Sports

We went to Houston in September for the Mississippi State/OSU game.  It’s the first State game I have been to since I graduated (which has been a while), and only Jeff’s second.  Of course, it was Clara’s first time to see Mississippi State.  Sadly, we did not get to see a win but we did get to see several friends that we hadn’t seen in a while.

We spent Thursday evening with Devin, Sally, and Avery and had a great time catching up.  Jeff and Devin were roommates during a summer internship with Dow and had a surprising amount in common.  This was our first time to meet Sally and Avery, and it turns out that Sally is a speech pathologist too (so even more in common).  Clara and Avery are close in age and had a great time together at dinner.  Too bad we cannot hang out more often!!

Jeff, Clara, and I went to the zoo on Friday and had a great time.  We really like their zoo! They have an awesome children’s area that Clara just couldn’t fully appreciate yet.  Maybe we will have to check it out again.

Friday evening we went to Maggie and John’s for a football kick-off party before the game the next day.  It was great to see all of the Whites and meet some of their friends from Katy. We are normally all reunited just at Christmas, so this was an added bonus to see them at a less hectic time. Maggie and John were great hosts, and it was fun to get a glimpse into their life in Katy.

We met up with Grant, Allison, and Allison’s family at the game.  It was so good to see them after several years! Several years?? Yeah, I think it really has been that long.  We were all in each other’s weddings, except for Grant missed ours since he was in South Korea at the time (something I was reminded of when we saw them– I just imagine our wedding with Grant there I guess).  Jeff and I both remember one of Grant and Allison’s first dates at their fraternity Christmas party when we all ended up hanging out in Jeff’s room.

On Sunday, we went to an Astros game with Grant and Allison.  Although baseball isn’t really our thing, we had a good time just hanging out.