Monkeys and Transformers and Flash OH MY!

Halloween went off without a hitch....or too many tricks. Dale was Optimus Prime from the Transformer movie, Reid was Flash and Macy was a Princess then Monkey Princess and a Princess again.

We began the candy fest at the day care where Macy and Reid went and trick or treated each classroom and got candy and goodies, then came home and I attempted to feed them food that was not in a candy wrapper....marginal results but better than nothing then at 6:30 we took off to beat the streets. Dale and Reid were speedy treaters and Macy well she and I took our time, to see the decorations, look at pumpkins and whatever else caught her eye and were MUCH slower...but she got her fill of candy. Then we made it back home and handed out to treaters at our house. You can say what you want about my OVER-decorations but I had 5 people stop and take pictures of their kids infront of my house's decorations....that is a compliment to me.

Reid, Dale and Macy were the best treat givers...they had the most fun.

Thursday Grandma and Bepaw were coming to get the kids and first thing in the morning Reid packed himself and Dale. This is VERY common for him to do but this time he actually got more than just toys and blankets....just missed pj's and socks and underwear....pretty good I say. So we fixed that issue and packed up Macy and then at 2:00 Grandma and Bepaw arrived to hugs and kisses and they were eager to go to Kerrville. They picked Dale up from school and hit the road to KIDTOPIA.... feeding the ducks, Bepaws pond, Hot dogs, the charged doonbuggy, trampoline and swinging....heaven for a kid. They came back for Dales football game on Saturday b/c Dale said I need to go...it is for the TEAM! They won 24-6....go Longhorns. They came home to stay on Sunday afternoon....tired and worn out...were Grandma and Bepaw....and the kids were wiped out as well.

Duke and I left to Philadelphia on Thursday night and Troy , Dukes brother who is in his 2nd year at Wharton Business School picked us up from the airport and almost took us to Delaware...Troy is not the driver of the family....this information will return later oh well we had no schedule to adhere too....We stayed in the B&B right across the street from Troy and Carolyns brownstone. It was very nice, and the Breakfasts were great. We had a very quick trip but saw and did tons. I had a tasty cake....a philly icon twinkie style treat, Dunkin Donuts...another northern icon treat, and whoopie pies...more later on that. We visited the Penn and Wharton campus and met Coach...who is actually was an old coach for Penn and he was on campus drumming up people to come to the Penn game ...he was a Hoot...he has a megaphone and a giant mobile Penn Helmet and was hollering " How you doin?" you then respond "VERY WELL" and he retorts "Didn't we?"...""How you doin?" "Very well!" "Didn't we?" again and again and again. If you have a clue as to the meaning fill me in. The campus was beautiful....historic and very cool looking. From there we went and had Pats Cheese steaks another Philly must do....we had a little detour on the way but it was worth the extra effort b/c they were great. It was very much like the Seinfeld episode with the soup...if you ask for something different or take too long....NO SOUP FOR YOU!...well you have to be prepared wiz...wit, wiz wit out, steak wit, steak wit out...preparedness is the key, otherwise you might mess up the flow of the workers that is like a well run machine. We then went and ran the Rocky Steps and saw some amazing Philly countryside. Then returned to Troy and Carolyns and played Blokus....Duke favorite new game, and then went and ate in the City. Saturday we headed out to Amish country and saw them plowing the fields, shopping in town with cart and horse...and beards the whole nine yards. Side point I really feel that the Amish have gutter minds or maybe just whoever named the towns.....Intercourse, Paradise, Blue Ball, and we ate whoopie pies...side bar really yummy but gutterish none the less or maybe it is just me....and Duke, and Troy and Carolyn? Finally we ate some wet bottom shoe fly pie which has nothing to do with a gutter mind but that is just an awful name for a food...it was good but hard to get past the name. And we did see an Amish girl getting in a horse drawn cart with Van's on?...skater Amish must be a new breed.....hmmmm. To finish the day we watched the Texas Oklahoma game and we all donned rally hats...ie Winstons dog toys....and played blokus a game I personally brought to a whole other level of awful, to make UT win and it worked...yea I was very relieved we all know the Duke UT final game standing thing...win he is happy, lose and he is UNBEARABLE and it was an awesome comeback.

