Happy Birthday Little Sis!

The blog birthday wishes are a little late, but we definitely have a good reason - nine hours in the car! We are glad you had a good birthday celebrating with some of your friends. Enjoy the last year of your 20's!!

Bad Dog, Bad Bad Dog!

We both left work today right at 5 so we could take Trice on a walk before it was pitch black outside, because that is what good parents do. This is what we found when we got home. Some time between lunch (because we also come home for lunch almost everyday to let her out) and shortly after 5 Trice decided to destroy my US Weekly magazine I was saving for our road trip. Bad dog...

Twas the Night Before Christmas...

Well not exactly the night before Christmas...but we are traveling to Iowa for Thanksgiving and are taking our Christmas presents with us so they don't have to be shipped back to Iowa. We have a couple more presents to buy and then we'll be finished. If I can finish this

weekend this might be the first time I've ever finished Christmas shopping before December 1st! The second photo is from my favorite art shop in Ames, IA. The lucky recipient already has an item or two from the Octagon Center for the Arts. I always visit the shop when we are back in Ames, and usually find a little something for myself too.

We will keep you updated on our travels...we are driving and taking Trice!

Florida Bound

DJ's brother flew down from the Twin Cities Wednesday. We went to Charlotte to pick him up and had to make a quick detour to Nordstrom on the way home. It's the closest store to Columbia and they carry shoes big enough for DJ to actually try on. (They carry up to size a 20!) He found two pair - one will be a Christmas present and he's already worn the other. The boys headed to Gainesville Friday for the USC vs Florida football game on Saturday. They are staying at the same hotel as the Gator football team. DJ got to see and speak to Coach McCarney Saturday morning as they were leaving the hotel. We try to keep up with former coaches and players we've worked with and always hope they do well...but today we're cheering for the Gamecocks!

Happy 2nd Birthday Trice!

I Be A Builder

Happy Halloween! This was Tripp's first Halloween trick-or-treating. Although he preferred to say "Boo" when people answered the door. And he really liked ringing the door bell the best until he realized some people were handing out suckers!

Yee Haw

I am traveling this weekend with our Equestrian team. We are in Texas...where everything is bigger or do they think it's better?!?! We competed against TCU on Friday and were victorious. Today we were in Waco against Baylor and didn't have the same result. Tomorrow back to TCU...Go Cocks! I'll be happy to be at home in SC tomorrow night!

Where Are They Now?

Tonight I was digging under the guest bed looking for wrapping paper - Yes, I've already started Christmas shopping and was starting to wrap gifts - and came across a box of old photos. I looked through all the old photos in the box - some where childhood pictures with family but most were from high school and college. There are lot of people I have lost touch with over the years and I wonder where they are and what they are doing... I have done a better job of keeping in touch with people since I've graduated but I could always do better. Where are they now - LJ, Rico, Saffer, Mastin, Brune, Blundy, Jen, Liz...

Happy 2nd Birthday Tripp!

A Favorite View

The other morning I took a different route into the office. I had to make a detour through 5 Points to check our work PO Box and swing by Admissions. I don't take the detour too often but everytime I do, I love this view heading into downtown. As I drive down Devine I can see the Cupola of the South Carolina State Capitol building peeking through the trees amidst the shops and restaurants that line the busy street. The view always makes me smile...ah the little things.

(The photo doesn't do the actual view any justice...DJ was driving as I was trying to take the picture.)