Minute Update

Here's what's been going on.

I finished a painting for Heather's cousin and his new wife. It wasn't completed in time for the wedding, but we're mailing it this week for a gift reception. I hope they like it. Here's a pic.

Basketball has started in earnest. We had three games in the past three days. Unfortunately, we are 1-2 on the young season. We're already improving, though.

This week promises to be fun: Turkey Tennis Mixer, Student/Faculty Basketball Game, last week before Thanksgiving break, etc.

And that's about it. We'll get you caught up on everything over the holidays.

(Oh yeah! Remember "Reading Rainbow." I used to love this song (at about 18:45 in the video).)

THIS IS...ART CLASS!!!

Having a beard at Halloween for the second year in a row led to another beard-inspired costume: Leonidas from "300" (Gerard Butler's character, the king of the Spartans). Everything is homemade, including the airbrushed t-shirt made to look like my chest. It was awesome seeing students come down the hall and do a double-take: from the distance it really did look like I had my shirt off.

The costume-making fun continued with the boys costumes. Heather has some pictures on her Facebook page so I'll refrain from double-posting them here, but feel free to check them out. They both looked hilariously awesome. It was the first truly great Texas Halloween: nearly a full moon, cool enough that we had to wear long sleeves and pants (and still started feeling cold at the end of the night), we walked our own neighborhood with our neighbor friends, and houses were handing out good candy. When we got home we watched Disney's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" to cap off a thoroughly enjoyable evening.