Christian, Aaron, Megan, Bekka & Leslie 
Pretty girls at the VMI Game
Isn't he handsome?
New Market DayThe family photo is from the New Market Picnic where the VMI Cadets reenacted the Battle of New Market. We had a picnic with Aaron and the rest of the cadets and family.
A week later the girls (Megan, Bekka and our friend Leslie)and I went down to Lexington to watch the football game and spend the weekend with Aaron. We picked up Christian Roden and went out for pizza.
SEPTEMBER 29, 2007
Well, it has been so long since I last posted and there has been so much happening! First of all the birthday kids, Megan who just turned 21 on September 20 and Aaron who turned 19 on September 22.
Jeff and I went to Oxford to celebrate the big day with Megan. We surprised her with a lovely pair of diamond earrings. After all, it's not every day that you turn 21!! I think she liked the earrings. What girl doesn't love diamonds?? Took her and roomie Elisha out for dinner and met Aunt June and Uncle Gene who came along for the birthday dinner! We took the pictures with her camera.....so if you are reading this Megan, you are in charge of birthday pictures!
We then left on Saturday morning, Sept. 22 to drive to Lexington to visit with the other birthday kid! We arrived on post around 2 p.m. and picked up Aaron. We stayed at the Natural Bridge Hotel for the night. Just wanted to get him out of Lexington for a little break. Hotel was just "okay" but the restaurant was fabulous! After Aaron took a much needed nap, we had his birthday dinner there and we all loved it. It was so nice to just relax with him and get an update on everything that has been happening at VMI. We strolled down the path to get a view of Natural Bridge, which by the way is breathtaking, and then stopped for ice cream to go with the birthday cake that I baked for him. It's hard to get him any presents since he just cannot use a thing while still in his rat year. So the cake was much appreciated. We took him back to the barracks for the night, and picked him up again in the morning to take him to church! He attends a wonderful PCA church in Lexington. Felt like we were home when we walked in and saw the Roden family! They were in Lexington with Christian celebrating Tim's 50th birthday. Christian is doing well at W&L. (Funny, that rhymes!) Lots of other cadets were there worshipping which was wonderful to see. Had lunch at a cute restaurant there....can't remember the name. But again, a great visit with Aaron. So hard to say goodbye, since we won't see him again till parent's weekend in October.
We found out yesterday that the VMI football team won their game against Robert Morris, 40 - 13! Hurray Keydets! Aaron called today and said the coach was buying pizza for the team to celebrate. This is only their 2nd win so far but what a win it was!
Megan came home over this past weekend and we had so much fun with her as usual! Spent Saturday shopping of course! This time daddy went along and bought the clothes for the little princess. She of course needs clothing for her job :) To go along with the diamond earrings?? Love you Meg!
Will try to post the latest pictures of everyone. We have an undefeated season for Nate's Crusader team. Was a VERY close game on Thursday with our team winning by 3 points. Nate did a great job of blocking for the quarterback. Final game is on Tuesday and if we win this one we will go on to play the Championship Game with Fairfield Christian. Great Job Nate!
Bekka is loving her Sociology Class at CState. She is surprised that she likes it so much since she was totally prepared to hate it! She's very busy with her classes at Veritas and CState and with her new job. She is a receptionist now at an Optometry office in Delaware. She said it is stressful but she loves it. I think she loves the freedom of having a driver's license AND having her own car! Pretty independent too.
Abby got to go shopping with Daddy too and managed to get her own little stash of clothing and jewelry on Saturday. Quite the clotheshorse! She's getting ready to start the basketball team at the YMCA. Our superstar basketball player and we are expecting great things for her again this year. This is our first year for the Y team but she has played the past three years with UPWARD which has been a great experience for all of us. The second cooking class begins next week at Veritas!! Abby has become the cook extraordinaire! I love it! She helps me so much with the cooking. With our hectic football practice schedule, eating has become last priority in our house.
