Many individuals and families have traditions, both large and small. Recently, it seems that Tim and I have been carrying on old traditions, participating in other families' traditions, and creating some of our own. At the beginning of this month, we had the opportunity to go to Waco to watch a Baylor Bears game with the Brackeens. Robert grew up in Waco and is a huge fan (understatement)! Since we knew this was going to be a day of traditions we decided to kick start the day with a McPherson tradition...Cream of Wheat (Mike McPherson's secret recipe).
Mike's Cream of Wheat recipe is a little different from the box...think less healthy and more sugary. It is really delicious.After breakfast we headed down to Waco for the game. We took a driving tour of the campus, went to the bear habitat, and saw some of Robert's old stopping grounds. We got to the game in plenty of time to see the opening band, player warmups, helicopter fly-over and of course the Kickoff (ahhhhhhh, sic 'em bears). Here is an example of the sic 'em bears pose:
If we are still in Texas during next year's football season, we may be invited back since we helped inspire the team to a victory over the Texas A&M Aggies. Here are a few more pictures of the day:
Yesterday, we got to participate in several traditions that we have started for our own family. For the last couple of years, we have had the wonderful opportunity to serve others on Thanksgiving morning. Through Mission Arlington approximately 1,500 people are able to receive a Thanksgiving meal. It is amazing to drive up to the building at 8:00am and see hundreds of individuals and families willing to give up their morning to help serve others; others who may otherwise not have a Thanksgiving meal.After arriving back at home we cleaned up and headed to Greg and Chenille Gaumers. This is the last tradition I will blog about today. Being so far away from home, it is not feasible for us to spend the money to go home for Thanksgiving. With flights being so expensive and me having to work at the beginning of the week, it makes sense for us to stay in Texas. The last two years, we have spent the day with other friends at Seminary that also stayed in town (2 years ago with the Gormans and last year with the Moots). We branched out this year and went to an aparment on the other side of the street.
A few words to sum it all up....yum, yum, yum. Needless to say, we did not go without.
And last but not least, we must include some pictures of Ethan (Greg and Chenille's little boy) . I think he is one of the cutiest babies ever and pray to God (seriously) that Tim and I have a baby as low maintanence and happy as him.
