July 5th

Smirks: Mo 4th

The 27th consecutive Lacey Family 4th of July Party in Muncie, IN.

  • McDonald’s breakfast.
  • Long drives are perfect for listening to podcasts.
  • Sitting in the rain and eating wet hamburgers because it doesn’t bother us.
  • Seeing my sister’s family finally become a part of the entire extended family.
  • Aunt Haley (Cousin #3) T-Shirt + Aunt Hillary (Cousin #2) T-Shirt = Hannah is (Cousin #1) pregnant?!
  • Tricking Morgan into smiling at me (#1) by feeding her icing.
  • Tricking Morgan into smiling at me (#2) by letting her try to rip off my goatee and pet my crazy hair.
  • Hearing my grandmother flat-out call my hair “ugly.”
  • Haley is going to Warped Tour, and has no idea what to expect.
  • Being the big kid in the pool and dominating the splash game.
  • Morgan meets a Yorkie
  • Funny how we play Wii every time that we are together now.
20090705 @ 1810
June 30th

Smirks: Banding Bonding

This past weekend was the first attempt of a party at the duplex and a Rock Band night. These need to happen more often.

  • Molly is the happiest baby I have ever seen
  • She really likes loud music and watching her dad play fake drums
  • Slush is amazing and should have equal amounts of vodka and gin
  • No one is prepared for @craigtsns’s rendition of Master Exploder
  • The duplex makes for a decent concert venue for a dozen people
  • We ordered the perfect amount of pizza
  • Reconfirmed that Ghosts ‘n Goblins is the hardest NES game that’s still fun to play
  • Why are you still playing Ghosts ‘n Goblins?
  • Your wife is singing Judas Priest
  • @nsbingham please hit those drums harder
  • You’ve been hit by a smooth criminal. Twice!
  • Worst karoake performances that I have ever witnessed
  • Glenn Danzig would have cried at that cover of Mother
  • Those people are definitely slow dancing to your version of Unchained Melody
  • I now have a captain’s chair in my living room
20090630 @ 1330
June 22nd

Smirks: Golf is Easy

Incidents from Father’s Day that made it a pretty damn good day:

  1. My beautiful niece, Morgan, hanging on for dear life to whomever was holding her every time I came near. We’ll be friends soon I promise.
  2. Unbelievable homecooked meal, including:
  3. Homemade. Ice Cream Sandwich. Cake!
  4. Watching my dad confuse my mom while trying to show her how to use their Blackberry Storms, in a golf cart.
  5. Almost having a perfect round of golf where I didn’t lose a single ball. That is until my final drive on #18 sliced off into that giant field.
  6. Being one bounce away from having an eagle and an 9 in the same round.
  7. Facebook chatting inbetween putts.
  8. The sound of a golf ball hitting a rake that shouldn’t have been there in the first place.
  9. How many times in a row will that ball bounce on the cart path?
  10. But we did outdrive him. That’s what is important.
20090622 @ 1530