October 2013 Highlights

And here we go for October 2013...

October 4, At work we had visitors from Penn State Transportation visit our offices.  I had a really nice conversation with them and it made me miss my family in Pennsylvania!

October 5, Luther and I went to our nephew Garrett's first swim meet.  It was at the middle school in College Station where Ryan went to school.  We watched him swim his first heat, but then we went home because I was not feeling well.

October 12, There was huge storm in College Station on this evening.  We ere supposed to go the the Texas Renfest for the first time, but we woke up to this the next morning instead:

Our swimming pool was destroyed, the fence was down on both sides of the north and south ends of the yard and our granite table was knocked over with broken pieces and the umbrella on the table was destroyed as well.  We are not sure if a tornado came through, but there were definitely high destructive winds.

October 14, This was a horribly sad day!  My friend, Paul Dioguardi went to be with the Lord.  I know I will see him again some day in Heaven, but I will miss him dearly until that time.

This was Paul and me at the George Bush Library when he and Dan were visiting from New York.

October 19,  We spent the day cleaning the mess from the storm.  Ryan and Luther patched the fences.  The insurance adjuster came earlier in the week and was very helpful.

October 20, Ryan and I spent the afternoon making a stuffed mole for his Chemistry class.  I think he turned out cute!

October 21, This was a fun day...not!  The school called me and I had to take Ryan to urgent care to get his leg stitched up.  They were running the bleachers in Athletics and Ryan slipped and fell and hit his shin on the bleacher.  It made a disgusting hole.  He made me take pictures of it at the doctor's office.  They were gross, so not posting any.  He was supposed to take it easy to let it heal, but he did not do so well with that and opened it 2 more times before wrestling season.  It finally healed in time before the season started.

October 25,  This was Ryan's homecoming game day.

Ryan with his mum, getting ready to leave for school.

October 26, The big Homecoming dance! Ryan took Es, a girl from the wrestling team.  Luther and I actually drove them around for the evening.  First, we took them to get pictures done in the pumpkin patch, then we dropped them off for dinner at Texas Roadhouse.  While they were eating, Luther and I went to a different restaurant to eat and then came back to pick them up to go to the dance.  We dropped them off at the dance and went home and waited for them to call to pick them up.  After the dance, they rented a movie and Luther and I had to stay up until 3AM to take Es home after their movie.  They looked great and I thing they had a nice time!

Ryan getting ready to pick up Es.

Ryan and Es at the pumpkin patch.

This concludes the October highlights, now on to November and the start of the Holiday season and another very important season...wrestling...