High School Homecoming & Sports

Our granddaughter Elizabeth will be going to homecoming at her high school in a couple weeks and has already picked up her dress.  She was telling us about it on Sunday night and I bugged her enough so she agreed to model it for us.  She looked great and reluctantly agreed to pose with us for pictures. She sure is a pretty girl and looks so grown up.

Elizabeth

Gerry & Elizabeth

Elizabeth & Me

It's been beautiful around here the last week or so with warm days and cool nights.  The trees are beginning to turn on the mountain and even some down lower in the valley.  This farm house, barns and outbuildings make for a very pretty picture.
 

Sunday was a special day with it being Gerry's birthday and Cassie preparing a great dinner for Gerry.  She couldn't decide whether to prepare spaghetti or stuffed shells, so she prepared both of them.  In addition she baked a carrot cake and it was great.  We brought a Dairy Queen ice cream cake and it hit the spot, also.  We managed to stuff ourselves and had a great visit.

It also helped that the Redskins won and the Giants, Eagles and Cowboys lost.  They are all in the same division and it looks like it is the weakest division in football this year.  What a change from a few years ago when it was the toughest division.  It looks like the winner of the division could possibly have a losing record. It's still early, so all this could change.

I've rooted for the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team since 1952 and there have been some great years and some bad ones.  It's been 19 years since the Pirates finished above .500 and they finally broke this streak.  In addition they are in the playoffs as a wildcard team.  Go Pirates.

Gerry's Aunt Mary is a rabid Cleveland Indians fan and watches all their games at 95 yrs of age.  She must be in seventh heaven now that her beloved Indians have made the playoffs, also.  They won the last 10 games and were one game ahead of two other teams who had a playoff game tonight.  Way to go Aunt Mary.

We are getting closer to getting out of here and are looking at a Wednesday departure.  Of course all this could change in a moment.  Stay tuned for our getaway date.