Long time, no posts

Things have been pretty quiet around here the last few weeks, hence the lack of postings. Nick has been practicing basketball on two teams, but has not had any games yet. I wonder if he is getting as bored with all of the practices and no games as I am. The games start soon, so I should have some more material soon.

Sarah's neighbor friend moved out a few months ago, but a nice young girl moved in and she and Sarah have become good friends. She and Sarah play great together and will play all day together and it is great for both of them. You can see they are two peas in a pod.

Speaking of Sarah, she really is into Christmas decorating. She is so much fun to watch getting all of the decorations out and putting them all over the house. Her style is unique and you never know where the decorations might end up. But, her enthusiasm is genuine so we just sit back and smile.

Nick and I got to go to last night's UT football game. They played Kentucky and it was our coach's last game. The coach has been at the university for the last 30+ years, either playing, as an assistant coach or as the head coach. It was a bit sad to see him go and I wish I had gotten a field pass to shoot the game, but it did not work out. Anyway, Nick and I got some great seats for free and watched the game from the 20th row. It was a very wet and cold night, but it was worth it.

Before the game starts, the team runs through the "T" formed by the band and on this night, it was Phil's last trip through the T . Of course, the media was out in force for this last run.

Although UT has struggled this year, the team rallied for their coach and put a pretty good whipping on Kentucky. Kentucky has a better record than UT but had not beaten UT in 24 years going into last nights game. The players made sure that the streak would not end on Phil's last game. Sorry Kentucky, maybe next time. UT 28, KU 10. A quarter century of frustration for KU.

Some AirSoft ActionToday

Happy Halloween. Well, it was a couple of days ago. So, what's a family to do with their old pumpkin. Pie? No, thanks. Compost Pile? Maybe later. Target Practice? Bingo.

It was a beautiful weekend and we broke out the Airsoft weaponry since we did not have any organized sports to play. Airsoft weapons shoot a small plastic BB at about 300 feet/second. Since they are so light, they don't hurt much and with a layer or two of clothes, you can hardly feel them. But, if they hit skin, they can sting and leave a mark for a few minutes.

On Saturday, Nick's neighborhood friend Josh came down with his weapons (about 3 or 4, including a fully-automatic machine gun, which was fortunately for me malfunctioning) and he and Nick took turns shooting me. I am not sure who won the battles as I took quite a few shots and one to the middle of the forehead that stung, but did deliver quite a few hits of my own. Oh, yes, protective eye wear is required, so rest easy out there. These weapons are actually pretty accurate, just ask Nick.

Today, Nick and Sarah had some pretty tame battles as she was not into getting hit. Smart kid. I did not get any images from yesterday's action as I was too involved, but took a few today.

I am pretty sure that when we bought the castle and house below, we did not envision them being used in this manner in our wildest dreams.