Pre-Thanksgiving Update

Tess, Alicia, and I went to the Great Alaska Shootout last night to watch the UAA women defeat Cal State-Northridge. Alicia got to do a little cheering in her UAA outfit. The Shootout is a basketball tournament held in Anchorage over the Thanksgiving break each year. In the past, teams from all over the country have come to play and it's even been covered by ESPN. The tournament is a little toned down this year, for various reasons. But it was still a fun time. The blizzard-like drive in and out of Anchorage was less fun, but what can you do?

We've been getting a little snow lately. It will definitely be a white Thanksgiving. Of course, it was a white Halloween as well... Chances are high that a white Christmas is in our near future. Alicia loves the snow and had the strong desire to make a snow angel last weekend in addition to petting the neighbors' dogs which were tempting Bit to come out and play by trotting around the front yard.

Tess had her second Cotillion Club dance of the year. She was feeling ill, and probably should've stayed home. But I think she survived the night at the Hilton in downtown Anchorage. Before the dance, she and her friend Robyn took a photo opportunity with one of the tall, dark, and handsome specimens in her friend's family room (where some of the girls had readied themselves).