The visit was great we loved seeing Troy and Carolyn and their place is awesome....small but very well though out and has so much personality. Duke and I were in culture shock, walking everywhere, for everything, Cars are definitely the minority and only used when necessary since parking is always an issue, and if you have a car it is a small....gas efficient or hybrid car, it is so great they are so close to downtown and can and do walk to everything. We knew we were in Texas again when we saw an F350, diesel, lifted, with ranchhand bumpers on the front and rear, complete with a real longhorn skull and horns attached to the front bumper and a set of truck nutz hanging in the back....ONLY IN TEXAS.

So we are continuing with the state of busy here. This weekend we had a fall festival at the kids day care complete with game booths, silent auction, foods, petting zoo, pony rides, and prizes galore. The kids just loved it all....we have no pictures but trust me it was a good time for all. I think the highlight for Macy was the pony ride, Dale sank a teacher at the dunk tank on the first throw, and Reid riding to and from the carnival in Daddy's Jeep.

Macy and Reid having fun

Dale also had a football game immediately after the carnival and although they did not win...they played HARD...I had to miss the game and help at the festival but Duke said Dale is so entertaining to watch....dodging the other players and spinning and cutting... Dale had a great time and said afterwards "it is just a game....and we had fun," Duke said the other team was all bigger kids....as big as our biggest players if not larger....score was 18-6....at least we scored right.

My little man with his team

There he goes!

We then attended a Halloween Party at our neighbors house Saturday night.....much fun was had by all...good times and even better pictures were taken but will refrain from posting as to not tarnish any future political careers....hehehe you know who you are

Spidey, Princess, and Optimus Prime ...Reid wanted to save The flash for Halloween Night

Sunday we did the neighborhood pumpkin carving and we made a little monster, a goofy face an old school pumpkin.... the best tool had to be my battery operated pumpkin saw I got at Michaels for 8 bucks.....so fast and easy it made carving 3 pumpkins pretty easy.

Monday we went to the Dr. and got flu shots for the little crew....Dale and Macy took them like champs and Reid was last and cried..."Why did she hurt me?" The notion that it keeps you from getting sick is lost on the young child. And I really think that the shot is compromised when you have to go to the pediatrician to get it....where all the sick kids are....so my three healthy kids go play with the toys some kid just coughed all over with his undiagnosed strep.....hhhmmmm do I sound jaded maybe b/c Macy came down with a very speedy case of diarrhea tonight....the uncontainable, total surprise kind....she came to me with her brand new elmo undies and said...."I got Elmo yucky mommy." I put her on the potty and bathed the boys and told her I would clean her alone since she had diarrhea...for the rest of the night it was her in song no less..."I have diarrhea.....nope not time for diarrhea now....b/c I have diarrhea....oohh too late I have diarrhea....nothing more heartwarming than a convo about poo.

Now to add more insult to injury when changing them for baths Macy has a huge red lump from the flu shot. I gave her Benedryl all night hoping for the best and woke up the same today....it looks like someone slapped her little leg but it is HOT and hard. I call the pediatrician and she says could be a reaction, or infection from the shot itself or even the needle....we would like to see her. So 30 mins later we see the Dr and yes it is in fact an infection looks like from the shot or needle....need meds. Clendymician....which is a YUCKY tasting concoction even with flavoring from the pharmacist, and it will most likely give her diarrhea.....yea more songs to come soon I am sure. And to top it off.....my parents will have the kids this weekend so Duke and I can go visit Troy and Carolyn so I feel bad that I will have to burden Grandma and Bepaw with Nasty medicine 3 times a day and funky poo.....now that sounds like fun in a bottle!!!

Busy times in the Daniel house

So this week has been action packed for the Daniel clan. Duke turned 37, Dale had his first football game, Reid; Macy and I went to the pumpkin patch....this included with the regular work, practices, ballet, and such has kept us hopping.

