Don't anyone die of shock, but yes, I am actually updating. Thanks to lots of prodding from my dear friends Courtney and Melissa, you are getting another brief glimpse into the Best household. To pick up where I left off, we had a blast in Colorado with all of the other coaches and their wives. We went whitewater rafting again and it was great. Billy and I left a day early so we went and camped out at Red River for a couple of hours and then after the torrential rains and cold temperatures that we were not prepared for, we packed up and went and stayed in Pueblo. The next morning we got up and went into Colorado Springs and toured the Garden of the Gods and looked at Pikes Peak and then we went to the Air Force Academy. We had a lot of fun there and enjoyed getting to look around a ton. That afternoon we went on up to the cabin and spent the rest of the evening hanging out with everyone and then the next day we went to the crazy man's castle and whitewater rafting. I say crazy man b/c he really is. He is totally anti-government. He wants to remove his land from the United States and make it it's own country and he has built this castle (which is beautiful) completely by hand, but it is SO dangerous when you get down to it. There are not handrails anywhere, parts of it shake when you walk through it. It's nuts. After we got done whitewater rafting, we all ate at a park and then most of them went to Cripple Creek to the casino and we went back to the cabin and went fishing. We didn't catch anything, but it was great just to sit there and not do anything. We left early on Sunday to come back and stopped in Channing to visit with the rents for a little bit and pick up Rocky. The next weekend we got to stay home, but we had all the o-line guys over on Saturday for supper. I always love when they come over. It's a blast!!! It cracks me up to watch them eat, b/c they are bottomless pits I swear!! Since then it's pretty much just been work and hanging out at the house and getting to see each other occasionally. The first scrimmage of the year was this past Saturday and it was great to watch football again. I like watching pro, but nothing beats watching college. After the scrimmage, all the full-time coaches from all the sports at WT and their significant others went to a dinner at the president's house. It was a lot of fun and it was amusing to watch some of the other wives, who are not from Texas, and their amazement with the guys cooking meat on pictchforks. We were all sitting at the table talking and they were talking about how at a school in California b/c the traffic is so bad, the coaches sleep in the office from Sunday-Wednesday b/c they don't want to deal with traffic and one of the wives was like, oh no...we would not be doing that. You would be coming home everyday whether you liked it or not and I looked and Billy and said, well, we could handle that babe. I don't get to see you on those days/nights as it is right now, so it wouldn't be any different for us. The first game of the season is on Thursday Aug. 30. I can't wait. I'm so excited. The guys are coming over for dinner again this Friday I think. It should be interesting. Eppie's wedding shower is on Saturday as is Lora's baby shower. Hopefully I'll have a chance to post pictures from those. Until then...
The flamingos at the zoo in Wichita
Billy and I at the Redhawks game
Our campsite the first night
the road leading up to where we camped...8 miles of simply an enlarged four wheeling trail!
Us at the garden of the Gods
The truck
Crazy man's castle
