OSU HOMECOMING 2008

We headed to Stillwater on Oct. 17 to the 2008 OSU HOMECOMING. Kristin, Austin, Blake, Jay and I traveled up for the Walk Around. Robbin drove up and Kelsey's mom came from Tulsa too. This is the first time Kristin has been to Homecoming for over 20 years. She went to the parade when we lived in Perry.

Last year we took Blake to Homecoming...but this year he being a little older made it even more fun. He is a camera bug. He wanted pictures everywhere we went. I took several as you can see.

The Theme was about past, present and future. We saw some pretty cool house decorations. Here is one that we really liked.

Blake and a snow scene.

Theta Pond was lit up real nice. It is kind of hard to take pictures of it.

After the Walk Around we went to the field house and watched the girls basketball team scrimmage themself. We wanted to go see the guys but got there to late so we had to wait until people left before they would let more in. It was kind of silly...especially when we got in and their were 100's of seats empty. Pistol Pete was there and another guy from the new football team in OKC Thunder had there mascot there. He did some cool basketball stunts and and shots using a mini tramp. Last year at our semi pro basketball team game we had a bunch of mascots from around the state that did basketball shooting stunts It was really cool. Here are a few pictures. Anthony's house is real close to the stadium. He is one street over from Hall of Fame down by the creek next to main street. We walk to the game from his house. His room mate and him are making money having people park in their yard. They can get about 9 cars in his yard. We park across the street next to the creek so we don't take any of his places. They have had fun as the neighbor are doing this too. The OSU-OU game could be $20.00 parking. They have been charging only $10.00.

Their house is a two bedroom. It is a bit smaller than the one they had last year. The one they lived in last year is being moved. It is crazy how all those houses are being moved out. My old home is still there. They have the steel beams in the front yard ready to put underneath it to move it. Kind of sad..but things do have to go and the new Athletic Village will be a super plus for the University..I guess. I wonder who bought my old home. I wish I could of bought it and moved it somewhere for whoever is moving to Stillwater next.


GO COWBOYS!

WE LOVE PISTOL PETE!!!!

The float below had OLD bicycles on it. I wish we could of seen them better.
Austin got ot ride in the parade this year. He had a lot of fun. He rode a funny looking bike with an extra wheel. It was called a three wheeler Mt. Bike.
Anthony always rides a goofy bike. He rode a tall one this year.

Blake toke a picture with a parade cowboy.

Anthony and Austin got back before the parade was over. I think we like orange what do you think!!!! We better! We always sit outside of the bike shop to watch the parade.

After the parade the guys help ride the bikes to the storage garage. Last year Blake rode in a wagon on the back of a bike....this year he is big enough to ride along. He will be 6 on December 21st. He is a big Kindergarten student.

We finally made it to the game after all the fun activities. We had a tail gate at Anthony's house before the game. OSU won! YEA.... They beat Baylor!

On the right of the picture is the new seating area.

Here are some pictures of the outside of the new stadium end. This is on the NW corner. It is really nice. I took pictures on my cell phone but can not seem to get them off the phone. I need to learn how to blue tooth to my computer. When I figure that out I will put more pictures of the inside of the stadium.

Needless to say we had a great week end. GO POKES!!!!

Albuquerque, New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE TRIP SEPT. 24-26, 2008

POLAR Heart Rate Monitor/Tri-Fit Workshop.
Lawton Public Schools has received a grant for $100,000.00 for 10 Elementary Schools to have this High-tech equipment. It is a lot of work it get it going but we will get their. The program provides Heart Rate monitors which will be an asset for the children to view their heart rate levels during workout and to learn how to achieve a heart rate that will develop an healthy heart.
The Tri-Fit program is an assessment program. Many assessments can be taken with the equipment provided. It has a Blood Pressure cup, and Flexibility test using the sit and reach assessment, an impedance scale to weigh and measure body composition a strength assessment and you can put in a whole lot of information in to assess with the assessment.

While in Albuquerque I was able to see a lot of great architecture and some neat sites around the city. The first pictures are the OLD TOWN area. It is a big square and then streets around the square with buildingsl like these. It is has all kinds of shops to buy spanish style stuff. All the homes and buildings in Albequerque is in this stuco style. It is the code for the town. It is really cool. This area was built in the 1800's.

The picture of the balloon was when I was looking out of my hotel room. The next week end was going to be the 10 day balloonfest. They were planning on 600 balloons or so. They said they went up in the morning when the wind was down and the weather was cool. That day I saw about 8 balloons going up. I could of gotten a balloon ride and breakfast for $200.00. Maybe some day.

I got to go up the Sky Tram one afternoon. It is the longest one in the World. It took us about 20 minutes to get to the top. It was real overcast and rainy at times and so my pictures going up were not as good as I was hoping for. But I got some good pictures of the tram. The rocky mts. reminded me a lot of Mt. Scott. The difference is the rugged rocks and not the bolders like at Wichita Mts. You can hike up the Mt. Our trainer did it a few weeks earlier and he said it took 3 hours to get up and he rode the tram down. I hiked around up on top of the Mt. It was a neat place to visit. On the back side of the Mt. is a Ski slope. On the top of the Mt. is a place to eat. I had a fun time exploring a new place.

I thought the picture on the left looked like a scorpion. It is the shadow of the the tram.

LAKE PICTURES 2008

Lake Lawtonka pictures of the Sunset. July 2008 - Kristin and Mark's campsite.

LAKE TENKILLER 2008

Kelsey learns to slalom

Wicket enjoys the boat but does not like the water. He just isn't a water dog.

Robbin and Kelsey enjoying the ride.

The island is always beautiful 1st thing in the morning. We got up and went skiing at 8:00 every morning to enjoy the calm water. By 11;30 the lake was like an ocean. So many people during the Labor Day Holiday.

The island was just right. The water level was at normal level. It was beautiful. We spent the afternoons on the islands with about 24 other boats.

We got one more year out of our camper. It is pretty warn out. Hopefully it will make it another year.

MOM"S NEW OFFICE

Wanted you to see my new office. It is not very big but it is a perfect place for me to do my work. I actually like where it is. It is in the back of the Shoemaker Building. I am able to leave easily to travel to visit schools. Plus it is close to the stairs to the downstairs area. I like going up and down the stairs as much as possible to get a little extra exercise.
I am working on wall decorations. I am making a bullitan board for pictures. I will take a picture of the finished room when I get it finished.