The Prom Picture--at Last

It is with great apologies to all of my regular readers that I finally present you with the pictures you have been waiting for of Meagan at her prom. You can see the positively gorgeous dress in the photos . In the picture on the left, that is Meagan (in the orange dress) with her good friend Lucy (in white) The picture below is Meagan and her lucky date.

We did go to see the play at the Sydney Opera House which was magnificent. It was just so neat to see a performance in that place, and the play was very good as icing on the cake.

For our last night in Sydney we took Meagan on a harbor cruise dinner. It was great. The food was ok, not bad, but not gourmet dining, but the views and the entertainment were second to none. After the dinner they had a performance of two Opera singers--it was really the coolest thing. I am not really an opera fan, and this is purely out of ignorance. I have never seen an opera and I know very little about it. Now, I am going to have to change that. The three of us enjoyed the dramatic performance so much that now I want to go see a full scale opera.

Upon returning from Sydney, I opened my email and found out that I lost my job. This news was a mixed blessing. It was bad news because Charlie had lost his job the week before we left, so now we are both out of work. It was good news, because I am now forced to find something new and whatever that new job will be it is sure to be better than the last one. I will update this blog on how the job search turns out. Meanwhile, after all of that travelling I am very glad to be spending time at home.

This week our major project was to finally plant the garden. We now are the proud owners of a full scale vegetable garden. We have several varieties of tomatoes, peppers, an entire herb section (with basil, cilantro, dill, two kinds of parsley, oregano, sage, two kinds of chives etc...), cauliflower, broccoli and two varieties of lettuces. I can't wait to start harvesting. We also got six strawberry plants, but these need to go into special pots. We have the pots but these are not planted yet. If I have an opportunity I will post a picture of the garden.

For the Columbus day weekend we took the camper up to Williams and stayed Friday to Monday. It was really fun, but it was COLD (we are talking 27 degrees one night type of cold--not just Arizona whining cold). We took the kids to see the Sunset Crater Volcano http://www.nps.gov/sucr/ and Wupatki National Monuments http://www.nps.gov/wupa/ (click links for more information). They were awesome. These National Parks never cease to amaze me. And it is truly astounding how interesting the kids find them. All of the kids did the activities for Junior Ranger badges at Sunset Crater.

Tomorrow begins the weekend and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. We will be gardening and hanging out in our backyard this weekend. We will also be finishing the Halloween decorations. Maybe I'll even have something to post about.