having Steve Buscemi do the voice of the gingerbread man helps make it funny. Come on! Man!

This week Billy was picked as “Student of the Week” for his class. A child is picked every week in each class based on behavior and attitude. The students selected get to each lunch with their teachers and the principal.

Congrats Billy!

We’ve had Jasmine for a little over a month now and she has moved right in. She and Bailey get along very well and it’s neat to see them play together.

This past weekend we went up to see my nephew at VMI. As it turns out, Vice President Dick Cheney was there to view the parade. Needless to say, security was a bit tight.

After the parade, we went to watch VMI take on Liberty. VMI had solid 2nd and 3rd quarters to make the game close, but in the end, Liberty was too much and finished with a 38-26 victory.

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Tonight Maw and Mike came over to help celebrate. Mike was wearing his Jason mask and proceed to scare both kids and adults as we went walking around the neighborhood.

The kids of some friends of ours play little league football. A couple of weeks ago, we were able to attend their games.

We are adopting a new family member this week. We met her this past Saturday and brought Bailey out to meet her today. Her name is Jasmine (although we don’t know yet what we will call her) and she is 7 months old. We pick her up this Friday from Hickory Hill Canine Rescue.

This weekend, for Billy’s soccer team (called the Barracudas), we organized a crazy hair and face game for our team. Here are a couple of shots taken by our team mom. The funny part was the other team’s reaction when we lined up at the beginning of the game. One of the kids muttered “What the…”.