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The Game of Life

Last week, while Amber and Caleb were here, we played a game of Life (Jonathan's favorite game--hence the reason we were playing it). About halfway through, somebody landed on a "Spin to Win" space. If you haven't played the newer version of the game, the "Spin to Win" space is where everybody gets to pick a number and bet some money; the person who landed on the space spins the wheel, and if it lands on your number you get 10 times the amount of money you bet (it's all pretend, we don't really gamble, so don't get all judgmental on us! :D). Well, Amber had a "share the wealth" card that let her pick four numbers. She bet $100,000...and won! (actually, she might have bet more...I can't remember, but I'm sure if I'm wrong, she'll post a comment and set it all straight :D). Later she won another Spin to Win, and ended up with $4,000,000 (yep, that's four million) in the bank. Well, the next time somebody (me) landed on a Spin to Win, she could only place one number, and she decided to bet $1,000,000...just for kicks. She figured she didn't really have anything to lose, right? She WON again!!! Do the math...she now had $14,000,000 (fourteen million) in the bank! Well, we kept playing until it was time to eat, but we all knew she'd won at that point. In fact, she's the only one who even bothered counting up her money, property, etc. There's a picture of her below gloating in her newfound wealth (not really, she was putting the game up when the picture was taken...but hey, it sounded better the other way). There's also a picture of her total value--we wrote it down for posterity. Personally I think it's got to be a record or something...have you ever heard of someone winning that much in a game of Life?! Anyway, enjoy the pictures! There's more below the Life ones...



Jonathan does not like lettuce...but he was so hungry, and we wouldn't let him snitch anymore of the grilled chicken that was for supper, so he started snacking on lettuce!! :D I had to get a picture to capture the never-going-to-happen-again moment.

One last bit of news and then I need to go to bed...
I've got a babysitting job, watching these cute little guys! I actually babysat for the Sears when we all lived in Midland, but they moved to the metroplex in July and at the time we didn't know we were moving to Weatherford/Springtown. When Angie found out I was "only" going to be 76 miles away, she started "scheming" (her word, not mine!) a way for me to keep babysitting for them. She got it all figured out, and I'm thrilled! I've missed Noah and Reilly (who is walking now!), and besides, now I don't have to look for a job. The jobs God drops in my lap are always my favorite. *very big grin* Anyway, so that's where I'm going to be for tomorrow and Wednesday--very busy and very happy. Not that I'm not busy and happy at home, of course! :D

God bless y'all richly with His grace and JOY! :D

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For His Glory said…
Im so happy it worked out for you to be close to the family you knew to babysit. I know if you were closer to us I would be scheming too.
December 2, 2008 at 4:55 PM
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