Of course, i'm guilty of this as well, so here's an update on what i've been doing! In November i took a trip back to iowa for five days. I spent the first couple of days in Sioux City visiting the parents and Carin and Dan and the kids. It was great to see them all, especially the kids. They grow so much between each time i see them.
After that i went down to Iowa City to meet many of my college friends who were in town for the Iowa-Penn St. football game. After a near-disaster with my tickets, it ended up being a good game to pick to go to, since the Hawkeyes won on a last second field goal. Though, i could have asked for slightly better weather. I no longer have any amount of clothes warm enough for that weather.
I did get to see A. Jo & U. Eldie, plus Sheila, Matt & the kids at the football game, which was great. Speaking of kids getting big, Sheila & Matt's were much bigger than the last time i saw them! I remember Hogan when he was about two feet tall when i was in college...
Over Christmas the entire family came down here for a change. Mom and Dad were here for about two weeks, and Carin & Dan and the kids were here for a week. We spent many days golfing and many nights eating good food. According to mom, it was the first time in something like ten years our whole family was together on Christmas Day. The kids were a lot of fun, and are getting to an age where they can communicate and have conversations with them, which is great. And of course Henry got a lot of teasing from U. Chris, resulting in one temper tantrum because he thought Chris was going to make him go down to the 'dungeon' in the non-existent basement in the house...
Other than that, things have been about the same with me. I have been working at the same hotel for a year and four months, and am still enjoying it. I still love living in Phoenix, especially the weather this time of year.
I have many more trips coming up the latter half of this year for more weddings. Seems like all of my travelling lately had been for weddings. But, when those weddings take you to places like Cancun and Hawaii, it's hard to complain too much!
Hope this finds all of you well and started off on a happy new year. And let's keep on the few remaining people who are not signed up on this yet. Email me for help/instructions. Talk to you all soon, Todd S.