So Duke.....is 37, but feels older some days and younger others but is crazy busy all days. He has been given control of another subdivision, in another side of the city....which is only 15 miles away, but it takes much longer given San Antonio traffic. Plus he is maintaining all that he had too.....ok we have laughed at the thought of a 40 hr work week......sure ...monday-wedensday....given that 12-14 hour days are pretty regular for us....which might very well be a goal to strive for in the next few weeks until he figures out a schedule of some sort....either that or he can try to expense a helicopter...or better yet a clone.....I JUST BETTER NEVER GET THE "B- TEAM" DUKE if that were to ever come to pass.... He had his birthday on Friday, and the kids and I got him gifts. Dale decided he needed the Fantastic 4 movie, Reid picked out a digital 20 questions game, I surprised him with a Longhorn hyde, and Macy, sweet Macy, she picked out a "pretty chickie, for Daddy," which was a black crow with red beady eyes from the Halloween section at Target....and she insisted he needed it and that he would love it.....if he loves it as much as her then it will be very well loved. We also baked him a heart shaped brownie and gave him cards....Dale actually picked a card that said DUKE on it with a GI Joe guy, Reids was a huge spongebob card and a pop up card he made at school that has a saw that pops out of a box? a little random yes, but he KNEW daddy would like it b/c he uses a saw sometimes, and Macy gave him a giant Hello Kitty card....it was a close call between Hello Kitty and a Your the best 3 yr old princess ever card....kid picked gifts are the BEST.

The gifts

The cards

Reid Macy and I went to Love Creek Orchards in Medina on Friday with his pre-school class. They did a hay ride, made scarecrows, played in a huge hay maze, made a craft with apples, cloves, and cinnamon....smells great, also groomed horses, sang songs, heard special stories, and enjoyed a petting zoo....Macy like the horse and petting zoo the very best and Reid liked taking pictures with my camera and playing with Max....his little buddy at school. Very fun times.

Macy loving holding the chickieReid only holding the chickie b/c Macy just did it and he is bigger than her and thinks he should not be scared.Macy and her Baby punkin....it came home with usApple craftThe very well groomed ponyThe donkey she lovedHay mazeMacy pulled as many stickers off the pumpkins and stuck them all over me and her.Our not so scary crow

Dale had his first football game today, we have a pretty good team kids 6-10, and some talented kids, the throws, catches, runs, and kicks were impressive and he was a big playmaker! He grabbed more flags than I could count, and scored 2 touchdowns, one was called back b/c it was a "no run zone".....I dunno his coach was perplexed as well, but he ran so great, screaming down the sidelines.....with all these bigger kids just chasing him and grabbing wind....it was really neat and he was on cloud 9. Little man can cut and spin like crazy and he is smaller so, it is hard for them to grab his flags. He said the other day....we might actually win a game this year, we lost all the games last year....and he was right they won...20-12 a great day to be a Longhorn..both big and small. Here is his teams website.... Longhorns-StoneOak

Dales Touchdown Run

I also promised some better pics of Macy doing her ballet and I got a few this week, it is hard to get them and not totally distract her...but she really likes it and loves wearing her BALLET...yep not ballet clothes...just I want to wear my ballet.

HHHHMMMM????

So Duke went offroading again this weekend and this picture was snapped of him. He said he wished that someone got the picture of 3 seconds later when he endo'd stood on the rear tires, but apparently everone including Duke thought he was going to roll over and was running for cover. Thankfully that was not the case.

A'cause I wanted to

"A'cause I wanted too"......where does being 2 and that mentality get you...?

For us it was the ENT on Tuesday Night after Macy stuck a sticker up her nose. Ok let me set the situation...headed home from day care with a sticker on each hand as a reward for a great day at school...FYI....these are highly coveted items.....we pull in the drive way and Macy anounces:

"mommy, I stuck a sticker up my nose."

"WHAT"

"I stuck a sticker up my nose."

"WHY" ( really who cares why but I asked none the less)

"A'cause"

"Macy because is not a reason...." (again not the brightest response)

"A'cause I wanted to"

"ok Blow it out......blow hard...." she blows and blows and no sticker

I called the ENT, "bring her in" they say, we go, and sure enough upon examination there is the sticker.....1/4" round sticker in the very back of the nasal cavity. Apparently she really got it up in there good. ( we aim for greatness in this family) We restrain Macy and he goes to work first with some thing to open the nose....then in goes a thin tweeser thing....up too far ...he sprays a saline solution that has a numbing product in it and tries again and no good...she is SCREAMING and squirming, then on one of the final attempts she inhales it down her throat and into her tummy we assume. He got a scope and made sure it was not lodged in the nasal cavity or in her throat and called it a done operation. We paid and departed and got a sucker and passed on the stickers.

She said "its gone, he got it out, I didn't eat it. I didn't, I didn't eat it, I put it in my nose."

