I can't believe November is almost over already.  It has been a fun filled month for me.  I had the 2nd week of November off for vacation, but no real plans for the week.  I decided that I wanted to go to Austin, TX to visit Christy.  I talked Dominique into going with me.  W had a lot of fun.  I had never been to Austin besides just passing through. It is a really cool city! You should go check it out if you ever get the chance.  Here are a few pic's from my trip.

Me and Dom on our way.

Lunch at a fun little pizza place. It was really good.

Sooo... there is this trailer that sells cupcakes on the side of the road.  Apparently it is always there because everyone knows about it and the line went around the corner.

We went to this cool little park that has a butterfly garden! 

This is me in this little bamboo hut that was at the park.

There was a lot more to the trip, but you get the picture.  We did a lot of shopping and touristing and such.  It was a great time.  We were only in Austin for a couple of days.  I spent the rest of my week off just hanging out with friends and watching movies and stuff.  It was just nice to be off work!

A couple of weeks ago I went the the Women of Faith conference with my mom.  It was really good as it always is. It was also nice to spend some time with my mom.  I don't get to do that often enough.  Here we are at the conference.

Basketball season has started here at Hillsdale.  Last weekend we went to a couple of games against a team from New Mexico... I am not quite sure why there were here... maybe they were just using their Thanksgiving break to travel around and play.  Anyways, the team was pretty rough and it made for a couple of interesting games.  Denny had to break up a fight after one of the games.  I was a little worried that he was going to get hit.  Here we are at one of the games.

So the biggest news of the month for me was when my brother called me and told me that I am going to be an aunt.  That is right friends... my little brother and his wife are going to have a baby.  CRAZY!  I am excited for them, but I wish they were not all the way in Chicago.  It appears as though there is another baby wave going on.  I also have a cousin who is pregnant and at least 6 friends who are preggo.  Wonder who will be next?

Denny and I are still house hunting... as usual.  We thought that we found one last week only to find out that it went under contract the day we were scheduled to go look at it.  We will press on.  The semester is almost over and I know that Denny is ready for Christmas break.  He talked me into putting up the Christmas tree like 2 weeks ago.  So much for one holiday at a time.  We did have a good Thanksgiving though.  We went to my parents house in Ada and had lots of food with the fam.  Not a lot of family was there, but we still had a good time and good food. 

Ok, well that is enough for now I suppose.  Hope all is well with all of you!

 Life has been so crazy as of late!  A few weeks ago I was asked to be the new Hillsdale DTK EBB (Hillsdale's version of a Fraternity/Sorority) sponsor.  I was not sure at first as I know this will take a lot of time and work, but finally I decided that I would do it.  As some of you may remember, I myself was in EEL GET so this was going to be a little different. Since the semester was already more than half way over at this point I hit the ground running.  Last week we elected officers and had a pining in one night.  This week we had a Fright Night at my place and I managed to pack like 30 college students into my living room to watch Young Frankenstein.  I think that everyone had a good time though (I hope).  Here are a couple of pics of some of the students before we started the movie:

Saturday we went to Dustin and Shyla's wedding.  The wedding went great, and it was great to see so many friends!  Sunday night was our church's annual Trunk or Treat.  This year I decided to dress up 80's style.  My husband on the other hand feels it necessary to dress up as the most ridiculous thing he can think of year after year.  Some of you may remember last year when he was a cereal killer and I was a pirate:

Well this year he did not fail to fall in line.  He was a Dirty Laundry Basket.  That's right friends, he is actually in the basket:

(sorry, I don't know how to turn it)

Here is my 80's outfit.

 Here I am with Emily and Caleb the lion.

 Another one of me and Caleb (He so cute in that costume!).

Well, we had a good time (even if my date was wearing our laundry, lol). Today is Halloween, but I am not quite sure what we are going to do this evening... we have a couple of options, but I guess I will just have to fill you in later.  Tomorrow night my sister is having a big birthday bash so that should be interesting.  It is supposed to be a costume party as well.  Good times.

Well friends, life has been busy as usual.  We are back to house hunting so spending time doing that.  Denny is busy teaching 19 hours this semester.  This is by far the most he has ever had to teach at one time so it is keeping him really busy.  I myself did take a mini break from work a few weeks ago and just spent some time with friends and family.  One day I went to the OKC Zoo with Cassie and Andrew.  Here a few of the highlights:

this one is Drew with the lion

I love these birds

This is Denny's favorite animal

Drew with the gorillas-- he knows all of their names

and a lazy bear

But who needs the zoo to see animals.  Denny and I saw this one while house hunting one day:

There was actually a whole family of them, but the pics of the rest of them did not turn out as good.

That weekend I went to the lake with my family: parents, aunts and uncle, cousins... the whole group.  We had a lot of fun water skiing and knee boarding and such.  It has been a long time since we all did this together.  Here is a pic of me and my cousin's daughter Deanne after a long day at the lake (notice the sunburns):

Well, enough for now.... hurricane claims await me.