I went as Michael Phelps for PumpkinFest.
JG
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November 1, 2008

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…Disturbing….yet
AWESOME!
you are brave!!! you deserve every medal around your neck…and an additional on for courage!!
this goes beyond amazing! Well done.
Youth pastors with a Flabalanche UNITE!!!! looks great.
So convincing. I nearly didn’t recognize you.
Michael Phelps huh? Thought it looked more like Matt Mcgill from his instructional swimming video, just kidding. Great Costume!!!
good thing I’ve already eaten… As now I wouldn’t have an appetite…amazing!
Good placement of your towel.
Looks like Michael’s 12,000 calories a day started catching up to him!
I thought PumpkinFest was about getting kids to come, not scaring them away…
Wow! Now that’s a committed costume!
MY EYES! MY EYES! THEY BURN!
one word.
hottie.
The Griffin sense of humour … scary!
zoinks!!
i’m teaching on owning it and living it in the morning. this just made the last minute message addition. You owned it and you lived it. …. Did you have to hold your towel all night?
Is the ipod in the suit?
Hope it wasn’t the ipod touch!
forever burned in my memory…this is gonna cause at least three sessions of therapy! On a serious note though…(*throws up in mouth*) nevermind nothing serious can be said! Well played Josh, Well played!
Y’know Josh, I *still* have the memory of you going down to the pool at the hotel in Indianapolis at Celebration II scarring my gray matter all these years later…
Seriously though: EXCELLENT job!
Michigan is so proud!
The man owns Halloween.
My husband saw this & said it might be the most awesome thing he’s ever seen.
Son, you remind me of your mother . . when she was about 8 months pg with YOU
love your costume!! Don’t know if you’ll remember me but this is Tamra Huberty from way back when. Just saw your pic on facebook in the International Institute page and found out about your blog. Great to be able to lurk on your blog and sort of catch up with you. Does your sister have a blog or facebook page or some way to catch up with her?
I just choked on my Twix bar!
I thought one of the rules for the night, was nothing “skanky”?…this dances dangerously close to that line!!
I tried to warn you, people! Hahahah …
JG
hands down, best costume i saw on halloween!
uhhh… a very confident man . . .I guess
I’m beginning to understand why some churches are against the whole halloween thing.
Crazy man, crazy!
Josh,
All I can say is………OH MY GOODNESS!!!
Dead ringer!
dude that is hilarious!