Soup for breakfast, lunch and dinner

If this was written by either of my parents, the "soup" of the title would likely be actual, edible soup. (They go on a cabbage soup diet every January that both amazes and frightens me.) But, in this house, the Soup we have had... is our out-of-town friend who makes his Charlotte pilgrimage every MLK weekend. (He does have a real name... but due to the nature of his work, he doesn't want personal info posted on the Web. Oooohhhh... doesn't that sound mysterious? He does have a cool job -- so cool that his job title even declares him to be "Special.")


In addition to having the skills for this cool and special job, he also has some serious networking skills, singlehandedly keeping all of the alumni from our college connected with his personal visits and sharing of information from one house to another. So, while he was here, he made the most of his time by visiting 6 other friends as well. We were pleased to have him stop by here frequently, though, for meals (including some edible soup), games and other fun. The kids had a great time with "Uncle Soup!"

Some of the pics from our weekend:

Playing outside even when it was wet...

Enjoying a cozy fire in the evening, while watching football playoffs, of course...

Learning some martial arts or something, while watching football playoffs, of course...

And, playing Settlers of Catan, while watching the football playoffs, of course...

The only bummer of the weekend was the fact that the Dallas Cowboys lost -- the football playoffs, of course. Two sad Cowboys fans...