When last I wrote, Shelby and I made a road trip to visit
Cady and Brenton. We had a wonderful time and it was quite nice to get a mini
vacation. Shelby worked the summer at the bowling alley - long hours but she
enjoyed herself and stashed away her pay for the school year.
August found Shelby back in Clinton for her sophomore year
and Brenton back in Ottawa for his final semester. Boy, time sure does fly.
The big excitement was his job for the fall - he was hired as an assistant coach
for West Franklin High School, coaching the linebackers. We had such fun going
to the high school games. It was pretty cool to cheer for the coach - not a
player. Of course I was my usual loud self - but as no one really knew who I
was I could get away with it. They ended up winning 3 games but were in all of
them - injuries were their downfall.
While coaching, Brenton finished up his
undergraduate career and graduated in December. We are all so very proud of
him!!!!
Mom, Dad, and I drove to spend Thanksgiving with the
Tolberts in Murfreesboro, TN. Shelby got to fly into town so we had a big time
- eating lots of good food, doing a 5k walk, and cheering on Middle Tennessee
football and basketball to victory!
The biggest news of the past few months was Brenton and Cady getting engaged before the Oklahoma/Oklahoma State football game (which luckily the Sooners came from behind to win). Brenton had it all planned out but then got nervous and just asked her to marry him (which is basically all he needed to do but we like to kid him about his nerves anyway). They have set a date for the wedding - November 2, 2013 which happens to be my Daddy’s 81st birthday so we will have lots to celebrate.
So while Cady is playing her last season of softball as a Lady Brave, she will be planning a wedding as well. Yikes!
Shelby had a great semester at school with grades and
bowling. The Lady Saints had a 2nd place finish which is the highest they have
ever placed. She came home for Christmas and basically went to work - glad she
could get some hours but felt I didn’t get to see much of her. Brenton and Cady
came into town for Christmas so we had a nice visit. Brenton is going to be
working in Tulsa while Cady finishes up her last semester at
Ottawa.
I did the Color Run in Lawrence Kansas - Quite an experience!
No international travels for me this year so far but did
make a quick business trip to our Denver office - trained a fantastic group of
engineers - so easy when they are young and computer savvy! Luckily the weather
was fantastic too which just made it that much better.
