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Homecoming Weekend

We've been MIA the last few days because we headed down to G-Vegas (Greenville) to participate in the fun homecoming events! It's about an 8 hour drive, but the drive wasn't at all bad because we had Richie and Liz to help entertain us and do some driving.

Going to Greenville is always really fun. The downtown area has been built up so much; we could walk anywhere we needed since we were staying in the Westin Poinsett. "The guys", who include Brett, Richie, Tyler, Coogie, and Kyle, all made the trip, so we spent much of our weekend hanging out with all of them. On Saturday, we tailgated between 2 places; I can't remember a time when I didn't tailgate with Kelley's family, so it was important that we got to hang out with them. We perused the bookstore, drove around the grounds, reminisced at the baseball field, saw lots of friends on the FU mall, and actually stayed to watch the entire football game. They put on a great show and beat Elon, who is 1st in the conference! Go Paladins!

The weekend was very hectic, but it was a good hectic: full of lots of friends.

3 of the guys & the girls:
Kyle, Amanda, Richie, Liz, and us!

We *heart* baseball.

Roommates!
Moi, Kel, Kiran, LP

Not a one

It's 900pm, so I think that the ghouls and goblins are back in their homes. And we didn't have one single trick-or-treater! Oh well--that just means we get to eat the candy instead!

Do you have any fun trick-or-treat stories? I told Brett about the dentist down the street who gave away toothbrushes. What a treat to go to his house, huh? And one year I went to a house that was giving away donuts.

Happy Halloween!

Movie weekend

Hey, Kids,

It's Saturday evening, and I thought I'd give a little update on our weekend activities. It's been a busy 2 days, it seems. The next few weekends are going to be packed as well.

I left school very early (3pm!) on Friday. It had been raining for about 2 days, the weather had turned cold, and it was just one of those days that I couldn't stay at school any longer. My body was itching to be home! After piddling at home for a bit, I graded papers until Brett got home and we went out for dinner. We ended up at this great Mexican place. Dinner was excellent, and I even ordered dessert! I can't pass up plátanos fritos. Once we got back to our house, we popped in Evan Almighty. Did you know that God is an environmentalist? It was actually a cute movie.

This morning I made a test for my Spanish II students. They are going to be thrilled, I am sure. I'll be gone on Friday, and I decided that the best thing for my sub to do is give a test to my classes!

This afternoon we headed out to one of Brett's coworker's place for a housewarming party. They live in a cutie house. We cooked out and hung out. Now we are catching the baseball game before we head out to the movies. A late movie. Can't remember the last time we did that! ¡Hasta mañana!

My brother

He's been a cyclist for a long time now, and this year has gotten a bike where he lives overseas. Several times a week, he treks through the city and up into these crazy mountains (they peak around 6000 feet). It's a 4 mile incline; sounds fun, huh?

What's really funny, though, is that half the time, he passes these old trucks loaded down with their supplies. And he's wearing the spandex, so you know he gets some surprised looks. It makes me smile just thinking about it.

Honey, I'm hooooome!

Yesterday was Engagement Day! That means it has been 4 years since Brett surprised me with my big ole diamond and asked me to be his wife! We aren't one of those crazy couples who celebrates every milestone in our couple life, but we do like to acknowledge and reminisce about this one, because he did such a great job with it.

We didn't have plans for the day, so when Brett got a major project at 5pm and told me he was going to be working really late, it was fine with me. I called him about 10pm to let him know I had to go to bed. Then, 5 mins later, he walked through the door with roses! He had already been on his way! He came home to put me in bed and then do work until after midnite. Isn't he the greatest?