So, you know how you start to wind down for the night and you gather the family around to have family prayer right before you go to bed? Well, our family has this big problem it is called "Stephenitis"! I swear that we can NEVER just kneel down and have prayer! Stephen always gets the ball rolling and for some reason Mike and Bryce get sucked in everytime. So, the jokes start (with Stephen) and comments are made and then it is like a ripple in the water....they don't stop! And they go on and on and then someone cant stop laughing and it seems like it never stops for another 20 minutes. So, what once was a simple family prayer to finish off the night, ends up being a long drawn out comedy hour! And I just get tired of it. Especially because it is usually "guy stuff" they are laughing about. Finally I say, "cant we just have prayer"???!!!! And then if I'm lucky and catch them in the middle of a joke....I start to pray or someone else is tagged to pray right at that moment and we are finally able to put the night to rest! Geez! This just happens to be a nightly thing. And it seems to have started ever since Stephen became a teenager. He is constantly quoting from movies or comedians. He is a night owl as it is so, the later it gets the crazier he gets.
This can be an annoyance but it can also be a lot of fun...shhhhhhh! Dont tell them I said that:)
