After trying our hand over the years with three dogs, we are now officially a cat family. Claire adopted "Bailey" on October 22, 2008. She is a five-month old tabby. So far, her favorite spots seem to be under mom and dad's bed and on Claire's bed. She is in danger of being "cuddled" to death. I don't think she knows what to make of all the attention she receives...mom is trying to teach Spencer how to hold a kitty.
Scott is busy preparing for a school production, "The Man Who Came to Dinner." Ian has a small part as a choir boy, together with a number of other young boys. As I noted in my last entry, Scott was also selected as Homecoming King for Hilliard Davidson High School (below is a picture of the future king and his mother on the track, just before learning he was selected as King).
Andrew and I had a fun time running in our 50-mile relay in Pennsylvania. However, the funnest part was golfing on the afternoon before the race. Andrew is excited to get out and play again.Claire is the newest teenager in our family. We celebrated her birthday with a run to her favorite restaurant - Chipotle. She and her mom have worked very hard to redo her room (a prerequisite to adopting Bailey). They did an expert job painting her room and are moving on to the accessories.
Ian is enjoying flag football after school once a week and is learning to play the cello. He had a fun Halloween and dressed as Robin Hood.
Spencer was Dash (from the Incredibles) for Halloween. He and I had an enjoyable visit to the main downtown library in Columbus yesterday.
Mindy continues to be busy with the kids' activities and hosted a baby shower on Saturday afternoon. She was especially busy this month with Claire's birthday and other activities since I traveled each week this month.
I traveled to State College in Pennsylvania with Andrew to run the distance relay. Then I traveled to New York City for a Conference and client meetings. The next week I traveled to Philly...and was there for the first day of the World Series. Even though the first game was in Florida, the city was fired up. All of the buildings were decorated and everyone seemed to be wearing Phillies hats, shirts and gear. Then, this past week I traveled to Lincoln, Nebraska for meetings with the US Citizenship and Immigration Services as a member of the American Immigration Lawyers' Liaison Committee.
November should bring less travel for me, but Mindy and Scott will travel to Utah for an official visit to BYU.
Last Sunday night while I was talking with Mom and Dad, they asked who I was voting for. At that time, I was undecided. I really don't care for either McCain or Obama. Yesterday, I went for a slow 5 mile run and Claire kept me company on her bike as I ran. It gave us a nice time to visit about school, church and politics. It occured to me as she and I talked...if I can't bring myself to vote for either of the candidates, maybe I'll write in Romney. We'll see.
Take care everyone.
