Mr. and Mrs. Jon Barry

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3

It's been a very busy week:

1. Yulia's fall party Friday. Must say, I was excellent Head Room Mother. It's because I'm so artsy-craftsy, you know. Didn't even have to call Cuestas for ideas this year.
2. Jon's wedding Sunday.
3. Disney World on Thursday.
4. But, nothing can compare to the opening of HSM 3. Of course, we had to buy the CD ahead of time so we'd "know all the songs." Of course, when I tried to sing along, I was shhhhhed.

Yulia was up at 6:15 this morning, dressed and ready to go. I asked her why she was up so early because the movie wasn't until 11:00. "Mom, I have to get dressed and do my hair. And, we need to take my picture(with and without sunshades). And, I'm taking my brush in my purse in case my hair gets messy during the movie."

Wow, she must have been disappointed when I walked out of the bathroom with my hair up in a pony tail, no makeup and my Longhorn Happy Halloween shirt.

BARRY BASEMENT UPDATE

Something's wrong with my blog site and all this garbledy-goop comes up when I download pictures and I can't type anywhere but right here, underneath the pictures. Oh well. I'm in a hurry. It has something to do with the Edit Html I think.




With quite a large number of Barry/Burnette family members coming for Thanksgiving, we've had to put finishing of the basement on the fast track. Justin, our old neighbor, is in the middle in the picture. He's done most of the work, although Paul Barry has hit a few nails of his own(that's not just thumbnails, although there have been a few of those!) The extra rooms and bath will come in handy for Turkey Day.


The St. Louis Rams have only won 2 games this season and the second was against the Dallas Cowboys. And, yes, we were there. Lovely. We had been told about 25% of the crowd would be Cowboy fans. It was more like 65-70%. There were Tony Romo jerseys everywhere, but it didn't help us any. Oh well, at least we have the TEXAS LONGHORNS TO CHEER FOR. HOOK 'EM!!!!!!!!

FABULOUS FRIDAY STUDENT

So, I'm leaving Wally World Friday and there is a message on my cell phone, "Hello, Mrs. Barry. This is the vice-principal at Peine Ridge Elementary and I have Yulia in the office." My heart drops. What has she done?

Well, we were excited to learn that Yulia was selected by her peers to be the Fabulous Friday Student for the whole school!!!

"Yulia was nominated for Fabulous Friday because of her outstanding good sportsmanship she shows in P.E. Her peers say she is friendly and always willing to help. We are so glad to have Yulia in our classroom."

FALL FOILAGE

Realize we haven't posted in a long time. Haven't taken many pictures lately, so I stepped onto the back deck. We're hearing this is going to be a great month for fall foilage.

Barry news:

1. TEXAS LONGHORNS #1!!!!!!! Paul and I got a baby sitter yesterday(Saturday) and went to join the St. Louis Texas Exes in watching the LONGHORNS DEMOLISH ou SUX at a local sports bar!!! It was so awesome. It was also great to be in a sea of orange once again. It was very comforting. They even had the UT fight song that was played after each score. Very exciting!
2. We're enjoying watching the Dallas Cowboys as well. They'll play the lowly St. Louis Rams this coming Sunday and we have tickets. Look for Paul in his Tony Romo jersey.
3. Paul has been busy trying to get the basement finished. They're currently putting on sheetrock so it won't be long before we're finished. We're kinda on a rush here because we're hosting Thanksgiving here in St. Louey this year.
4. Yulia continues to do well, especially socially. She has made several new friends who live in the neighborhood. We are in the process of finding her a math tutor that can work with her a couple of days a week.
5. Karen is contemplating a job change. Probably still with RehabCare. Will keep you posted.
6. My big Sis has a birthday tomorrow, October 13. The Burnette's are celebrating in Celina today. Makes me sad that I'm not there;(, But, I'll get to see her when we're in Texas for Jon's wedding.
7. Yes, Jon is getting married October 25th. Very exciting.
8. Of course, that's also the weekend that High School Musical:3 opens. Very, very exciting.
9. And, we're traveling to Disney World in late October for Yulia's spring break. Very, very, very exciting. I think we're more excited that her. She's afraid we're going to make her ride roller coasters. She has no idea what fun she's in for.