Jeff at the Duke Camp

Here are a few pictures Jeff's coach took of him during the Duke camp last month.

 Jeff's the one taking the shot here

and here

FYI, Jeff's on the right side here (the short one)

Time is flying!

I can't believe it's July 1st already!  UGH, where has this year gone!?  Well, an update on our festivities:

1) Jeff has been at the Duke University Lacrosse Camp since Tuesday and returns this evening.  He's had a blast and calls me with updates at least once a day.  I think we may make this a yearly thing, they really do get great positive encouragement and learn so much.

2) I started my new job 3 weeks ago.  It's going better now since I know some of the processes.  We are supposed to close at 2pm today and are closed Monday and Tuesday next week for the holiday.

3) Robby and the family arrive this afternoon.  We plan to take the little ones to the pool this evening and then we'll all head to the lake tomorrow.  I can't wait for their visit!

4) Since Grandma moved out, we've made the spare room the boy's (and dad's!) "Male Cave"...can't be a "Man Cave" since, thankfully, the boys aren't MEN....yet.  We have their computer, 2 XBox360's, and now a couch in there.  We painted the walls and put up reproduction vintage signs.  It's coming together and looking pretty cool.  Next is the closet.  We're going to remove the doors and convert it into the beverage center with a mini frig, etc.  Should be done soon and I'll take some pictures.

5) Papa Phil is coming to visit July 17th-21st.  It will be his first visit to GA so we're excited about that.  Hopefully Phil and I will be able to take off at least one day to take him to the lake.

Think that's pretty much it for now!  I hope everyone has a safe a happy 4th of July!

Love to all!
H

What a fantastic mini-vacation!

Thanks to Mom and Dad for allowing us the use of their timeshare for a very special trip to Myrtle Beach!  We're already planning our week-long trip there next year! WOOHOO

 

Some great pics!

Happy 13th birthday Jeff!

What a weekend!

The boys and I had so much fun this weekend!  We left home around noon on Friday and headed up to Lake Hartwell with Christine and James for the weekend.  Her parents have a house on the lake and the view was just beautiful.  We hung out, took a short walk, and had just a few :-) glasses of wine Friday night along with a delicious lasagna dinner.  Saturday we headed to Greenville around 10:30am to watch Greensboro College vs. Birmingham Southern - D3 lacrosse (but of course).  Greensboro won 15-6.  Before the game, Kyle Hughes, F middie #30, came and chatted with us for a bit.  Christine works with his dad.  He gave the boys some great suggestions and Christine and I some insight into college ball and what to do if your son wants to be recruited.

After the game, Coach Cetrone chatted with us as well.  Gave the boys the best recommendation ever...I asked, if there is ONE THING the boys should be doing right now, what would it be?  His response - USE BOTH HANDS!  It was very nice of coach to take time out to talk to us and then we were invited to the tailgating party.  Nice group of players/parents for sure.

After the game we went to Henry's Smokehouse for some real BBQ...wasn't what we hoped but it filled our hungry bellies for sure!

Oh yea, forgot about the trip to Greenville...we stopped just over the border in SC and got some fireworks :-)....needless to say, when we got back from our trip that evening the boys were more than ready to test them out.  The wind didn't cooperate much so we weren't able to do all of them but G-Pa (Christine's father) helped them test out a few.

The next day Barbara (Christine's mom) made quiche, etc. for breakfast and awesome sloppy joe's for lunch.  Between meals the boys went kayaking with G-Pa.  Here are some pics of the weekend.  SO FUN!