November News

Russ's favorite news of . . . his entire life (well, at least of 2016) was that the CUBS won the World Series! He's been a Cubs fan for a LONG time, so it was pretty awesome for all of us to follow them through the post-season. 

Watching the final out of the series. It was late when the game was ending, but Russ chose to wake Kaylee and Ashlyn and let them see the very end of the game.

Finally!!!

Aaaaand then he crashed. He said he had been so nervous all day long. Every time he though about the game coming up that night he felt that anxious/nauseous feeling. The only other time he's been this stressed was when he defended his thesis at the end of grad school.

 Ashlyn's most exciting news of the month was winning 3rd place in her district academic competition. She was on the Art team, which means she studied about 40 paintings and for the competition was required to identify and write down the title (from memory) for 20 of them, and choose the correct artist from a list. Way to go Awesome Ashlyn!

McKell's favorite news of the month was that she was finally tall enough to ride a real roller coaster at Six Flags! She LOVED it. No surprise there. We predict she'll be about as daring as Ashlyn when it comes to crazy rides. We all had a great time.

Brenna's least favorite news of the month was that she had a tonsillectomy. Below you can see her Before and After feelings about the surgery. Her smiles pretty much vanished for the next few weeks. She did eventually make a full recovery. We're all glad that's done with though!