So all is well and I think before she puts anything up her nose she MIGHT think twice. We were out front later yesterday evening and I informed the neighbors of our adventures. Lisa said to Macy when she walked up...."Macy did you have to go to the Dr today....Did you put something up your nose"....she said "YEA"....in a pitch that said yea did that happen to you too? as if she was reading her mind....

So here is Macy showing me where the sticker went.

I am a worse than WALMART

I feel like a super market chain.....no it's not the fact that I have more non-essential food in my pantry than most daycares. I have my Halloween decorations up and it is not even October 1....you might say well October starts tomorrow....but NO I had them up last week, and forced myself to wait on the inflatables until today. I know it is pitiful....not the decorations the eagerness....I am a SUCKER for fall because once begun it only gets better. Halloween, then Turkey day, and Christmas, it is like a non stop decorating frenzy! My neighbors all give me grief over the blowups and I swear if I could find one for each month I would! Duke is groaning because he knows it is so true!

A week ago Reid, Macy and I all went to Big Top Kids around the corner to play. It was fun they had these "little tikes" motorcycles that Reid would not get off, good thing they had several. Little biker pulled wheelies all over the place. They loved the little rollercoaster and wore it out pretty good, but my favorite memory has to be of them in the moon bounce. Macy was struggling to climb up a part and Reid jumped down and pushed, and pushed her until she made it up and then climbed up and smiled for me. ALL UN-COACHED. Macy really has the best big brothers they doat on her all the time.

Macy is in Twirl & Tap at the her childcare center.....sooo cute. The pictures are awful b/c I did not want her to see me, so I was sneaking around in classrooms and such and a few times she saw me and I think she was pondering "Was that Mommy?" Also all my shots had her little freinds in them and were uncropable and showing pics of them is a no no. So here is the one I got...will do better next time. She really does well and follows directions and shakes her tail feather on demand....my prima ballarina

Dale is in flag football. He wanted to play tackle but I talked him into flag again this year. Good thing, he is again, the youngest and smallest on his team, BUT definatly not lacking for skill. He can catch and throw really well, and hangs with the others if not outdoing them. His team is the Longhorns, a fact he is very proud of. He came home last week with a picture from school of a hand drawn kid in a helmet and the number 10 on the shirt and below it he wrote. "I want to be a futball plaer" Duke asked his who is number 10....."VINCE YOUNG DAD", "thats my boy" was dads reply...We were practicing this afternoon and Reid was playing with us and Macy brought out her baby and purse and put the baby nite nite on the lawn, on a blanket. Girls and boys are POLAR OPPOSITES....I will snap a few shots of Dale in action this week at practice.

We also enjoyed some milk shakes for afternoon snack and had to show off our milk-staches.

Jeep Jamboree and Botique Shopping

The FACE OFF...who will win....the Jeep b/c the Hummer is a chicken!
The White Group
Dukes Muse
Wheeling and Shopping.....

Funny how such extremes can make a family mesh. This weekend Duke left with the boys on Thursday at 1:00 to go meet up with the Jeep Jamboree outside Llano, and get all registered. They broke up into 6 color groups because there were 150+ jeepers there, and went to tackle the rocks very near Enchanted Rock. Huge granite rocks.....just waiting for carnage. They wheeled on all day Friday, and Saturday. Duke was very proud of his Jeep, he got to use his winch.....with an "I" not an "E", I was shopping.....and it maneuvered very well and in his opinion was one of the best there. (I have to agree his was pretty good looking.) They helped a group who flipped over, and a few other breaks....on day 1. Day 2 more wheeling and Duke got a boo boo diagnosed by Macy....to his rear bumper a dent...however it is a part that is on a list to be replaced so if your gonna break something, it was the item to break.....100% cosmetic. We opted to stay at a hotel in Llano but there was a huge camp dedicated to the Jamboree complete with catered breakfast lunch and dinner each day. Next year I think we will rent and RV and camp...anyhow, the hotel was "under renovation"....which should just say the pool is broke...because that is what it always is. So the boys were a little bummed that they could not swim but Daddy rescued the day on Saturday and let them play and swim in the Llano river, Dale apparently is adept in catching fish bare-handed and taught others. All in all ....all the boys had a great time and can't wait for next year.

