Day 241 ~Ugly Tie Contest

The two contestants 

 Jr NYI, the church youth group, met after church yesterday afternoon. We had an ugly tie contest. Only two kids wore ties. Guess which tie won the ugly tie contest? It was the girl on the left. Even though the girl on the right had an interesting look but the tie on the left was, in my opinion, the wearer of the ugliest tie. She won five dollars!

three ties for the price of one

 Daniel helped out and came dressed for the occasion.

good times!

group shot

 I joined in on the fun, too.

my ugly tie

 I stole the idea for a sock for an ugly tie from my sister, Nancy!

What? I know, I don't have a tie!

 No tie but he still had fun.  We ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and chips.

impromptu tie

This teen joined in on the fun and, put this tie together at the last minute.

See you tomorrow.

Day 51 ~ Church Christmas Party!

group shot of the party!

Last night was our church Christmas party! It was a lot of fun. We really packed them in the church basement. The food was great and the conversation was great too! Karen, my wife, arrived a bit late because she had been in the city that afternoon to watch "The Nutcracker" with her mom and her niece.

Sometimes our church will have a Christmas party in a restaurant  but I like it much better on our church premises.

a kid wearing my tie

My wife pointed out that my tie didn't match my shirt (I have terrible coordination skills) so I took the tie off and handed it to the kid at the next table. "Put this on" I told him so he decided to make himself look like a ninja! Nothing says Christmas like Ninja!

See you tomorrow!

Day 19 ~ Tying Sneakers!

Amy, tying her sneakers

Last Saturday, when we helped out friends move, Amy, a girl from the church and the daughter of one of the helpers, sat down to tie her sneakers. I glanced at her and thought, "It seems like she is taking a long time to tie them." and then I thought, "I know! I need a picture for the daily blog"  So I took these pics. She looked at me like I was out of my mind, which I may be and she asked, "Why are you taking a picture of me tying my shoes" I told her it was for my blog. She asked, "What kind of blog do you have?"

Now, that's a good question!  

I guess in my year long project of uploading a phone picture everyday, I am going to have to upload some unusual ones from time to time just to keep up!

So, here is Amy, tying her sneakers!

Thanks Amy!

in the midst of fervent tying

Finished Work!