State Football Finals

The guys went to the state football finals held at the Home Depot Center Saturday night and were excited to be able to visit with our long-time friend, Kenny.

Birthdays and ER visit

First - HaPpY BiRtHdAY to my nephew, Josh, who is 20 today, and my Dad who is 74 today - how can either of those be??!  Hope you both have a fabulous day.

Has been a crazy time since returning from Texas.  Three holiday celebrations with girlfriends, church christmas concert, horse class, and lunch dates.  Tomorrow is the holiday party for Ryan and all the houses so we will go up for that.  It's held at a hotel so graduates, families, residents, and friends can attend the luncheon and program (each house puts on a skit they have worked on for months).  Afterwards, Mark, Connor and Ryan will go to the Home Depot Center to watch the state championship football games with a family friend.  Will be a long, busy day.

Earlier this week Ryan had the flu and was pretty sick.  When I was visiting with him last Saturday he mentioned that his tailbone hurt and it bothered him to sit down and walk.  Wasn't sure what he'd done.  Yesterday the area was red and swollen so one of the guys took him to ER.  He had two abscesses at the base of his tailbone the size of racquetballs that had to be drained.  The doctor called to explain what they had done and was amazed that Ryan had refused the morphine.  Apparently these cysts are common in guys his age as there's a cavity in that area that can form them and they are extremely painful.  He goes to the doctor on Monday to get the packing removed and is taking antibiotics obviously.  If they return, he has to see a surgeon.  Been a tough week for the guy!

He gets to come home Christmas Eve afternoon and be here until Christmas Day around 5p.  He is VERY excited as are we.  Of course his siblings are excited it's the last day of school for two weeks! 

Our Texas weekend

Kelleigh and I are back from our girl's weekend in Texas.  Reality is setting in as I listen to Connor's incessant talking, I plow through the stack of mail, catch up on answering emails, and get the Christmas decor up!  We had a fabulous time and loved being able to see Caroline as the Sugar Plum Fairy, watch Sarah ride her horse, see Maureen's sister and niece again, and attend Donoho's (jewelry store) holiday open house.  Such a fun, fun weekend.

Kelleigh had a great time entertaining Molly, the newest Spillane wildlife ...

It was quite hilarious to see the herd snap to attention at meal times ...

Caroline as the Sugar Plum Fairy in her custom costume which was FaBuLoUs ...

All of us after the show ...

... the Spillane family ...

... and Kell dressed for the evening ...

While we were gone the guys visited with Ryan where they raced go-carts and had lunch, and Sunday Connor had his first lacrosse games.  We won't talk about how many times they ate out ...