Road trip!

 All of us went on a road trip this weekend.  Zoe and Niki spent two nights in Shelbyville with Rosemary, so the rest of us could go to Wise, Virginia, to visit Steven's alma mater (UVa-Wise).  Wise is a three hour drive from Georgetown, and that's the furthest we have traveled since my neck surgery more than three years ago.  Robbie Blevins (best man at our wedding, Steven's roommate throughout college) and his wife and younger daughter (of two) hung out with us all day Saturday. 

We went to the football game between UVa-Wise and #1 in the nation GC (I was forced to sit in the UVa-Wise bleachers, but you know me, always sacrificing for my husband's happiness). 

Steven, Robbie, and Cindy (who also played basketball at UVa-Wise) later gave us a tour of campus.  The campus is absolutely beautiful.  I guess that's what a campus looks like when it's well financed.  :)  The buildings, the layout, the designs - so beautiful.  There is a new athletic complex (see photo - and look really hard to see Michael near the entrance, risking his life walking on the thin wall) that seats about 6000.  Michael intends to attend college there.  Or MSU. What happened to him going to GC and taking my classes, eating lunch with me in the caf?

We ate dinner together in Wise, then the four of us drove an hour back toward Georgetown before stopping in Hazard for the night.  We had our pigfest, which was awesome.  This is when we buy whatever we want from a grocery story and eat however much of it we want.  The one rule is you aren't allowed to eat so much that you get sick.  Getting stuffed and lethargic are permissible.

The next morning, we headed back and Steven met his mom to get our little puppies back. 

It was a fun, funny weekend, and every one of us had a splendid time.  We will have to do it again before another 10 years pass. 

Happy Haunted Halloween!

 Hope you were able to spend yesterday with lots of ghouls and goons.  I was lucky enough to get to spend it with my children, puppies, and newly-hairstyled husband.  Elizabeth and three of her friends paid tribute to Dr. Seuss with their costumes, while Michael and his friends were soccer players (if Michael's costume gives you a sense of deja vu from last year, then hats off to your excellent memory).  Remnants of Superstorm Sandy's winds caused Michael to wear a sweatshirt and sweatpants over his uniform, but I doubt anyone noticed, given the dark, windy, freezing conditions.  Our puppies dressed up as beautiful puppies - oh wait, that's what they always are.

Last weekend Rosemary spent the day with us in celebration of Steven's birthday.  I am already 44 and now Steven is - Obama is the 44th president.  Therefore, it only makes logical sense that when we turn 45 next year, Obama should be the 45th president.  If that makes no sense to you, I'll give you that - but we like the logic and decided it was all the proof we needed to know that Obama will win.  Because we are so rarely wrong about anything, and because Obama and Biden's sign is hanging out in our yard and on the back of Steven's car, we pretty much are guaranteeing their re-election.  Yep, we're calling it early.