Wow - It has been a month since I last posted anything to the blog. August just flew by! On August 14th, Kevin and I celebrated our 32nd wedding anniversary. Can you believe the hats I made those poor girls wear? I also made their lovely dresses. I am sure they appreciated "my thrift" - HA! That is Patty Bragg (my sister-in-law) to my right. Wait a minute - who is that standing to Kevin's left! Hey - that is Kevin's brother - Jim Conley. Looking good! Hey - Kev has hair - on his head and also, a moustache - LOL!
We celebrated by going out to Texas Roadhouse for dinner. It was a relaxing and enjoyable day. Actually we had to celebrate it on August 15th when Kev got off call - so he REALLY enjoyed it!! Kory went back to school on August 24th and started classes on the 26th. He worked out a great schedule with his advisor and only has classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. He has a religion class, Cultural Pluralism in Society, Electronic Media Writing, Public Address and Radio Club which is where he has to do a college radio show. He has the 9-11 a.m. shift. Three of the classes are actually in his major (Writing, PA, and RC); whereas, the other two are part of the CORE curriculum that everyone has to take. He is also planning to "walk-on" for the Capital Basketball team. The coaches asked him to come out for basketball so he is what is know as a "preferred walk-on"! We'll have to wait and see if he actually makes the team this year as they may have filled up all of this year's spots with freshman "recruits". We are all hoping it will turn out for him. If he doesn't get in this year, he should make the team next year and have three years of eligibility left. He plans to graduate in four years but wants to stick around a fifth year to get his masters to make himself more "employable" in the Communications Field so that should work out for him to play basketball for three years.
Karen went back to school on August 22nd and 25th (Teacher Work Days) and the students came back on August 26th! She is teaching Windows OS, Internet/Web Design I, Computer Graphics Design I, Computer Programming I and Microsoft Access. All of these are semester courses and her schedule will switch in January for second semester. Never a dull moment! This is year 33 for her! YIKES - retirement is getting closer and closer! YIPPPEEEE!! She and another gal she works with, created and upkeep the Wellington School's web site - http://www.wellington.k12.oh.us/. We are having a few problems right now with some javascript on the site - our dates on all the pages aren't working. Never a dull moment in the web world! Always something to troubleshoot. Also, all of a sudden on the high school page the dropdown menu links aren't working so I will have to work on that tomorrow when I get into school!
Cassie and Kory went to Cedar Point yesterday. (Kory came home for the long weekend.) They were able to go on the new coast - the Maverick. It was just put in last year. Cedar Point has 17 coasters - this is just the newest! It is located in Frontiertown. They needed to add some "pizzaz" to that section of the park. Guests begin their adventurous journey on Maverick by boarding steam-era-styled coaster trains with an ultra-sleek profile that carry them along the 4,450-foot-long course. Linear synchronous motors propel the train to the top of a 105-foot-tall first hill. From there, it's not straight down -- it's more than straight down: Maverick takes its
passengers down to Earth at an astonishing 95-degree angle at speeds of up to 57 mph to within five feet above the ground.
From there, the train hugs the terrain as it twists and banks around hairpin turns with quick but smooth changes in direction. Throughout the 2-minute, 30-second ride, passengers also experience eight "airtime-filled hills," two inversions and a second launch through a dark tunnel that leaves them in awe as they reach speeds of 70 mph. Kevin's employer is having their company picnic at Cedar Point on Saturday, September 13th! They are buying the tickets and providing lunch. Kory is going to come back and go with us as we are taking the Motorhome up on Friday afternoon and coming back on Sunday morning. Karen is not much for the rides so it will be nice to have Kory along so Kevin can go on some of the coasters! Cassie will be busy at a softball camp in Florida on that weekend.
passengers down to Earth at an astonishing 95-degree angle at speeds of up to 57 mph to within five feet above the ground.From there, the train hugs the terrain as it twists and banks around hairpin turns with quick but smooth changes in direction. Throughout the 2-minute, 30-second ride, passengers also experience eight "airtime-filled hills," two inversions and a second launch through a dark tunnel that leaves them in awe as they reach speeds of 70 mph. Kevin's employer is having their company picnic at Cedar Point on Saturday, September 13th! They are buying the tickets and providing lunch. Kory is going to come back and go with us as we are taking the Motorhome up on Friday afternoon and coming back on Sunday morning. Karen is not much for the rides so it will be nice to have Kory along so Kevin can go on some of the coasters! Cassie will be busy at a softball camp in Florida on that weekend.
Kyle and Deedee went to Niagara Falls but Kyle doesn't want his pictures on the blog so I don't have any of those to post. They went on a neat speedboat ride called the Whirlpool Jet Boat - here is a link to look at a video of it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3niPgw-uwpM.
We all went up to the Lorain County Fair for one day - I think it was one of the first times we had a completely dry week for the entirety of the fair! Cassie showed her cow and was in a Tractor Pull. Kory helped her take care of her cow. He learned the fine art of pitching crap, feeding, watering and bathing a cow! Cassie's cow was a grand champion!
We have been "catching up" on some things around the house this weekend (Labor Day). Kevin is outside playing on "his tractor" right now, Kory went back to college and I am going to go watch "Remember the Titans" on DirectTV right now! Until next time!!
