Fall 2011

I cannot believe it is already December, 2011! So much has happened the past few months. In August I was able to spend time in Chicago while on a business trip and after with Anne and her family, then in September I was able to spend time with Laura and her family when I went to a tax meeting in Fort Worth, Texas. I love seeing my children, their spouses and especially my granddaughters.

Clinton purchased a 1968 El Camino that he has been working on for a few months now. It is finally driveable, and now he will start on the body work. He is planning on taking a class at the tech school that starts in January 2012 on welding. I have been trying to get him to take classes there for a long time, so I am excited that he is finally going to go. We also traded our 1973 Porsche 914 for a 1986 Corvette. All Clinton ever talked about was getting another Corvette someday and now he has one! The only thing he does not like about it is that it is black. It is too noisy for me, so he is going to try to do something to make it quieter. LOL

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving day in Salina with Clinton's sister Charlotte, her family, CC and his brother Steve and his family. The Friday after Thanksgiving we drove to Norman, Oklahoma to visit with my mom and dad, my brother Vester and his family, my sister Iva and her family and my daughter Laura and her family. Saturday we spent the day with Iva, Cole, Bryce, Laura, Jeremy, Kirsten and Katie attending the Oklahoma Science Museum in OKC. We had great fun doing the hands on activities with the kids. We all had a great time. When we got back to my mom's Kirsten and I finished the Gingerbread house and she took it home with her to Texas. We had fun decorating it together!

At work we are gearing up for year end taxes--having lots of meetings and such. I will be very busy for the next few months.

I am really looking forward to a week off before Christmas as it will be the last time off I will be able to take for a while due to year-end taxes at work!