September ’09 Happenings
September was a busy month…what month isn’t? As always, there was a lot going on.
Above: Frank has been spending a LOT of time in Texas lately. He has been assigned there to do necessary training to become an Executive at work. He likes the fact that he is near the San Antonio Temple and gets to attend once in while...since our temple is closed here for 18 months.
Above: On the way to the temple Frank was able to stop and see "The Alamo." He loves historical sites.
Above: If you didn't already know...Frank is a HUGE baseball fan...and especially a fan of the Atlanta Braves. So, when we found out that Dale Murphy, who is LDS (Mormon), was coming back to Atlanta to do a fireside for the church, he jumped at the chance and we drove an hour up to North Atlanta to see him speak. Dale Murphy instituted "Mormon Night" at the Major League Baseball games and Frank was in attendance at the very first one they had here in ATL. One of the highlights of this night was hearing the 100+ choir of missionaries sing "Armies of Helaman." It was amazing! Of course, Dale Murphy was pretty cool too :-).
Above: We took the kids out for a Hibachi dinner in September. Except for Liz, none of them had ever experienced that and they REALLY liked it.
Above: PJ (and the family "Nerd Glasses") and Megan learning to use chopsticks.
Above: Some of the kids helped me plant a bunch of bushes and a lot of ground cover up near the driveway entrance. It was a good experience for all of us...and very tiring. I hope they will survive! (Liz and Ashley)
Above: More Planting (Liz)
Above: The BEFORE photo...I don't think I ever got the AFTER photo...I will do that soon.
Above: PJ helping out.
Above: Donovan and Ashley came up with this very clever contraption. That's PJ testing it out for them though. They had a lot of fun on it for about a week until it fell apart and no one felt like putting it back together. We had a few spills on it as well...but a lot of fun. See the video below of it in action!
Above: Mikayla in her 8th Grade Choir Concert. You can see her in the front row right behind the piano.
Above: One of PJ's new favorite things is to take self-portraits with his phone camera and send them to me. Here is just one :-).
VIDEO LINK: (click on the link below to watch!)