What a wonderful day . . .

Grades are in . . .
All of the emails have been sent to my graduate students with comments on their many papers and grades are all turned in for this semester. It is all done! I am doing the "can't believe it happy dance"!

Families are gathering . . .
And - the little peanut and his parents are heading south to Colorado to spend the next 10 days with his Mom's family there. I will miss him, but will also enjoy being footloose and "fancifree" and I know he will enjoy his Colorado grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. Here he is mesmerized by "Nemo" - again!

Now on to finishing getting ready for our coming Christmas journey. We are heading to Missoula on Monday to spend some time with our families. We will then travel on to Portland to be with our "Portland Kids" - our son, Roy, his wife Allison and that other little person, Meagan. We will be back around the 1st and have plans to have another Christmas celebration then with Stan, Rainy and Weston here.

Movies are here . . .
We are giving ourselves some great movie adventures this holiday season. Here are a few we have on our "give it a try" list:
1. "The Golden Compass" - love Sam Elliott - here is an interview with him on it.
2. "The Bucket List" - with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholas - here is more about the story.
3. "Great Debaters" - with Denzel - nothing else matters - but here is a bit more about it
4. "I Am Legend" - with Will Smith - not sure, but it is on the list
5. "Charlie Wilson's War" - with Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts - what else do I need to know?

And - here is a start of a list of "don't miss" that are out on DVD.
1. "Ratatouille" - watched it last weekend with Weston and we will watch it again this weekend

So - what movies - either current screenings or DVD versions are on your "don't miss list" this season? I will let you know what we think of those we get to see. And I am going to put a list in the right column once they hit our "Don't Miss List".