I spent November 8-14 in Michigan giving a hand to my Mom and Dad after my Mom endured another cancer surgery. It was great to be able to get back and lend a hand and my Mom is doing very well early in this round of recovery. She was planning to be in Wyoming for Thanksgiving, but we are very thankful that her regular checkups found this cancer and before it got into the lymph nodes and that the surgery was successful. She is already on the road to recovery and we'll just have to have a nice "holiday" dinner when she next gets to visit us in the Cowboy State!
Today we will begin to experience winter in southeast Wyoming as a strong cold front will push through and take our temeperatures from 20 degrees above normal Monday to near normal Tuesday and then to around 15 to 20 degrees below normal Wednesday. Snow is expected Tuesday night but model uncertainty is making this a difficult forecast. I am thankful to be off until Thanksgiving Day so I can observe how conditions evolve from home. I took advantage of the 70+ temperatures today for some creative storage of yard toys, etc. for the cold months using existing "climbers" and tarps as small storage areas. And Kelly and I also started getting some Christmas lights/decorations out into the yard before conditions turn cold through at least the rest of the week. This as future posts will show, includes our own "tumbleweed Christmas tree" in the front yard, even with colored lights!
Hockey season is in full swing and Nolan is having a blast with Thursday practices and Sunday scrimmages. The scrimmages are new to the association here, so we are working out the kinks and trying to incorporate the various ideas of the many coaches we have for the 3-6 year olds. Tournaments begin soon for the mini-Mites with the first one in Casper in early December. Nolan is also one of a few of the 6 year olds who have been asked to play-up with the Mites against one of the Colorado teams in early December, so he is excited about having another game to play. Kelly and I are on a mission now to create enough interested families so we can attend the Billings mite and mini-mite tournament in late March 2008. Rock Springs is not having a tournament this year, and there will not be a Cowboy State Games in February, so we are hoping to help create more game opportunities. Our mini-mites will be playing in Littleton, Colorado late in January too, so that will be fun.
And finally a few pictures:
"Barrett the cat tamer" November 5th.
And this is how Nolan fell asleep while listening to the Broncos beat the Titans tonight on Monday Night Football.
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