If you asked me if I could be on the cover of any magazine, I wouldn't hesitate. If you've spent more than a day around me, you would quickly discover that my love of sports runs deep. I was the tomboy who tried to beat her dad to the newspaper's sports section each morning, and I could tell you Ken Griffey Jr.'s daily batting average. Ever since I can remember, there was always one magazine in the house: Sports Illustrated. I remember, as a kid, even subscribing to Sports Illustrated for Kids.
About one month ago, I saw a blurb about Sports Illustrated celebrating their 60th anniversary. They were asking readers to send them pictures of anything sports-related, and they would then incorporate the pictures into their anniversary cover. I thought it was a long-shot, but if it all worked out, it would be pretty cool. While it would have been fun to see myself on the cover, I decided that it would be even sweeter to see Joshua and Andrew together. When I think of sports, I also think of my dad. As mentioned earlier, we shared a love for box scores growing up, he was my biggest fan, and we even made it a point to toss the ball around the morning before I married Andrew (just like in Father of the Bride). So, I sent in the Halloween picture of my guys from last year because I wanted them to be able to look back on the cover, and always have that as a cool memory.
Fast forward to last week... The cover came out, and guess who made it?! There are around 1,600 little pictures that make up the mosaic. Their picture is pretty small, but you can definitely make it out. They are about halfway under the "A". We bought our issues (wow, have prices gone up on the magazine!), and can't wait to frame it and get it up in J's room.
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