Teri brings home hardware

Most of you know that Teri is in Washington DC until Sunday. She's there with her Ad Team from the University of Alabama who were competing in the national finals of the annual advertising competition. This is a huge deal in Teri's discipline, as over 150 colleges and universities compete every year with the top 18 or so teams advancing from district competitions to the national finals.

This year Teri became the advisor (or "coach") of the Bama team after having done this at both Auburn University at Montgomery and Loyola University.

The good news is that the Bama team came in 2nd place in the nation (Syracuse won). This is the culmination of a tremendous amount of work on the parts of the students and Teri, and is a terrific accomplishment. This is something like her 20th year taking a team to the competion. If memory serves, over that period she's been to the national finals seven times, meaning she's won the district competition that many times.

The picture here shows the group in their finery after competing in the district competion in Baton Rouge earlier this spring. Click on it (or any picture on this blog) to get a closer look. They're a terrific bunch of kids.

Of her seven trips to the finals, her teams have placed third, second (twice now) and won it all one year. Teri would know for sure, but I seriously doubt that any other ad team coach has a record anything like that.

The team flew from BHM on early Thursday morning. Six college students stayed at our house on Wednesday, so Teri left me with a lot of housework, especially since I had to turn the house around for the Marjorie guests arriving starting today. My mother and Jen and the kids will get here today. My mom will be house kid/house/pet-sitting for us while we're away.

I couldn't be more proud of my dear wife. Congratulations Teri! You're the best! I can't wait to tell you that in person tomorrow.