Long Overdue - Part 1

Been meaning to post some of this stuff for a long time... here are some pictures from before this summer and beyond.

Austin and his brothers before the 5th grade awards presentation.

Austin, Mom, and Dad

Austin and his buddy, Brett

5th Grade Clap Out

Austin and some of his friends.

Austin and Mr. Hinote (also AJ's teacher this year.)

The boys at Mount Vernon

On the banks of the Potomac River

Mount Vernon, again

The Capitol Building

The boys, on the other side of the Capitol Fountain, with the Lincoln Memorial in the background.

The boys, inscribing names on the Vietnam Memorial

At Duke.

Krzyzewskiville, with Cameron Indoor Stadium in the background.

They were having local high school graduations inside, so this was taken quickly after we sneaked into Cameron.

Nate loses a tooth... (bottom- his left side)

steak

I did the steak in the cast iron skillet last night and it was SPECtacular!

Morning Drop-off Convo

In the mornings when I take AJ & Nathan to school, I also pick up Adam and Gianna (AJ's friend and his little sister).  Here's the conversation this morning:

Me: So Gianna, what did you do this weekend?

Gianna:  Nothing.  I went to my Grandma's yesterday.

Me: OH FUN!

Gianna: NO!  She's mean!  She's got a wooden spoon and she says it has our name on it!  She never takes us anywhere and she's not fun.  Once she took us to the mall and said we could pick something out and she would buy it for us... so we picked something, then she told us to put it back!

Nathan (in a small voice): when WE go to Grandma's, we bake cookies.

YAYYYY!!! One down, one to go!

Hanging By A Thread...

First Day 2014-2015

Nate's New Hat

Dentist Day!

Last of the Random Summer Pics

These are the last few pictures I took on my weekend home for Grandma's birthday.

Back to school haircuts

Soooo.... Archery

Glasses!

swimming