March 7, 2010 - WHY WE THINK OUR SON IS DESTINED FOR THE OSCARS

Jack told a story today in Primary. Okay, it was more like a big old huge story....

Brice and I were walking to Sunday school a little bit late, and the passed the Primary President as she was walking out of the Primary doors. She caught us and told us she was sorry to hear about our dog. Brice and I glanced at each other and then turned to the Primary President and said...."Um, we don't have a dog. We've never had a dog."

She then proceeded to tell us about Jack's little story. Apparently, Jack raised his hand (which, from the way she said it, sounded like a rarity) and told the whole primary about how his dog kept running away and that because of that, his mommy and daddy took the dog to the pound. AND we wouldn't get it back. She said his face was so sincere that all of the adults in the room were like, "That's so sad...." One of the little boys in his class stood up and said, "That's so sad." He was upset by the story.

The result: 3 or 4 adults who were in the Primary came up to us after church and said they were sorry to hear about our dog. We asked Jack about this dog story on the way home, and he told us the same story the Primary President said he'd told in Primary. We looked at Jack, trying SO HARD not to laugh, and told him, "But honey, we never had a dog." His reply: "That's because you won't go get him!" Brice and I lost it; we were laughing so hard that our credibility as parents went out the window and we're pretty sure our son will probably just lie for the rest of his life.

PS - WE DON'T HAVE A DOG!!!