Uncle Wes

he is by FAR the coolest uncle in the entire world.
he calls me "Candachi" like Italian-ish. lol.
he's amazing.
he's building a little play theatre called Nuppet Theatre and it has everything an actual stage would.

lights, pulleys, levers, curtain, wires, everything!

one of the things I love most about him is that he's such a kid.

he's like 80 years old and he still acts like he's 12. he's so young at heart and it's great.

he was watching some news show and he was sitting on floor cross-legged 3 feet from the television set watching and listening intently. it was hilarious.

another quality I really admire in him is that he's open to change.

like I said, he's 80 years old but he's down with cell phones, navigational systems (robots as he calls them), internet (YouTube even), and any number of other modern-day technology.

plus, I don't think he's nearly as uptight about politics and religion as his sisters are (my grandmother and aunt).

he's so cool.

and after dinner Auggie (my grandparents' cat) was walking around so then Uncle Wes decided to crawl around on the floor to play with her. it was so amusing.

omg omg omg! I almost forgot!

he's like IN LOVE with deviled eggs so Starshine offered him the last 2.

my grandmother said "Eat them Wes. There's a whole bunch more in the fridge."

so Uncle Wes opened his mouth (which was already full of deviled eggs) and said "Don't tell me that."

it was absolutely hilarious.

another funny story that I love about him is the pea story.

when he was young, their family went over to a neighbor's house for dinner.

he was told by his mother that if they were served peas he was to eat them all (my Uncle Wes HATED peas).

so naturally peas were served with the meal. so he scarfed them all down really quick.

and the neighbor lady was like "Oh! You must love your peas," so she scooped him another serving.

too great for words. :)