Get ready people, it’s going to be a good weekend. For starters,  I would like to formally announce

“THE 1st ANNUAL COED LAKE SAM RAYBURN MEMORIAL WEEKEND HOME RUN DERBY CONTEST FOR PEOPLE WHO SWING FOR THE FENCES AND ENJOY WEEKENDS”

There are quite  a few 2-person teams signed up for the event considering there is a $5,000 cash prize for the 2nd place team and the grand prize winner gets an all expenses paid month-long vacation to Bora Bora. Just a little something we thought we would throw in there to make things interesting.

There is still time to sign up and if you are a feeling intimidated, don’t be. I have put together a little scouting report of the current entries. Here goes:

• David and Morgan Hinds - no threat here. If sweating is involved and the hair/makeup/guyliner gets messed up….these two are out like hair follicles on Shaun Seago’s head.
• Tyler and Ashley Bearden - these two have about as much game as Rooks Richard at a nightclub. Expect some hamstrings to be pulled with this team even with no running involved.
• Darren and Noemi Poutra - city meets country with this duo. They may not be able to play since the game will be on grass and not concrete
• Tommy Jack and Gabrielle Thompson - you can count on them having the newest equipment and latest technology. It won’t help if you can’t hit the ball.
• Mike and Gwen Poutra - high school harry and his wife. She is the talent on the team and that speaks volumes.
• Brad and Carlis Roy - also known as the Bridge City Bayou Monkeys. They might just be the sleepers in this tourney.
• Blake and Lauren Poutra - shouldn’t even be allowed in the tournament. Dead ringers. Bora Bora or bust.
• Mike and Nikki Albanese - these two newlyweds might get in their first wedded spat from the poor performance they are about to give.
• Amber and Rons Hinds-Williams - no problem. They can’t grasp the concept of “over the fence” and not “build a fence”.
• Chewy and Lisa Mathews - don’t stand a chance. Chews hasn’t picked up a bat since little league. That includes the four years he was DH’ed for in high school.
• Brian and Mandy Mazzola - sorry, we aren’t swinging rackets. Leave your tennis skirt at home Big El.

Some of you may not have realized you were signed up for this glorious event. Well…now you know. The game will be held at La Posada on Sunday morning before lunch. Every team that plays will receive complimentary matching his/hers diamond tennis bracelets courtesy of Mathews Jewelers. God Bless America!

As I am sure you’ve heard by now, there was a lot going on at this wedding. One of the best parts were the show stopping dance numbers on the dance floor underneath the tent that made Barnum and Bailey’s Circus jealous. You can’t argue with moves like these:

However, in typical Big David Hinds fashion, dancing was just a side act to the “main event”. He had actually booked one of the most anticipated prize fights in the history of organized wedding fights. His show card featured the ruthless Nacho Daddy Jumping Bean Bearden versus the stone cold Wai Yu So Tan Poutra.

The fight was as amazing as the wedding and the fans weren’t disappointed. We all learned a valuable lesson that night…don’t bring boxing gloves to a swordfight.

R.I.P. Nacho Daddy Jumping Bean Bearden, you were a brave soul.

Today was too busy for me to get to where I need to be on the coverage of this glorious wedding. These upcoming wedding-related posts need to have some meat.  Heck, meat and potatoes. We might cry, we might laugh……who knows? This wedding is gonna get the business. In the meantime, take a look at me and my girls.

I just wanted to make a few short announcements for this weekend since this past weekend was very low-key. For starters, I haven’t posted any pics of my niece, Rylee Thompson. I was watching her this past weekend so I took a pic for everyone:

A few things about Rylee:

• She is extremely cute.
• Quit looking at my arm and look at Rylee.
• The less she looks like Tommy, the cuter she gets.

As much as this past weekend was slow, this next weekend will be the opposite. Everyone is gearing up for Brandi’s wedding including Lights Out Ledger:

Gonna be good times to be had at this wedding.

Packing up right now and heading to New Orleans, Louisiana for some New Year’s celebrating. It was a great year and looking forward to an even better one…..

90% of Denver just now found out they have a Major League Baseball team.

Refresh was good the other night but Thea wasn’t available to speak. I look forward to that the next time. I had a real solid conversation with Matthew Alberty about the Houston area job market. We did find out however that OpenCoffee Club will be happening in Houston next Friday. I am even going to drag Rodrigo Jimenez of Whiteboardlabs to that.

I had previously written a post about OpenCoffee Club that you can read about here. My next post is going to be about the big air I am getting this evening on the river. You know you better come back to see the pics of that.