Milligan Homecoming

This past weekend Sarah and I went to Milligan for our first Homecoming since we were students. It was our first time seeing the new Fine Arts center, which is very impressive. It is very large, great darkroom facilities, dressing rooms, a prop making room, green room, etc. We saw Alice Anthony and chatted some, then toured the campus to check out new stuff and changes we hadn't seen (dining room layout, communications building with new Macs in lab, Sub 7 changes, etc.) and try to see more professors. We also bought a new gray Milligan hoodie at the bookstore and saw Jon Toler. We hung out with Heather and Jess Friday evening, and ate at Fuddruckers (we also ate at Cheddar's for lunch. I suggested both places, and told Sarah it was "eat where she wants weekend.") We stayed in the Holiday Inn, which was our first time staying in a hotel with both kids. We brought two pack and plays and had Isaiah sleep in one in the bathroom, that way when Lily woke up in the middle of the night crying it wouldn't wake him up.

The next morning we went to the Fine Arts center for a faculty alumni reunion, and got to see Mrs. Shields, Dr. Knowles, and the Magness' (Magni). Everyone loved Isaiah and Lily. Mrs. Shields thought Lily looked very smart and was going to be "a good one." We hung out with Heather some more, then went to the mall to eat and kill time before the class of 2003 reunion at 2:30. The mall at Johnson City is alot better now, lots of new stores, including Dicks. We bought the kids some clothes at Sears, then went to the reunion. It was great catching up with old friends. I saw Jason, John, Fudge, Jen, Heather, Tony, and lots of others. Then I caught up with Sarah and the kids outside by the kids blow up games. I took Isaiah on a blow up obstacle course with a wall climb and a fast slide, and then we talked with Kristin Colson, who is doing art therapy. After we hit the road we stopped in Wytheville and ate, then went to Old Navy and took advantage of amazing sales. We got a Halloween costume for Lily for $5 , tons of other clothes cheap for the kids, and I got shirts for $2 each! We got home exhausted, but happy we went. It was neat to see a place from the past (like when we were dating) in the present (married over 6 years and with 2 kids). I look forward to going again sometime.