Boys Weekend with Stephen A.

This weekend, my brother David and my dad Stephen B. came to visit and take Stephen A. to his first Rice football game. Of course, mom and dad came along and we had a great time. Sean first showed us around the progress of 4144 Emerson project, which makes me quite proud that we had and have the guts to go through with the project. There is something about seeing the physical results of the project that is very satisfying. Now that it is November, we've been conceiving of this project and planning for about 11 months now, so it is rewarding to see the work continuing on. The Rice/SMU football game was very exciting and very well attended by Rice alumni. Rice won by a last second field goal after SMU thought that time had already expired from the previous play. Stephen was very good all through the game, although I think he may have been a little over stimulated by the noise and excitment, but he was a true champ. Sean and Dave grilled a fabulous meal of gorgeous steaks and shrimp from Central Market paired with a 2003 Katheryn Hall wine that we had saved from the Smith family trip to Napa during Christmas 2005. A perfect end to a great boys weekend (with me, as new mom attending). Today, the boys played golf and at least tried to watch the Redskins game before leaving.