2nd verse courtesy of Annalise

Matt comes home and tries on his athletice supporter with a protective cup. Annalise walks in and asks, "What's that?" Matt shows her.

She says, "Oh! You need that for preetection down there. Cuz if you get hit, you'll go aghhhhh! (holding herself). It could hurt your spleen!"

Athletic Supporter?????

It's football season and dad has to explain new terminology. When I asked John if he had a "jock strap", he asked, "Jaw Strap?" I guess the locker room slang has changed a bit.

The coach for Matt's team told them to get an athletic supporter. (Since wHen do 9 year olds need an athletic supporter?) I told him not to put on his football pants yet because we had to go to Target to buy an athletic supporter. He looked sort of puzzled. I asked, "Do you know what an athletic supporter is?" He said, "Yes, Your mom or your dad."

Mom and I had to bite our lips. Oh, the life of a parent.

Winter in August?

I finally found the pictures of this past winter. It's hard to imagine that it was really that white and cold. The locals are still talking about it. I thought we "needed a little Christmas right this very minute" to get us ready for the holidays. (where will you be?)

A Beautiful Mind

All the hubub around Bretts NEW add medication that is SUPPOSED to do wonders and doesn't even have to be swallowed, I figured you all must be wondering how this medication is working out for me? Well I will put your minds to rest. However, I believe that to TRULY undertand the "merical patch" you need to take a glimpse into my head the pre-patch days

The parenthesis are what Brett is THINKING
The normal print is what Brett is DOING
And Numbers is the time ELAPSED

00:00
Brett wakes up to the wonderful sounds of Yanni and maybe a mixture of soothing sounds of nature. (Man I have to PEE) Then he hops down from his bed and takes two steps (What was I doing? Oh yea! Man I’m hungry!) Making his way to the fridge he gets out the milk (whoa man where’s the restroom?) Goes into the bathroom and as he is standing there (Oh yea THAT’S what I was going to do right after I got out of bed!)
00:23
Brett leaves the restroom after trying to spell his name in the foam of the toilet, looking in the mirror making faces trying to see how many he can make in ten seconds racing myself laughing trying to get one more each time (his record is 23), clipping his fingernails (he only got the right hand done), walking into his room four times standing in the middle (now what was I doing?) then returning to the bathroom sitting on the tub singing the swe-(Sheesh man I am HUNNNNGY!!)
00:30
A WONDERFUL rendition of “Oh Sherry” By Journey, drums, trumpet, opera, bass, and head banging choreography all included in-between bites of warm milk cereal. (hmmm…I haven’t finished Harry Potter yet…(long boarding is awesome when you…) Ron was just at the house where he and… ( wow that’s a really cool soda can I wonder what ingredients are…( WAIT! What was I going to do…..( how hard would it be to jump and touch the ceiling with my head?)
01:17
Finally retiring to his bed, pulling out Harry Potter turned to the 235 page rubbing his red forehead he began to read.
02:30
Making it ALL THE WAY to page 237 Brett had had enough “schooling” for the day. ( I haven’t written a blog in a while maybe I should contribute to the family… Sitting down he began. “All the hubub around Bretts NEW add medication…” (speaking of medication have I taken my meds today?) Lifting his sleeve and sure enough the hairless patch on Brett’s left arm was missing it’s new found friend “THE” patch. Busy looking at his reflection in the mirror trying desperately to make his arm look bigger… but to no avail he walks defeated to his room to apply his new found friend….
3 DAYS 4hrs 67minutes
Sitting through another endless sacrament meeting having counted ALL the hymns twice, after looking at all the books in the New Testament, after making a book flower (where you fold the pages…) and after playing Bejeweled 7 ½ times trying to beat Steph’s score with no success swearing under his breath occasionally. Brett looks up and to his horror the bishop has JUST sat down after giving the opening announcements. Eyeing a very cute girl (hmmm.. I wonder if she’s single and I bet…( UH OH THE BLOG! I FORGOT TO FINISH IT!....( man who smells? I bet its baldy over there who….( how about I draw a line down the middle of you head so it looks like a butt. What’s Swizz? No it’s SWISS you idiot..(anyway so the blog…)
After Church
Sitting at the table laptop, soda, sandwich, and of course THE patch. Brett sits down and finishes his blog….


