A Case of the Monday's :: Part 6

Here goes another round of "A Case of the Mondays" where I pass along a few random tidbits of life around our house, studio and some insight into how Jodi and I view the world.

1. A small tragedy struck our home yesterday. Jodi stayed home from church with the kids, because Alana wasn't feeling to well, and we didn't want to pass it on. Unfortunately, at some point in the morning, our older two kids, Jackson, 5, and Alana, 4 (today!), disappeared into the bathroom, only to emerge a little while later to reveal that Jackson had cut off ALL of Alana's beautiful long hair! It was a sad moment for our family, because she hadn't had her hair cut since she was born. Oh well. :) What can you do?

2. I have been reading. A lot. The thing is...I don't read. Or didn't, I guess. Jodi I were scheduled to go to a large photography conference this past January, and at the last minute decided not to go. We decided that instead of going, we would stay home and read all the books that we've been told to read over the past 3 years. Sure, it's a colossal stack, and we'll not get through it any time soon, but we're working on it. We're reading books about business, and leadership, and autobiographies, etc. So far, so good! If you have any good books we should check out, let us know!

3. The Olympics. Not going to lie, I'm not a huge Olympics fan. I mean, some events are fun to watch, but I'm not the kind that is glued to the TV for 16 days straight. Although, the sport I happen upon the most these days is the Biathalon. That's an intense sport, right there. I'd be surprised if 1) I could ski that far, and 2) if I could hit the targets.

4. My golf clubs have been itching to get outside and go for a walk.

5. Speaking of golf, apparently people aren't liking Tiger Woods' apology, saying it wasn't sincere enough. I wonder what he was supposed to say. Should he have cried? If so, how much? What would he have had to do that would have made it "sincere enough"?

6. We had a Wii gaming system for a few years, and one day it broke. One of the kids may have stuck something in the optical drive, we're not really sure. Well, that was a year or two ago. This month, we shipped it back to Nintendo, and they fixed it for free. For FREE. And, they replaced our games! For FREE. Win. Win.

7. The basketball team that I'm helping to coach took Second Place at another tournament this past weekend, and our season is coming to a close this week. We have one game tomorrow yet, and then the conference tourney this weekend. Coaching sure made the winter go faster!

8. Any LOST fans out there enjoying the last season with me? Any theories on what the ending will be?

9. I'm watching a sermon series online called "Doctrine" by Mark Driscoll on the pillars of what Christians believe. If you're a Christian, this is serious stuff, because if you don't know what you believe as a foundation for your faith, you are easily shaken. The Bible has a lot to say about issues that are pretty controversial these days, so you better know where you stand and why you stand there.

10. Finally, last Monday I posted an image which needed a caption. I asked you to comment on the post, to see what came to your mind when you viewed the image.

We received 18 captions on the blog, and 23 comments on Facebook, and there were some very clever ones. It was very difficult to choose a winner, so we put our favorites in a hat, and drew one out. And the winner is Taylor, with:

"Two Worlds Meet".

Here's the rest of our favorites, in no particular order:

1. "Mijn paard is sneller than ew deer". (just because it was in Dutch/German)
2. "Oh Crap!" (this was submitted at least 2x with variation)

3. "Get off my tail, you're driving me buggy!"

4. "Drivers were unable to determine which they would rather be stuck behind."

5. "No need for snowplows."

6. "Horseplower."

Thanks to all of you who submitted captions... Taylor, please email us your mailing address at info(at)gehmanphotography(dot)com, and we'll send you a Starbucks Gift Card!