Sunday, November 29, 2009

Fall update

We just returned from North Carolina, where we spent Thanksgiving.  We saw our new niece and had a splendid time eating fantastic food, taking runs around the lake, and spending time with family.  Zek even got the chance to visit the shooting range with Micah, Brandon, and Rachel.  It is more difficult to aim and shoot a pistol quickly than you might expect, but Zek usually hit the target.  If he is ever attacked, hopefully the assailant will stand still for a while, so he can get a good shot in.  Sadly, Tracy has 5 tests coming up, so she had to spend a lot of time studying.

Baby Eva was the belle of the ball, and we took turns holding her.  Some of us even took turns changing her diaper, though Zek managed to escape that duty.  We feel sorry for Trishie who had to wake every couple of hours during the night to attend to Eva and who was also up early every morning being an excellent host and up late at night doing the same.

Take a look at some of our pictures:



Earlier this fall, Zek visited a corn maze with our "life group" (ie Sunday School class), the biggest in Georgia.  That was the first time in a corn maze for him and he had fun.  Zek enjoyed all of the love he received on his birthday.  He thanks everyone a bunch!  This Fall we finally received money from a short project Zek worked on this summer. That is going to help us out tremendously to make it until we get another set of student loans.


Finally, we wanted to update you about Zek's career search.  He had a number of interviews in October - November, including a full-day interview with a consulting firm.  He did well but not well enough.  Also, he'll be doing a short internship with Kimberly-Clark during the school year.  This is great news also, because Kimberly-Clark is an ideal company for him in many ways.

I'll end with a few pictures.

My team from Chennai India, who visited Atlanta to present our project:






The Saturday morning running group after a rainy run:


We were given Snuggies from Tracy's grandma, Nani, and we have grown to love them: