Wait this isn't brad this is his wife..I guess I will go get him and let him blog.

Pardon that interruption. Hijacking one's blog is a crime of the most heinous nature, don't you think?

Anyway, what has happened since my last blog? Well, my first anniversary; let's start there. After my Louisville KAAC conference, which was the first night we've had apart since we wed, Sunday, October 1 was looking promising. Ellice got very sick and stayed home the Friday before while I was gone. So on some level I felt guilty for 'abandoning' my wife in her hour of need. She assured me of course that there was no problem and she understood but still... As a backdrop for our anniversary, you can see I was meaning to impress. We went to the Putt-putt we went to on our honeymoon, a little three course place that had a biblical theme--we really like that one--watched the DVD of 'Prelude to a Kiss' which is the play we watched on our honeymoon, and followed all that with dinner at Miyako's (you guessed it, the same restaurant). You could say I'm uncreative, or just stuck in a rut, but I prefer to chalk up to the romantic category. I mean couples are trying to recapture their honeymoon all the time, right? We enjoyed the day greatly and Ellice was refreshed for school.

Did a lot of running around with the in-laws, mostly keeping Ellice's mother company while she stayed with us and helping James with some last minute errands before he goes to Basic. Good bonding time.

Started church volleyball again Tuesday; I was relieved when my body held up. I must be getting better.

Thursday I volunteered to assist with the middle school's field trip, and that pretty much took up that day. We were exhausted after that one.

Friday night we went to see Jekyll and Hyde at the Rose Barn Theatre in Richmond. Rather good for community theatre--Jekyll/Hyde was amazing. The rest of the cast was passable for the most part. Ellice wishes she could have tried out; she would have won out for the part of Lucy handily in my opinion.

There are also a couple of other stories from this week, but Ellice can fill you in on those. Ask her about Punjab and Brad's Chicken Surprise.