News and Current Events

On Tuesday Kendall participated in her annual school Christmas concert where she plays the viola.    

Missy was married to Michael in September.  The ceremony was held outside and the weather was beautiful.

Frank flew up to New York for the day to watch early U.S. Open tournament match play.

We spent the first week of July in Florida with Anna’s family. We spent the most week at beach, riding wave runners and spending time with family.

Aaron and Kendall spent a week at Camp Highlands in the north Georgia mountains where they enjoyed spending time with friends, making new friends, water skiing and rock climbing…among many other activities.

Aaron celebrated his 10th birthday with his friends at a local laser tag facility.  The kids (and some adults) wore themselves out playing laser tag in the dark and then enjoyed cake and ice cream. 

Anna and I took a long weekend to explore St. Louis; a city neither of us had visited before. While there we visited the Botanical Gardens, the home of Ulysses S. Grant, the Cathedral Basilica, the St. Louis Arch, the Budweiser brewery, an Aircraft Museum (where Frank also flew in a WWII torpedo bomber)and downtown.We also ate at several great restaurants our fav being Cunetto’s House of Pasta.

While in Charleston, S.C., Aaron’s scout den was asked to raise the flags at Fort Sumter one morning.

The entire family went with Aaron’s Boy Scout pack to Patriots Point to stay on the U.S.S. Yorktown for a few days.  Aaron & Frank stayed in enlisted men’s quarters which featured bunks stacked 5 high so space was very tight.  Anna & Kendall stayed in [the more comfortable] junior officer’s quarters.  We were able to see sections of the ship generally inaccessible to the general public and had access to the ship around the clock.  Meals were also served in one of the many areas sailors ate when at sea while the large aircraft carrier was in service.More information about the facility and attractions can be found here.

Kendall attended the three day Georgia Science and Engineering Fair at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia last weekend.  She had a great time visiting the university and participating in the fair.  She finished in the third place group.