HMMMM...that looks not so safe???
"see you do it like this" The fish catching demo

Macy and I headed out on Friday morning and went to the Fredricksburg trade days and got Duke his birthday gift, some really cute one-of outfits for Macy, she also picked out a purse made from oil cloth, and bought a YUMMY funnel cake and lemonade. They had some really cute things there, will have to return again soon. Then we headed to Main Street and shopped some more buying toys for the boys, some cute fabric for my diaper cloth burp rags I make for friends, some Jewelry for Macy, and a few other small things. Then Macy picked dinner which was guacamole...so we went to Mamacitas and she had a huge bowl of guacamole, she ate grac tacos, guac and chips, guac off the fork and fingers....good stuff. All full of the green stuff we drove to Llano to meet up with the boys and give them their goodies.

Saturday then boys left early and we slept until 9, then foraged for food.....Llano is lacking on the food I must say we ended up shopping first to find out where to eat and were told The Hunger Hunter had pancakes, OK so we finished the 4 stores that were in Llano and came out with 2 cute shirts both for Macy and went to find the Hungry Hunter.....no pancakes apparently shopping took long enough that breakfast was over so we got fries and chicken fried steak .....pretty good but have had better....none the less it was food, clean, and hot. So then we drove all over Llano to see the sights...there were none, played at the local "Park" that was kinda laughable, our play set outback would put it to shame but they did have an old school merry-go-round so we played on that and did some swinging. By now it was around 1:30 and I was hoping Macy would fall asleep and nap in the car. Duke and I decided to check out a day early since they finished up at 6:30 Saturday night, and with nothing to occupy the kids we might as well go home....sooo Macy and I had no "home" to go to so we drove and drove.....potty break and drove....ended up at the campsite around 3:00 and with out a nap and just hung out with a couple locals and fellow Jeepers who did not wheel. Daddy came back and we ate and played, listened to the UT game via radio and then hit the road around 7 pm and hauled it home. Much to my surprise the boys stayed awake all the way home, and we walked in the door and bathed and went to bed.....putting a very full/fun weekend behind us. I have no pictures of my fun obviously because Duke had the camera....next time.

HOOK EM'....now that she's learned it she is SOO proud of it.....and so is Daddy.

Hey let me see your grill

We better call the jewerly store and have them make Dale a grill.....because he is grill-less. So Tuesday night Duke pulled the other front tooth.... I have to say I love his gummy grin.





So the first week of school is winding to a close and all is a success thus far. All except for my house.....wow looks like a train wreck. Being busy and away all day, then coming home and dumping has taken its toll....so looks like tomorrow will be a FUN FILLED day of straightening up. But the routine is good for us, after our week in Hawaii we lost all regiment and then that next week was the last week of summer and all routine was out the window. So I am glad to I get back to the gym, Duke got back to his running routine, and the kids are back to bed early. Hopefully this weekend we can do a little labor around the house to the yard and such....hope your labor day holiday is labor less.

Day One....One Tooth....

So day 1 of first grade was good. He got the most punches on his card....5 of them only 5 more and he can buy an eraser or pencil, or eat lunch with the teacher....which is what he wants to do. Yea I see politics in his future...have a sit down with the person who calls the shots...smart boy. He said they sit all day at the desks and there were no centers to play at, but that it was fun. His best little Buddy has a different recess time so he was a little bummed about that but they do get to see each other at lunch and there are other boys in his class he knows and likes so it is ok.

Tonight at 8:20 we are headed to bed and decide to have Duke pull on one of the front teeth that is SOOOO LOOSE. Now you all know Duke he has HUGE hands and fills the rumor that he has huge gloves too....ha ha got cha...any how yea huge hands that I love b/c they are so reassuring and comforting to me but to pull teeth from a 6 yr old mouth....yea Dale talks like he has a mouth the size of Canada but I promise you it is normal sized....so I find the pulling, a feat in itself...so POP out comes the tooth on the first pull, and lots of blood but stopped it with lots of ice chips and off to bed for the fairy to come....he just lost a tooth on Friday night, and the tooth fairy paid out 5 bucks so I can only assume that will be the case again, and I told Dale that I think that 5 bucks a tooth is tops for the fairy....he said "yea probably but 10 would be COOL!" So now he looks so goofy, yet cute with one center tooth on top and one on bottom, and the other top tooth is days away from being gone....my Dale the toothless wonder.

That is one toothless happy kid

Check out that G A P... you could sail a boat through that space!

