Jeff's birthday celebrated on college campus

This past Thursday Jeff turned 45 and the day did not just slip by. Jeff chaperoned Abby and her friends, Ali and Kendal to Stevens Point that day. Although they kept the special day secret from the tour guide, they did manage to do it up right at dinner that night. They went to TGIFridays in LaCrosse and let the wait staff know it was his birthday so the entire restaurant sang to him. The girls excused themselves to the bathroom where they blew up balloons and spilled them over Jeff to add to the celebration. Also, every 2 minutes during their restaurant stay, the girls presented Jeff with a $100 Grand candy bar (Jeff's favorite).


Ali, Kendal and Abby had a great time of course. They loved both campuses, but favored LaCrosse over Stevens Point. Jeff found a really neat hotel in LaCrosse that was cabin-themed and had bunk beds (see link at right)! The girls, all in the king-size bed, stayed up til 3:30am talking while Jeff snoozed in the top bunk. I think he enjoyed the road trip overall, plus it was a pretty time just to be outdoors.

So while Jeff and Abby were off with all the campus co-eds, Bryn went to Madison to play with her Wind Symphony band (from the high school) for the Music Educators conference. Apparently, it's quite an honor to be chosen to play there. I was thinking about going, but the more I checked into it, it didn't sound like it was for the general public.


So Paige and I had Thursday to ourselves (I took off Thursday instead of Friday last week) so we went Halloween shopping to complete her vampire costume (she wanted to be something scary this year) and get some extra decorating stuff for the house. We had fun with the spider web stuff. Trick or Treat is Wednesday night!

Abby received acceptance letters from Green Bay and Eau Claire this week. I'd like her to narrow down choices before we send in housing money...

Bryn was mentioned in the news again for Cross Country (see link at right). She was disappointed with the coach's comments because she did work really hard and did run over the summer to prepare. Last Wednesday was the team season wrap-up: a 10-mile run.