So my friends I guess that “Patchie” works and here is how I know….( Oh I think there’s a game on!)….. Well there is always a higher dose…..

First Day of School

We have just completed the first week of school and already things are getting hectic and back to the old routine. Mark lost his planner, has been on time every day, and is on the JV soccer team. Matt is playing football and hasn't had a full practice yet because of rain and lightening, also says that his new teacher (Mrs. Caylor) is already ALMOST as good as Mrs. Johnston (favorite 1st grade teacher). John loves his math teacher, is playing football for Discovery Canyon (kicker or tight end, or linesman, or all three) they haven't been able to practice much because of the lightening. Annalise loves school is ready every day at 8:00 a.m. (she is in afternoon kindergarted - starts at noon). The second day of school she came home and announced that she "needed" flowered leggens (the kind with no feet) to wear with her new purple skirt. It's going to be a long year!

The Silence Is Over

Children, children!

Hear ye. Hear ye. My vacation is now passed! It appears that their indeed has been a famine throughout Brady land. Not a famine of food, but a famine of hearing your absolutely hilarious yet not silly, charismatic yet interesting, charming yet not manipulative, handsome yet humble, kind yet firm, wise yet practical, rich yet generouse (yaddah, yaddah, yaddah--this could go on and on) dad. Steph, this blog is going to be long so I can pay the debt owed

Plus, my new found love (stealing--gumball machines, etc.) has once again opened other doors to provide income so I can spoil my children with things like cruises, 4 wheelers, toy haulers, trucks with hopped up engines, new furniture for Mom AKA the Queen. What a rush! I now have a get-away car/truck and everything. John and Mark are great compadres. Soon, there will be a price on our heads and we'll have our pictures up in post offices around the country. "The Gum Ball Gang".

Speaking of spoiled. I looked into a potential Disney package for Thanksgiving. It carries a relatively small price tag of only about $22,000. Actually, it's probably about $25,000. (Brett pointed out that I only counted eleven of us--I forgot to add Matty. Sorry! It's just that since you've been married, Afton never calls me anymore. And who knows about Danny. He probably has an appointment with a nursing home to do a service project over Thanksgiving. Plus, he might be found mysteriously strangled by Stephanie before the big Turkey Day. And if she goes to prison, we might be back to eleven. Joey is used to us now so I assume he's going unless he can't take his iPhone.)

Brett and I are in Houston waiting for a client to show up. Mom called to tell us that Mark called home from school. He forgot his class schedule today (his first day of school). Mom asked him to get a pen and paper to write down his schedule. He didn't have any paper or a pen. He had to ask a friend. Who doesn't take paper and a pen on the first day of school?

OK. Back to Operation Surfing Turkey. I'll keep looking. Maybe we could go to Pueblo overnight instead. It's nice that time of year.

All my love,
Dad

PS I received an invitation to speak on a cruise ship to a bunch of dentists in October. We'd (mom and I) have to fly to Venice, see Greece, etc. Ugh! Sorry you all are in school and working. Should we go?

Woot-a-woo!

Melinda's not sure what really got into me today, but something
changed and we went on a shopping spree. The day started at Many Lands, a store that carries items from all sorts of foreign countries. Melinda has been wanting to learn how to make sushi at home and so we got some supplies there.

Next stop was Radio Shack to pick up some items for Melinda's phone which she can use as a music player, too.

Then off to Ikea where Melinda's dreams finally came through and we bought a bed frame for our bed. She's been wanting one of these ever since we got married.

We ended up at Ann Taylor Loft and Melinda bought some new clothes for this next school year and some new glasses to replace her old, ugly ones that she insisted on wearing all the time.

We finished the night off with a dollar-movie showing of Evan Almighty, which we enjoyed more than we thought we would, since it is more of a silly family movie than a raunchy, irreverent movie like its predecessor, Bruce Almighty.

Get out the check book!

