Thanksgiving Visitors
November 13, 2007
It feels really odd for us to have Thanksgiving approaching and for us to not be prepping for a cruise. Over the last four Thanksgiving holidays, we have been on a cruise for three of them, including the last two. It has almost become a tradition for our family. Since we did an Alaska cruise this past June, we decided to hold off on Thanksgiving cruise this year.
The kids are bit sad as they really love cruising, but luckily their grandparents, Suzanne’s parents, will be visiting this Thanksgiving, so they are eagerly looking forward to the holiday and their visit.
I have sort of gotten out of the swing of preparing a big Thanksgiving dinner with the cruises, so this will also be a good opportunity for me to make a nice feast. I haven’t planned out the menu yet, but when I do, I will post it back here.
Suzanne’s parents will be here for about a week, arriving next Tuesday. There are two things they wanted to do while visiting, so we will try to accommodate them. They would like to go to Kartchner Caverns and see the wonderful underground beauty that is only 30 minutes from us. They would also like to drive up to Mt Lemmon which is North of Tucson. From our place, its an hour and a half to two hour drive. The current thought will be for the Mt Lemmon trip to happen on Wednesday. I will likely not go, but instead stay home and work on the Thanksgiving dinner. On Friday, we would all then go Kartchner Caverns. Thursday is reserved for eating and watching football.
Her parents will be here until the following Wednesday. With both of them now retired, they will be driving. Unfortunately, I will need to leave on the Monday following Thanksgiving for another business trip, this time to Florida. We will pass each on their way out as I arrive back in town on Wednesday.
It should be a fun Thanksgiving…
Savannah’s Cheerleading Squad Takes 2nd
November 3, 2007
In a VERY long day, Savannah’s cheerleading squad earned a second place in the regional cheerleading competition. Her squad competed in the normal category. There was also an elite category where more stunts, tricks and stuff are done.
Unfortunately, this whole event seemed extremely disorganized and haphazard. It was very frustrating for Sean and I and many, many other folks that were there. They were intolerably behind schedule. We were told to be there at 12:00 for Savannah’s competition. It was 2:15 before they actually performed. The venue for the competition also was very short on parking spaces and seating spaces for folks. Quite a few folks were grumbling while we were there.
I don’t have a clue what they were thinking because each squad was given 2 and 1/2 minutes for their performances. They then put 10 – 15 minutes between each performance. There was much more down time than actual cheer time. They also gave periodic 20 minute breaks that went closer to 30 minutes. It should have been a lot easier to predict the performance times than they did. Since most of the time was down time, it should have been really easy to control and stay on schedule.
Of course, the competition wasn’t put on for me. The girls seemed to quite enjoy the downtime between performances as they played dance music and the girls all got up and danced during the breaks. In truth, it seemed more like a giant dance party for a few hundred girls than a cheerleading competition.
Savannah did really well and pulled of her stunt nicely. She smiled well and was easily heard in the crowd. The whole squad did much better than I expected. Suzanne is the coach and had some issues with a few of the girls this year. They seemed to pull together nicely for the competition. Savannah was quite content with a second place finish.
So, football and cheerleading are done for another year. We get our Saturdays back, but will miss watching the kids compete.
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