Mary, the star performer of the family, got to show off her bad side in two different lead roles at the local community theater, playing a manipulative crook in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and an evil Greek muse in Xanadu. She was really fun to watch (and got some nice reviews in the newspaper) and we enjoyed having our familes come down for the shows. As if that wasn’t enough, she wrote, directed, filmed, and edited a musical skit for the church youth group, and continues to sing with Mastersingers. I’m trying to prepare myself for the day when I wake up to find that she has run off to Broadway.
As for me, I’m almost done with Nephrology fellowship and I found out that I’ll be staying put in San Antonio for 3 more years after I graduate next summer. As part of my training, I had to go to a demanding medical conference that involved a seven day stay on the Las Vegas strip and a night out to see Donnie and Marie with my mom. I started playing in a basketball league again, trying to regain some of that high school glory, and I also biked in in two 100K rides and raced in two duathlons. As proof that I’m getting old and boring, I started a vegetable garden and I actually like to talk about my plants in social settings.
Abby is a happy second-grader and is doing great in school (and already writing love notes about boys L). She tried out for the kids troupe at the community theater and got the role of the Mollie in Annie Jr. She made an adorable orphan to say the least. Besides theater, she played soccer this year and and is going to try basketball this winter – I’ll be the coach, so I’m going to make sure she is the star.
Olivia started daily pre-K and is having fun being a schoolgirl and riding the bus. She can play for hours on end by herself with travel-size lotions and soaps as the characters, and also likes to shimmy up door frames in her spare time. She played soccer this year, and we may put her disturbing flexibility to use in gymnastics next year.
Gavin is a great little two year old, with a huge smile and a sweet personality. We love having a little boy, even more so now that he has lately started to cut down on his habit of hurling bowls and plates full of food across the kitchen. Unfortunately, he now just throws the remote control instead whenever one his frequent demands to watch cartoons is ignored, but it’s a lot easier to clean up than mashed potatoes, and he makes up for his outbursts by saying “I wuv you.”
Well, that’s it - thanks for reading to the end. We hope life finds you well and wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Love,
Ben, Mary, Abigail, Olivia, and Gavin Morrow
Love,
Ben, Mary, Abigail, Olivia, and Gavin Morrow