So I was a total goof in that I failed to give props to my brother and sister in law for keeping the kids while we went to the Texas 4000 tribute. They really had a blast. The went swimming, and got to sleep in a fort, and watch movies, and go bowling out front.....sounds like a blast to me. Scott and Tanya claimed that the kids were good and that they had a good time too....hope that is true so they earn the Awesome Aunt and Uncle Award as well.....and Brad well he is good too.....but lets say brothers tell no tales, and I know what you did last Saturday.....he he he, so Jonelle can be an Awesome Aunt but your title is in question.....just kidding my kids are really blessed to have such great, giving, loving people in their lives.

Reid and Macy did great at school today. Reid got to be the line leader b/c he was the quietest.....which is the biggest deal to little kids, and he also got to carry the walke talke on the way to and from the main building. He asked his morning if he gets to go on a field trip today....since that is a big perk for the kinder readiness class....I said not today but soon. he went in like a champ and started playing.

All ready for school....sans backpacks b/c they were too heavy to carry....filled with supplies



Macy did great as well. She did ask if she could go eat breakfast with Kathy and Becky but when I said no, she was ok with it and took off to put the classroom babies nite nite. No tears all day and took a nap and was happy to see me this afternoon but could have hung out a while longer and been fine too, so that to me is a huge plus.....here's to a great school year!

A Brand new year!

Today is the first day of school.....Dale was very excited and a little nervous. He said the only thing he was at all worried about was making a new friend. I know he will make tons of new friends, and I think he is a little scared that he will lose his friendship with his best little buddy, who is no longer in his class, but who lives in our neighborhood so I am sure that it will continue to flourish.



Reid & Macy start their new classes tomorrow. Reid will be in the BIG KID Treehouse building that has a gym attached. I know he will love it, but I am certain there will be a couple of tears and clinging to my leg, and hiding behind me this first week for him.



Macy .....well she too will learn to love her class. I think it might be hardest for her, she will be leaving the loving, comfortable environment of Kathy and Becky. She was so well loved in their hands, I had zero trepidation dropping her off, and her new teacher has had Dale and Reid in the past and has even had Macy too and is wonderful and great as well, but I highly doubt that she will get the same specialized treatment of strawberry milk, falling asleep in Kathy's lap...... in her new class.



So to jump trains Duke and I went to Austin and met up with Troy and Carolyn, The Joe's (Carolyn's parents), and Magnus ( what a great name!) and Stephanie, Magnus's wife (Troys college buddy) for the Texas 4000 for Cancer Tribute. It is a group of UT college kids that bicycle from Austin TX to Anchorage Alaska. A 4500 mile trip, which each rider will ride at least 4000 miles. Each rider must raise and donate $4000, to ride, and daily the riders gather up and dedicate their day of riding to a person effected by cancer. Their goals are to touch people through Charity, Knowledge and Hope. They stop at hospitals on the way to visit with local residents, give out knowledge of how to protect your self and loved ones through information from the American Cancer Society and MD Anderson. And finally to give hope for beating cancer, just as a cancer patient and family must fight all odds to beat their disease, they ride across the nation beating the elements as the elements beat on them proving that the unthinkable is attainable....not easy but can be done. Carolyn has created and donated paintings the last 2 years for auction, Troy has been a big supporter of this group and has had a hand in helping it evolve from a small, self funded, volunteer group to now a corporate funded, staffed, supported machine that is so touching and inspiring. Also, it is great to know that your entire donation go to cancer research, since Sense Corp generously funds the group this is possible. Duke and I were very inspired, and proud of Troy and Carolyn and their involvement in this group. I you want to know more check out the website http://www.blogger.com/www.texas4000.org Also on another note last month, the Texas legislature passed the companion legislation, HJR 90, which assures a public vote on November 6 and offers Texans an opportunity to approve $3 billion in general obligation bonds that would provide $300 million a year for cancer research in Texas, I think it is something we all need to vote for, Cancer costs Texans approximately $30 billion a year in direct and indirect costs. This year alone, more than 85,000 Texans will be diagnosed with cancer, and nearly 35,000 Texans will lose their lives to the disease. I personally know too many people directly affected by cancer....and I am sure you do too.

Troy and Carolyn and Duke and I at the dinner

Ok I digress and wish you all a great school year and much love!