Showing posts with label Georgia Southern. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Georgia Southern. Show all posts

Thursday, September 23, 2021

Picture of the Week - 9/23/2021

 Time to celebrate QUINN!


Quinn is our only non-fall birthday and next week kicks off birthday season for us, so the timing on this Quinn celebration couldn't happen at a better time!

Quinn has been looking at some colleges in Georgia and starting to figure out what life after high school might look like.  He's decided that (as of now) his first choice school is Georgia Southern University.  I mentioned last week that he and Bob were doing an official visit on Monday and he didn't see anything to change his mind.  And then, in what is the most perfect timing ever, the day after he got home he got his official acceptance notification letting him know that he is welcome to become a GSU Eagle on the Statesboro campus next fall.  Woot!  He's pretty excited and we are so happy for him!  We have a few other options to check out (mostly for due diligence purposes), but GSU is a great fit for Quinn and I know he would be happy there!

Here's a picture of Quinn on campus.  They weren't able to get very many pictures because it was pouring rain while they were visiting.  They did get to tour a dorm - which is much nicer than our first couple of apartments - LOL!  

Spencer's 19th birthday is Monday, but we won't really get to celebrate with him until we see him next weekend for Parent's Weekend.  And Zane turns 12 on Wednesday - more on that - including the traditional birthday collage next week.

We are up in Ohio now and looking forward to visiting with friends and family - and hoping the weather forecast clears up a bit for the OSU game Saturday evening.  It will be a whirlwind trip, but a fun break from reality and a good excuse to spend some quality time with the boys - and each other!



Thursday, September 16, 2021

Picture of the Week - 9/16/2021

 There are so many fun and cool and awesome things happening right now!  Life is good, y'all!


Let's see...  where to start...

Beck and Zane are both doing great!  They are really enjoying school (as much as tweener boys enjoy school) and football.  Zane has settled right into middle school and has found a whole new group of friends.  We are in a weird feeder pattern here where only about 40 kids go from our elementary to our middle.  Thank goodness for sports because there are some friendly football/wrestling faces in the 6th grade hall!  Both of these boys are also growth spurting something crazy.  I'm including a picture of Zane, who is about to pass me in height.  He's pretty pumped about it...

Quinn is living his best life!  He has started his college application process, knocked out another round of SAT testing, and hits the weight room regularly getting ready for wrestling season.  We also got his senior yearbook picture proofs back and he has a college visit scheduled for Monday for his first choice school.

Bob and Quinn are heading to Charleston on Saturday with a bag of goodies for Spencer and a couple of tickets to the Citadel football game.  They will get to spend Sunday with Spencer and then will head over to Statesboro on Monday morning to visit Georgia Southern.  I wish I could go, alas I'm on Zane football duty - and of course work...

Bob doesn't have to worry about work next week because tomorrow is his last day at ADP.  He's been there for 21.5 years, so this is not a small change for us!  He will likely end up doing a very similar job, but maybe on the client-side instead of the vendor side.  We shall see.  The change is long overdue and I'm excited for him!

The boys are on fall break next week, which means that next Wednesday we all get to escape for a quick trip up to Ohio.  I am so grateful that Bob's sister has agreed to take Quinn's "real" senior pictures for us!  And we got tickets to an OSU game, which will be the first game we've seen in person since I graduated.  Crazy!

Good stuff all around!  Oh yeah, and the Citadel wrestling roster is updated on the website and includes a picture of Spencer.  That makes the whole thing even more real!  He's the first D1 wrestler West Forsyth high school has ever produced.  Pretty proud about all he's accomplishing and how he's handling the whole situation.  2021-22 Wrestling Roster - The Citadel Athletics


Now if we can just get these tropical storms to take a breath and stop sending rivers of atmospheric moisture through Georgia...  
Have a great week!!