reeeeeed riverrrrr....(singing it like the song....moon river)

me:  "yay, we just got back from skiing......."
people:  "o cool, where'dja go!!!!"
me:  "Red River"
people:  "o"

me (thinking in my head):  whatever snow snob!!

seriously...Red River has the same snow as all the other mountains.  its fresh, cold, white and fun.  BUT i guess its not as big as other mountains and parks so SOME PEOPLE aren't as enthusiastic about it as i am.  but here's why i love it so, so, very much.

i love it because its small.
i love it because its where i learned to ski (sorta).
i love it because its where our kids learned to ski and snowboard.
i love it because it has some really cool OLD lifts and even a new one.
i love it because you can walk everywhere you need to go (not that i do, but i could).

i love it because it is the home of the Sundance Mexican restaurant for the last 37 years.

i love it because everytime we go back there is someone we know and knows us.

i love it becasue it feels like our town....even if it is for only 5 days a year.

and here's proof of all these reasons.....

Red River 2010

box cars....

today when i was driving my new ride....

i passed the UPS guy.....

i felt we had a special connection......

i am not SURE what it was......

i sure love my car......

beep beep!

College Football Road Trip!

did someone say FREE Texas A&M football tickets?  well yes, yes they did! and we said, "yes! we'll take em!"  so this Saturday we are loadin up the Tahoe and headin to College Station, Texas to see the Fightin Texas Aggies take on the Utah State Aggies!  OH, and we get to see our Texas babies!

These two.  Katie and Luke!









"But Alison, why are you a fan of Texas A&M?  you live in Oklahoma?!"  

i'm a Texas Aggie fan because the man i love, the man who has those two in the picture, Maci's daddy, is a PROUD graduate of Texas A&M University!

"But Alison, why did Kevin go to school at Texas A&M?"

Kevin went to school there because his daddy earned his doctorate from A&M.

and heck, they accepted him so he went.

here's a picture of kev's daddy.  Dr. Namon Glenn W! 
fancy name huh?

and also Maci Anne with her Mimi, Martha Anne W!
fancy name huh?  :)

so now you know our A-G-G-I-E history!  we sure hope to have another Texas A&M graduate some day.  Luke Aaron is now attending Blinn College in College Station and living with his cousin Jacob who is attending A&M now!  we look forward to the day Luke transfers schools and we get to DONATE to A&M!

so tune in and look for us on tv! 
we'll be the ones in Aggie Maroon and White!

Gig 'em Aggies!