April 2019

Hello and Happy May!  

It's finally (maybe) warming up here in Indiana.  I'm so tired of cold.  I say that every year I think!  Here are a few highlights from our April.

Thomas jumped off a retaining wall/tall curb on the way back from class to his dorm one evening and broke his heel.  He had surgery and moved to a cast and now he has a boot.  He still can't put any weight on it and I'm sure he's tired of the whole ordeal.  Hopefully with Physical Therapy he'll be able to put some weight on it soon.  Poor kid!

We celebrated my friend April's birthday with a girls movie night at the house.  Mini cupcakes were the perfect treat.

Bailey and Remy are doing well.  Here's proof that they get along OK.  (They love their personalized blankets, Aunt Shelly)

Out doing errands with Mom.

Brennan is heading to Prom this weekend!  I'm so proud of him for stepping outside his comfort zone.  He is going with his friend Dee who recently moved out of town.  She is coming back and they are going with a large group of friends.  I'm sure they'll have a ton of fun!  Here he is being fitted for a tux jacket.

We had a lot of fun at the Towsleys for Easter lunch.  We took the dogs and it was a perfect spring day.  We had our annual Easter egg hunt for the "kids" (who are now graduated from college, in college, or high school juniors!) and the kids hid adult beverages for us to find.

And I got to spend time with one of my favorite people in the world, Renee!  We met up in Charleston before she and Mike moved to Japan.  We had a ball.  We stayed at a sweet Air B-n-B near Folly Beach and we saw all the sites and ate the most delicious food.  I think Charleston has the best restaurants anywhere in the U.S.

At the Citadel

Waterfront Park

 Sweetgrass baskets in City Market

Downtown

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Folly Beach.  It was not cold, just overcast for a few minutes that evening.

Angel Oak tree - so pretty!

And finally, Charleston Tea Plantation - the only one in America!  I learned so much about the production of tea.  A beautiful place with a sweet Visitors Center and trolley tour of the plantation grounds.

David also made a quick trip to Mississippi to see family, but he made it back in time for Easter this year. A great month, and now we're into May!  Prom, last days of school for both boys, new jobs for the boys, and a fun trip for me.  Looking forward to the summertime!

October 2014

Continuing catching up on the blog. 

Here are photos from last October. 

We certainly enjoyed Fall Break together, traveling through the South!

 Our Savannah/Charleston Fall Break trip included a stop in Chattanooga to see the Chattanooga Choo-Choo.  David and I spent a night here on our honeymoon, on the way back from the mountains on Christmas Eve!  It was fun to show the boys.

And I was so excited to get to spend the night in Atlanta and catch up with the Browns!  It had been 9 years and we hadn't gotten a chance to meet David yet!  I wish we lived closer!

 

Laurie and me

 

 

Kate and David

 

 

David surprised me by suggesting we take a detour and go through Athens.  I was thrilled because I had not been back since 1993!  We toured the campus on a beautiful morning.

I took and taught many classes here in grad school.  

 

 

Had to see the stadium of course!

And my old apartment was looking pretty great.

Awesome memories across from campus too

 

I loved visiting Athens!

 

And then we arrived in Savannah for a couple of days.  I felt like my southern card would be revoked if I didn't make it to Savannah once in my lifetime.  It was beautiful and I'm glad we took a tour of the city.  Great food too!

 

 

 

 

Life is like a box of chocolates...

 

 

 

On our way to Tybee Island we made a stop at Ft. Jackson. Because I live with a bunch of boys.  It was actually one of the best fort tours I've ever been on.  The historical reenactment was really well done. 

We enjoyed some beautiful days in the ocean on Tybee

and at Hilton Head.  I loved Hilton Head.  I would return there for a week in a heartbeat.

And then it was on to Charleston where we got to be tourists instead of popping in and out for work.  We toured a number of historical sites, museums, and took a long morning walk downtown, viewing some of the most beautiful buildings right on the water.

 

 

And then we stopped at Biltmore on the way home.  Again, a place David and I visited on our honeymoon when it was all decked out for Christmas.  It was great to take the boys.  The grounds were stunning, even in October.

 

 

For the last 3 years we were lucky enough to have a 2 week fall break. 

While David returned to work, the boys and I headed to Mississippi to visit family.

We stayed with Nina and Carey in Canton and enjoyed their wonderful hospitality.

 

Here we're doing math by the pond, of course.

 

 

 

We got to see Danielle, Natalie, and Aunt Shelly while we were there too!

 

 

And David texted me this picture to let me know he and Bailey were getting along just fine without us for a few days.  I love this picture :)

 

 

 

David and I were Captain America and Hermione Grainger for our wine club's costume party at Mike and Mary's farmhouse.

 

 

 

Bailey was a Tootsie Roll for Halloween!  He looks thrilled, right?

And the boys were Garth and Wayne from Wayne's World.  Party on!  For the 11th year we trick-or-treated with the Borowskis, enjoying Leslee's yummy dinner, and visiting their family-packed neighborhood.  Will we trick-or-treat this year?  I don't know.  It might be at an end with two teens in the house.