Steve headed to Dubai for a trade show.  It served to be an interesting experience to setup a show where some of the people setting up the booth spoke Thai and some spoke Hindy but couldn't find one person who spoke both!  He got  to do some sight seeing there too and more pics up on his FB.

Jessi & I went to Phoenix to spend some time with Dad after his surgery.   We had a nice visit together and Jessi was a big help in getting things in the condo setup so he could reach what he needed over the next few months while he was supposed to recover.   We went to the pool everyday and Jessi noted, "if this is a swimming pool, how come I'm the only one who is swimming!" :)  

Our friends the Tarlowe's came over to watch the OSU vs Michigan game.  They both played pretty poorly but at least we got to watch with friends!

For a birthday present for Jessi, Aunt Michele got Jessi and I voice lessons together with a great voice teacher.  We learned a lot of neat stuff about how to sing the correct way!  Jessi's going to continue the lessons and it will be a great compliment to her theatre classes.

That brings us to Thanksgiving which we had our non-traditional Annual Luper Thanksgiving Open House.   This year we rented out the Blakely Hall party house up the hill in the highlands for the brunch and it was great to have so much space for everyone to relax, hang out and enjoy the day.   We had about 50ish people join us for the brunch and about 20 for dinner.  The weather was amazingly beautiful for Thanksgiving in Seattle and the kids even got to play in the park.  It was a fun filled day of family, friends, fun and food!  We were very thankful to have such a nice celebration.

Thanksgiving weekend included the Seattle Kids Marathon which Jessi had run 25 miles with her school prior to that day and a crew of about 40 students from her school and their families finished the  last 1.2 miles together with thousands of others.