DAD-
I believe under 'educational decree #29' that due to lack of posts as well as a significant famine of a certain word limit law set forth by your pen, you owe us A LOT of mulah. I speak for all of us when I say that I am sure it will be forgiven and can be redeemed through what Brett has christened 'operation surfing turkey'. Meaning a cruise at Thanksgiving:-) All in favor? Say I! I hate to be the bad guy here dad, but rules are rules. And 'Bradys' follow the rules:-) Right? I am just here to enforce what ultimatly came back around and bit you in da butt. PS- DANIEL IN 1 DAY!!!

Deco 101

Do you like the new chair? We're taking votes on where to put it. Any votes?

UNDERDOG?

Do you recognize this dog? After 5 visits to the vet (including an overnight stay), 4 weeks of antibiotics twice a day, a trip to the beauty parlor, and $500 - I guess we do care about Charlie. He's a new guy. He thinks the garage is his home. I'm not too sure that he likes the new hair do, it is much cooler but not too manly looking. Joseph and Matson you can stop worrying about him, Matt and Annalise actually hug and pet him too. In fact during this last thunder storm I actually let him lay on the rug in the house because he was soo scared (and I coudldn't get him to move).

I'm taken care of

Late one night as I was brushing my teeth Matson asked me about my flossing habits. I confessed that I should be flossing more than I am (especially for a dentists daughter). He squinted toward my mouth and said, "let me check on your plaque". I opened wide and he pulled out his very own "Dental Plaque Prevention Kit" containing... his very own light, plaque scraper and other dental tools. I thought I was going to die laughing. So just in case you were worried about me being taken care of... I am... plaque and all!! Of course I made him take a picture.

I am taking donations

So as most of you know, Stephanie is turning over a new leaf in clothing. With the help of highly trained professionals (Namely Necu, Cathi and so on) I am trying to 'get hip' and look my age. With that comes certain obligations and sacrifices. Such as cleaning out my closet. It's taken some mental and emotional preparation as well as several 'sessions' with Necu, but I was able to take the step into becoming a 22 year-old!! I got rid of all the clothes I had in high school, along with the shirts I haven't worn in like a year or something. This is what happened. So now the closet is bare and with the newest realization that I am going to school in two weeks I am out of money to replenish my sad, bare hangers. With that said, I am taking donations for the 'Save Stephanie's Closet' fund. Anything you can spare will be greatly appreciated! Send cash, credit card number or check to: Stephanie Brady- Manager of 2 highly over rated condominiums- 686 E 700 N #7, Provo, UT 84606. Thanks
Oh and by the way, I get to see Daniel in 6 days!!!

iAfton 2.4

With the recent product merger of Brady inc and Tolman industries, the Research & Development team would like to announce the upgrade of Afton 1.0 to the soon to be released iAfton 2.4. The new version of the highly acclaimed "Afton" series will feature much of the familiarities of the dated Afton 1.0 with much needed updates and technologies. Afton 1.0 features such as "grumpy face" Afton, "burning eyes" Afton, "pouty" Afton and the always love-able "my way or else" Afton, have been upgraded by the top engineer to include "happy face" Afton G4, "Sweet longing eyes" Afton, "complacent" Afton, and of course the highly anticipated "I will agree with my husband" Afton Pro.

The new iAfton 2.4 will also be available in various styles to fit any occasion. These styles will not only include the classics such as, Utah bangs, mom pants, socks with sandals, and the always present JSA t-shirt and sweat pants, but have expanded to include dyed hairstyles, hot pants, 4 inch heels, and the ever stylish express top with garment highlights.

The iAfton 2.4's most exciting new feature is that of its personal product development capabilities, in which the iAfton can create smaller sub-units, or "Afton mini's" to carry out every day tasks. The company has high hopes that the Afton mini's will lead to future deals with ABC, Disney, Gap, the NBA and the NFL. We do have word however from sources within the company that say this feature may not be put into use for an undisclosed period of time and may be as far away as 2014.

Top engineers have still expressed concerns over interface problems with the new system but have hopes that these will be worked out as soon as 2045. Starting prices for the new iAfton 2.4 range anywhere from $10,000 to $20,000 with a required 71 pumpkin down payment. This starting price does not include monthly maintenance fees which are at this time relatively unknown, but are expected to be quite substantial.