Pedicures

Friday morning after Thanksgiving, while most of the world was shopping big sales, the Andros ladies were getting pediucures.

Reunion- Jump Man Jump

We had a fun gathering day in Richmond at Jump Man Jump. It was two big rooms full of excited cousins and their parents. It was a great place for the kids to play and the adults to visit...and play too. We had some fun on the obstacle course. We had pizza and browinies after. These photos are from the age 9-up cousin room.

Andros Family Reunion!

The Andros family, all 69 of us, got together for a few days over Thanksgiving weekend. The kids and I flew out for a week in Virginia. We spent the first half with Mom and Dad and then second half of the week in Richmond.

Following are some photos of the highlights.

Our sightseeing day was the best ever! Dad took us and chauffered us around town. We saw so much in just one day. We went in the Washington Monument, the Library of Congress
(for just a second), the Archives, the Natural History museum. We saw the White house and many monuments that we usually don't see on the Metro. We went to Arlington National Cememtery, which was a first for me. We had a few cousins with us, which made it even better!


We were at the Library of Congress long enough for a picture with the Capitol in the background.

After seeing the documents in the Archives.

A carful of cousins all excited about our day. This was at the beginning, they weren't nearly as enthusiastic by the end of the day!

Disappointing Loss

As the election results were counted, we were disappointed to see that Tom lost the run for judge by a narrow margin. We were ahead for part of the vote-counting, and it was reported in a few papers that it was too close to call, but he was ahead. He got a lot of congratulations from people who were embarassed to find out he really lost. He even got a letter from one of our state elected officials congratulating him on his new job.
It is truly disappointing to put your heart into something and not get it, but we are happy he has a job he loves to continue onward with.

The campaigning continues

Jetway Chevrolet donated the use of their big billboard truck for Tom's campaign.
It is a great truck because it is so visible. We got permission to park it in Yerington and we were happy about the location. Tom ordered these banners, but it was tricky getting them attached so that the truck was road-worthy. Here are some pictures of the process.

Birthday ear piercing

Alyssa turned 10, the magic age for ear piercing in our famiy. She was a bit scared by the process, but she is happy about it now.

And the injuries continue...

Tommy took a hard hit in a football game and his coach thought he had broken a rib. He was urinating blood, like a lot of it for at least 5 days. After a few doctor visits and a CAT scan, he was diagnosed with a severely bruised kidney. He can have no contact or exercise for 8 weeks, a diagnosis that is akin to death for him because if you don't have football, what else is there in life?

Then Alyssa fell yesterday in school and hurt her arm. She didn't say anything, just went and ate lunch and went back to class. Her teacher noticed she was pale and sweating, probably going into shock, and sent her to the nurse. She told the nurse about her fall and she could see it was quite swollen. We got her to the ER for X-rays and found she fractured her radius in her arm. She will be in a cast for 6-8 weeks. That also means no violin, no ballet, and no jazz for her, at least for a while. She was quite a brave little girl about the whole thing. She has been enjoying resting on the couch with her arm on a pillow watching movies.

We are hoping to avoid any more injuries and stay out of the ER for a while.