Catch up...

Okay, I know it's been a while, but I am going to try and catch you up on what Andrew and I have been up to. This is basically middle of October to middle of November, not to Thanksgiving yet. Thanks for being patient and continuing to check the site (Sally :-)).

We went to Iowa to see my cousin's little girl, Callie, and had a wonderful time. While we were there we were lucky enough to go to an Iowa vs. Wisconsin game. The tailgating was a new experience for us and the "walking tacos" were yummy! It was a short stay, but full of lots of fun! This is a precious picture of Callie looking bright eyed at the camera sitting on her mom's lap.

One Saturday evening we ventured to the west side to take in Annie's, my little sister's, basketball game. She did a great job guarding and is really aggressive when it comes to getting the ball. We thought we were only staying for one game, but had so much fun we decided to stay for both games. My dad is her coach and he did a great job throughout the game of encouraging the girls to keep trying when they missed a shot, or messed up on a play. It was a lot of fun to watch!

Mid-November we journeyed to Dallas, TX to drop off Ava (Andrew's mistress, I mean glider) to have some more work done on her over the Winter. While we were there we stayed with our friends Nicole and Patrick Grafton, who always show us a good time. They live in a fabulous little area with wonderful shopping and great restaurants. We had a relaxing Saturday with shopping, eating, watching football (go OSU!) and playing with hair, the girls not the boys. It was a lot of fun!

We had to return a little earlier than we wanted to from Dallas because I invited my students to join me at a Youth Symphony Orchestra concert that afternoon (before we planned the trip). It was an amazing concert. Students from 4th grade up to Seniors from the Wichita area were playing and the orchestras were phenomonal. Unfortunately, only three of my students were there, but hey, maybe in one of those three some musical interest sparked and that's all I can hope for. Later that evening some friends had invited us to hear Leo Kottke play at the Mary Jane Teall theater. He is an incredible guitarist and it was another wonderful evening with friends. Needless to say, it was a busy day.

Look for more to come...