Marcus's Nasty Nose and Brent's cool sweatband

I didn't even think of telling the story to go along with the picture in the previous post because bloody Marcus's are quite common around here. But since several of you asked, this was the result of one of his latest spills. And there isn't much of a story. I was down in the basement doing laundry, when Kennon starts screaming hysterically for me. I find her and Marcus covered in blood. He was right next to her watching cartoons but she has no idea if he fell off the bed or just tripped into the dresser.
The first thing that I check is the teeth. My sister's 1 year old knocked out a couple of hers after a fall last year and I keep thinking it's only a matter of time until Marcus suffers the same fate. The teeth all were intact and after washing him up we narrowed it down to the nose which to me looked bad enough for stitches. Brent was cleaning the church. (Of course, that's what he does every Saturday, even though he was heard after the 12th time or so swearing, "That is the last time I will clean this church!" He was down there the next Saturday). I called down and insisted he come home and make a decision, stiches or not. He arrived home 3 HOURS later (he took his helper, Savannah, shopping for new boots on the way home) to find Marcus's nose still dripping blood. His opinion was A) the nose would be fine, B) boys look good with scars, C) Did I really think it would be possible to hold him still enough to stitch him up?
The follow up on the story is that the next day, and everyday since, Brent has walked in, took one look at his son and said, "Whoa, that is a little worse than I thought. We probably should've had it stitched up."

I finally found a Wii game that I like. Outdoor Challenge. I am terrible at it of course, but it is tons of fun and great way to warm up and get a serious workout indoors while having a blast. Brent and his buddy Richard faced off Sunday night. Richard agrees with Peter. The left side of the mat is not working properly. I think Brent figured it out a long time ago and that's why he always competes on the right.

The best match however was Caroline vs. Richard. They were jumping over logs and neither of them could were very good at keeping the back of their pants up.