Sunday, October 16, 2016

Liam is 7!

Geoff is still gone, and I have about 5 minutes of free time, so I thought I'd post about Liam's birthday!

He turned 7 on Sept. 13.  I still can't fathom that.  7 years old.  Time is too speedy for me!  On his special day, he wore his brand new Joe Flacco jersey (which was the gift waiting for him at breakfast) and a "Birthday Boy" button.  He took small bouncy balls to hand out to his classmates, since his teacher said no edible treats.  That night, we celebrated by letting him plan dinner (Chick-Fil-A food) and having rainbow cake.


A couple of weeks later, we celebrated with friends at Chuck E. Cheese.  Don't worry, we bought boneless wings without wing sauce for our pizza-phobic guy!  We played games, ate and sang and watched Liam in the ticket blaster...so fun!


 Liam's party had a super hero theme--this cutout came with a cape and glasses.

 All my guys loved the driving games.

Addie, one of our good pals from Jerusalem, helped us party.


 Chuck E. stopped by to say hi.

 The Baltz girls, the Potter girls, and Lany and Trent Nichols were our guests.

 Liam got some great gifts.

 Liam got a bunch more tickets in the ticket blaster.

And Sammy had a ball, thinking he was a big as all the rest of the gang.

Saturday, October 8, 2016

SO FAR BEHIND--back in VA fun

I don't need to tell you that going back to work has interfered with my blogging. That's okay. I am enjoying work, so I don't mind it too much. I am going to skip over the beach with the Glenns and our time in Jacksonville (since those pics are on Geoff's phone) and go to the end of our home leave after moving back in.

 We visited Cox Farms (the farm nearest us) to get some of the fresh produce 
we missed a lot in Israel, corn on the cob and tender green beans.



 I taught Liam to snap the beans on the porch...the only decent place to do that job!

 Sammy and I registered Liam for 1st grade!


 We enjoyed our neighborhood with walks,

 playing on our hill,

 eating popsicles on the stoop,

 and playing on our playground.

We visited the library.
THERE ARE SO MANY BOOKS IN ENGLISH!!

 We swam with friends (the Nichols' kids).

 We enjoyed our woods (but not the mosquitos).


 We reunited with Jerusalem friends (the Potters), also in the DC area now.

 And we took one last swim before school began.
It was a great, great summer!