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A good friend and colleague of mine is in Denver this week with a group of journalism students covering the Democratic National Convention. I wish I were there with her. I e-mailed last night and asked if she could make a small purchase for Dana and I - Obama 08 t-shirts! She e-mailed this evening that she got the shirts for us today and they are gearing up for a busy week.

You can read about their journeys here: http://blogs.hdnews.net/tigersdenver/

Hi Everyone,

We have had a good week.  The kids are getting along much better - Gabe and Grace still have their moments, but at least now and then it is a good moment.

We have a new invention that makes our lives a little easier.  Our friends the Crowleys bolted together two kiddie gates to keep their dog out of the dining room.  Since they don’t need it any more they gave it to us.  One of our big problems is keeping Gabe from destroying the kitchen and then dragging his loot to the living room.  Neither he nor Grace can get over it.  If Gabe gets frustrated enough he will ram it and break it down, but most of the time it holds.  I figure at some point he will completely destroy it, but for now we can at least cook in peace.

 Here are some pics from the week.

Access to the kitchen - denied!

The ice storm of December 2007 has hit us. It started raining yesterday afternoon and went throughout the night. Jackson and Dana had no school today, but I had to go in this afternoon to listen to graduate student presentations (it is finals week at FHSU). Here are some pictures of the ice storm.

Our next door neighbor’s front yard.

Our front yard. I hope the wind doesn’t pick up!!!!

We went to bed last night to the sound of freezing rain and woke up this morning to a winter wonderland, coated with about a 1/2 inch of ice everywhere. But that didn’t stop us. We managed to make it out to Wal-Mart to get a few supplies and a few Christmas presents. One of the supplies were long johns for the kids (in case we still have the Frost Fest parade tomorrow in downtown Hays). Here’s a couple pics of the kids in their “army underwear”. Jake would be proud!

Thought you might enjoy a photo of our Friendship Family students at our house Sunday night for a traditional Thanksgiving feast. We had turkey, dressing, mashed taters & gravy, sweet potatoes, homemade cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie and pecan pie (with homemade whipped cream).

(Left to right) Briana, Peter, Sophia, Grace, King, Jessica, Daniel (Briana’s boyfriend - GeoSciences major) and Jackson.

We put up the Christmas tree and decorated it while they were at the house.