The end of November has been a crazy one for the Prices. Well, it was turning into one when I last posted.
November 29th-December 1st was the official SAISA Boys Soccer Tournament and it was being held at our school this year. If I haven't mentioned it before, while our school teams play local teams during their sports season, their official "districts or state" per se, is held against teams from this league that includes schools from Pakistan, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Yes, going to "districts" means flying to another country. 10 schools all together in the league. So, each school hosts 1 - 2 tournaments per year (except the Pakistani ones cause it's hard to get visas to go there) and a flood of international teams gather.
Being the new athletic secretary, I was inundated with work as we planned and prepared the tournament. Visas, flights, housing for all athletes and coaches, bussing, food, etc... Our school is amazing and we had a lot of help. Operations took care of all the set up and take down once they had their instructions, the Business Office handled the money, our PRO helped with the visas once I got all the scans from the schools, and a slew of volunteers housed all the kids (once I placed them all). I would equate planning this tournament to like planning a wedding. Lots of work. Big and general at first, and then you enter the last few weeks and BOOM, you get busy busy busy. So, pretty much, from the 15th, when I last posted and just found out we were having a girl, till yesterday, my life has been swamped with work.
I made it through in one piece, one exhausted piece! We all did. Colin did a stellar job being a single parent all weekend, and we did all this while hosting two coaches who were so fun from Islamabad (married couple our age). The tournament went better than I ever expected and we received raving reviews from all the attending schools, my administrators, fellow colleagues, and spectators. If this was my one major test to prove my aptitude for this job, I did it. Thankfully!
In the midst of all of the tournament and work craziness....
- Nancy came here for a between birthday visit for Colin and Aberly (12th and 21st) and we enjoyed days at home and a trip out to Nizwa. I felt bad for her because Aberly was getting sick (turned into croup which was no fun for us!) and wasn't up for my snuggling or playing with her GeeGee. But, we still had a good time and made some plans ahead for Christmas since we'll be going to India to see her, as well as Kevin, Chrystal, and Conner.
- Birthdays.... Colin turned 31 with a low-key birthday event and dinner out with a few good friends, and Aberly turned 3 and had a Curious George party with her friends. I somehow managed to plan and pull that off one evening after school about a week before the tournament. It wasn't the party I imagined a few months ago, but Aberly and her friends still had a great time.
- Thanksgiving! Another wonderful year at the Wrights with lots of our friends. The weather was perfect and the food brought us back home. Everyone brought a dish to share and it was fabulous.
Liz posted a bunch of pictures on her blog so you can see the event there at wrightfromthedesert.blogspot.com . She got a nice family photo of us that appears near the end. Here are a few of mine too.
- Aberly learned to play Go Fish and Memory and loves playing them each day with us. She is quite good! She also has become addicted to the PBS show "Word Girl".
So whew, that is the end of November, and December is already here and flying by. We hope to get our tree up this weekend and make some decorations to go around the house. The weather has given us a treat of three days of rain (not all day, just at moments) and cooler weather. We sat outside last night with our neighbors and all put on a sweatshirt as we agreed that it felt like a Fall day back home. It was heartwarming.
All our love!
November 29th-December 1st was the official SAISA Boys Soccer Tournament and it was being held at our school this year. If I haven't mentioned it before, while our school teams play local teams during their sports season, their official "districts or state" per se, is held against teams from this league that includes schools from Pakistan, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Yes, going to "districts" means flying to another country. 10 schools all together in the league. So, each school hosts 1 - 2 tournaments per year (except the Pakistani ones cause it's hard to get visas to go there) and a flood of international teams gather.
Being the new athletic secretary, I was inundated with work as we planned and prepared the tournament. Visas, flights, housing for all athletes and coaches, bussing, food, etc... Our school is amazing and we had a lot of help. Operations took care of all the set up and take down once they had their instructions, the Business Office handled the money, our PRO helped with the visas once I got all the scans from the schools, and a slew of volunteers housed all the kids (once I placed them all). I would equate planning this tournament to like planning a wedding. Lots of work. Big and general at first, and then you enter the last few weeks and BOOM, you get busy busy busy. So, pretty much, from the 15th, when I last posted and just found out we were having a girl, till yesterday, my life has been swamped with work.
I made it through in one piece, one exhausted piece! We all did. Colin did a stellar job being a single parent all weekend, and we did all this while hosting two coaches who were so fun from Islamabad (married couple our age). The tournament went better than I ever expected and we received raving reviews from all the attending schools, my administrators, fellow colleagues, and spectators. If this was my one major test to prove my aptitude for this job, I did it. Thankfully!
In the midst of all of the tournament and work craziness....
- Nancy came here for a between birthday visit for Colin and Aberly (12th and 21st) and we enjoyed days at home and a trip out to Nizwa. I felt bad for her because Aberly was getting sick (turned into croup which was no fun for us!) and wasn't up for my snuggling or playing with her GeeGee. But, we still had a good time and made some plans ahead for Christmas since we'll be going to India to see her, as well as Kevin, Chrystal, and Conner.
- Thanksgiving! Another wonderful year at the Wrights with lots of our friends. The weather was perfect and the food brought us back home. Everyone brought a dish to share and it was fabulous.
Liz posted a bunch of pictures on her blog so you can see the event there at wrightfromthedesert.blogspot.com . She got a nice family photo of us that appears near the end. Here are a few of mine too.
- Aberly learned to play Go Fish and Memory and loves playing them each day with us. She is quite good! She also has become addicted to the PBS show "Word Girl".
So whew, that is the end of November, and December is already here and flying by. We hope to get our tree up this weekend and make some decorations to go around the house. The weather has given us a treat of three days of rain (not all day, just at moments) and cooler weather. We sat outside last night with our neighbors and all put on a sweatshirt as we agreed that it felt like a Fall day back home. It was heartwarming.
All our love!
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