the remaking of a kitchen

we had a nice trip.....we left later in the day than we hoped as i had a ticket to attend a pen pals event. by coincidence the author of our edina reads project, alexandra fuller was speaking. we rode to the hopkins center for the arts in a school bus and sat with members of the high school book club who had also read the book. it was fun to visit with the students, and the speaker was amazing. think growing up in africa, marrying a cowboy and living in wyoming and being a blazing liberal. what a hoot.
we drove off to nebraska and arrived just after 10 pm. we fell into bed and got up early enough to get to a parking lot at 9 to ride another bus to the stadium. it was a beautiful day, and we won which helped matters immensely. we were able to sell our tickets to another game we can't attend. we rode the bus back to the lot after the game and were amazed at how easily we got on the freeway going west. we arrived at kari's and brian's in time to eat with them. had a DELICIOUS chili followed by a great mixed berry pie ala mode.
the kids entertained us, and we did some reading and game playing with them. don even earned the appellation of grandpa from bennet!
the picture of brennan is fun, but i wish i'd gotten the one of the red kool-aid going through the straw and glasses. pretty funny. kelsey is sharing her musical talent with us playing a cello that is just her size. ben showed me his room and the picture of bo nose on the wall. the reason bennet is not pictured is that he was taking a nap during the photo ops. grandpa gary has them well supplied with various posters and photos.
it was fun to see their house and meet jerry and winston....and for breakfast we were able to eat the overnight french toast dripping in fattening, yummy goodies.
then we were off to colorado to spend a night with patrick. had dinner at the morrison inn that night, and had a good visit. the next morning it was uphill to jewlee's and sam's. the house is even nicer than shown in the photos. very victorian and sweet. the colors are just right. we had two nights there in the ice palace inn, then back to patrick's for another night before heading home. we were able to get home in time to greet our few trick or treaters. the good news was that we had a few neighbors who came over for conversation and wine. that may happen again on tuesday night with a bit of champagne!! think positive!

Labels: colorado, football, football tickets, kari