It's worse than I thought.

Its been several months since I've done a post and after spending last weekend at Katie's house, I finally have something I'd like to say. First, thank you to everyone that was able to come to Ryan's blessing. I really appreciate all that were able to make it and those that tried to come, but were kept away with bad weather. The blessing was awesome and it was really special that we were able to bless Ryan in Katie's home.

One of the best things about being Katie's brother and the uncle to Asha and Sage is the dose of brutal honesty one gets not only from Katie, but especially her two girls. Katie has helped me out with my wardrobe in recent months by informing me it was too boring and I needed to spice things up. I've been working on that. Just before Halloween, Asha was telling me all about her costume and I asked her what she thought I should be. Her answer was "Shrek." I asked her why she thought I should be Shrek thinking it was just an innocent answer; the first thing that came to her mind. She said, "Well, you have the same belly...and the same head as him!" This was a major blast to the ego--apparently I look like an ogre. Then this last weekend, I was looking at pictures with Sage and she said, "oh, look how skinny I am." And I said, "Well, what am I?" (obviously not expecting her to say I was "skinny"). She looked me up and down and simply said, "hairy."

So basically in the last few months, I've discovered that I look like a hairy, poorly dressed ogre. I sure love those girls.