Day Two Hundred Seventy: Not Homeless

We are off to South America, and this is the first time we've taken an extended international trip without selling our house and not knowing where we would live upon our return to the States. It feels a little weird. In fact Clay asked me today, "Do you think we'll come back to this house when we're through traveling in South America?" He wasn't even concerned, just curious. But this time around we'll have one less thing to think about upon our return, so I guess that's a good thing.

Day Two Hundred Sixty-Nine: Trivia at Grapevine Craft Brewery

Jeff and I have been wanting to participate in a pub trivia night for a while now, and this evening we finally got our chance. We headed over to Grapevine Craft Brewery (also a First for us!) and got in on the Geeks Who Drink trivia night. I can tell you we stink at songs/artists, but otherwise we did pretty well. Most importantly, we had a wonderful time! I'm sure we'll be doing this again when we get back from our trip.

Geeks Who Drink

Day Two Hundred Sixty-Eight: Unique Birthday Activities

Months ago, Clay made out a birthday agenda for his big day. It included some items you would expect for a birthday party and a few truly unique items like "Wake up as early as possible," "Building Contest," "Draw a wolf," and "When I go to bed, everyone goes to bed." I can honestly say I have never been to a birthday party where I participated in a wolf drawing contest or a building contest, but it was super fun!

Wolf Drawings
(Top left: Me, Top right: Jeff
Bottom left: Ruth, Bottom right: Clay)

Day Two Hundred Sixty-Seven: Taking the Kids to Les Mis

Jeff and I have seen Les Mis a couple of times, but we finally had the chance to take all the kids to see it, and it was a wonderful experience! They have seen a T.V. version, and they have long been fans of the sound track, but it was fun for us to all get dressed up and go see it live.

All dressed up for the performance

Day Two Hundred Sixty-Six: Government Issued Physical

Jeff and anyone who might potentially travel with him to one of his postings, should he become a diplomat, has to pass a pretty rigorous physical. So, we loaded everyone up and spent a couple of hours at the clinic today. I can't really say it was fun or completely painless, but it could have been worse, and it's good to have it over with. Just one more step toward the goal!

Day Two Hundred Sixty-Five: Baby Bunny

Our neighborhood is full of rabbits. We see them everywhere, and my boys are always devising plans to try to catch them, though they have not yet been successful. Recently one has taken up residence in our yard, and we scare it just about every time we pull into the driveway. But even though we've seen tons of full-grown rabbits, this evening was the first time we saw a baby. Clay was beside himself with excitement and begged me to snap some pics.

I think he thought we couldn't see him, or maybe he just hoped we wouldn't!

Day Two Hundred Sixty-Four: 1418 Coffeehouse

While the kids were testing today in Plano, I took myself over to 1418 Coffeehouse. It was a cozy space with yummy coffee and a good place to work on my writing projects. I also tried a Protein Puck while I was there, which was delicious despite having a somewhat off-putting name.