ONU Weekend

Brian and I spent most of this weekend at ONU.  The chair of Brian's department, Nils Riess, is retiring.  He was one of Brian's professors when Brian studied at ONU and Brian holds Nils in the highest regard.  It turns out that most everyone does.  On Friday there was a reception/open house in the early afternoon at the theatre and then that evening the formal event occurred. I got to meet a lot of Brian's friends from undergrad including a few that I had met before.  There was a reception following the event at the Inn on campus, where we were staying, and then we decided to go to the bar just off campus, which is called the Regal Beagle (my sister loved Three's Company when we were kids, and I assume that is where the name came from, but who knows). I can't remember when the last time was that I closed down a bar, but we did last night.

The kids had a funweekend with Grandpa Butch.  After we got home we did some chores at home and got the house cleaned up.  Mackenzie got a new quilt from Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Mike for Christmas and we decided that despite it still be ing a little chilly, it was time to put her spring quilt on her bed.  She took this picture to say thanks to Grandma and Grandpa:

Then we went to 577 for a quick outing.  We had a nice corned beef dinner to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.  The kids love corned beef.  It is a favorite in our house.  I don't know why, I don't even remember when we first had corned beef and the kids decided they liked it so much.

The kids are still sleeping in the same room and it is really very cute.  They are getting much closer as well.  They are playing together nicely, helping each other, and even saying "I love you." to each other.  It is super cute.

Brian is headed to USITT on Tuesday and will be gone for a week, so we will see if the good behavior sticks around : )