Weekend in Waterloo/Cedar Falls

Last weekend I went to the Waterloo/Cedar Falls area to visit my friends Traci and Deb. As most of you know Traci used to throw at UNI and I would go watch her in the first UNI home indoor track meet each year. Even though she is no longer involved in track (and is no longer in college) I still went to the track meet to keep the tradition alive. Traci, Deb, and I all went the meet. Traci watched while Deb and I chatted. After the throwing was over we headed around the dome to find things that had changed and also see if we could spot anything with Traci in it. We were in luck-we found her name on a board for spring honor roll and also a picture of her with the rest of last years team in the trophy case. I tried to take a picture of the team picture, but it didn't work because of the flash and lighting. I did however get a picture of your name so you can all see how famous and smart she is :)

After the meet we headed back to Traci's house to decide what were were going to do and we watched some tv. I also introduced Traci to marcel the shell with shoes on and also I told my kids I ate all their Halloween candy on youtube. They did not find Marcel the shell with shoes on as funny as I do, but with time I think the will appreciate it more.

We ended up going over to Deb and Aaron's and Aaron made us some chili. We were also introduced to their pets-a bearded dragon, turtle, and 2 cats. As I am not really an animal lover I did not get close to the bearded dragon or turtle and only interacted with the cats when they came to me. There is a picture that Deb took of me with one of the cats that is on facebook where I only look slightly terrified.

On Sunday Deb, Aaron, Traci, Danielle and I all went to church and then went out to eat for some tasty Mexican food. Then I headed back to Traci's and hung out with her for a while until it was time for me to head back to Des Moines. It was a lot of fun to catch up with Traci and Deb (and Aaron) and see what they all have been up to. I only saw Deb briefly in Hampton when we were both there since her wedding so it was great to spend some time seeing what she is up to. It's also always great to catch up with Traci and see what her life is as a "real" person with a full-time teaching job.

When I got to Des Moines I headed to Courtney's house and we went to Sleepy Hallow and went snow tubing. I had never been snow tubing before this experience, but it was a lot of fun. It was a little too cold out though, so we didn't stay too long. We ended up going quite a few times down the hill though and decided it would be great to check out another time when it is a little warmer out and also with a few more people.