New Feature of Planet Z: Book Club Selections

Linda asks me each December for ideas for her book club. I read a lot, but my mind always goes blank when she asks for good books, so I'm keeping track on the blog. This year when she asks me, I'll be able to provide a list!

Today's recommendation:

The Condition by Jennifer Haigh. The book is about a family who falls apart right after a medical diagnosis of their daughter. I could not put this book down!

Work Work Work

We're 21 days into 2009, and not much had really gone on! Kirk went back to work after a two week vacation (nice!) and I started work again this week. Or last week, if you count the meetings and orientations and last minute stuff.

My five week Friends class (returning adult students) started last night and they were a great group! It makes all the difference in this class, since so much of it is student directed. I'm excited to have them!

Here's my sort of crazy schedule for the upcoming semester:

Tuesday (until Feb)- one night class at Friends
Monday (starting in March) one night class at Friends

Thursday mornings- Composition at the community college
Friday mornings- Comp at the community college

and my current favorite- my online composition class. I already love teaching online and hope that I can eventually teach only online for the community college and teach face to face at Friends. We'll see!

Sarah's Happy Christmas

Sarah thinks that any type of party is party for her.

She was really happy to have her own present to open, and even more thrilled with the gift.

Sarah carried her new rawhide bone around for at least 45 minutes. When we refused to let her bury it outside, she decided that stuffing it between the cushions of Jeremy's couch was an acceptable substitute.

Christmas Letter 2008

Our Christmas letter is available here for anybody who is interested! Merry Christmas!

Kevin's Graduation

On Friday, December 12, Keven graduated from the Wichita Police Academy. The ceremony was held at the Friends University chapel. The surroundings were very pretty and the ceremony was lovely. The graduation was also mentioned in the newspaper!

Kevin marches in with the other Police Academy graduates.

Caiden, Kelly, Kevin, Vanessa, Sylvia, Kirk, and Linda after the ceremony.

Thanksgiving Trip to Colorado: A Mini Photo Montage

We made it back to Colorado for Thanksgiving for the first time in a few years, thanks to Kirk's forced time off due to the backup caused by the Boeing strike and Cathy's super fabulous school schedule. It was extremely busy and lots of fun! We got to see several friends who we had not seen in ages as well, which is always a treat.

Dinner at Old C's with the Denver crew. Cathy, Kendra, Tom, Kendra's sister, baby Ethan, Leslie, and Jason.

Kirk and our nephew Caiden take a nap.

Cathy helps Sarah the Wonder Dog say hi to Caiden.

For some reason, we took a picture of the coffee that Dustin, Kirk and I drank...but no picture of Dustin. Huh.

The Breadbox's First Mishap