First day of School 2016

First day of school...seventh and eighth grade.

Bus pick-up 6:47 a.m. Drop off at 3:00 p.m. (except Wednesday's 2:30 p.m. - early dismissal.)

Team Building and Ropes Course

The boys spent the day at the Butler County Community College Grizzly Adventure Course with their soccer team.

Here's Adam.

The next three are Zach.

Rush Fest 2017

Zach and his team were able to attend Rush Fest, an annual event in Colorado for U12 age boys and girls' Rush teams from across the country. They get to play other Rush teams and receive training from other Rush coaches. Adam's team went last year.

A few photos from Colorado. Scott took the boys to the Air Force Academy and they were able to take a tour from one of Scott's classmates.

Here is the team at the Academy soccer fields.

At the chapel.

Their tour guide.

Training from another Rush coach, Fabrice, from Georgia.

Part of the fun is staying in the hotel. The boys stay in the rooms by themselves, with the chaperones on the same floor. 

Random Washington DC Photos

At the KCI airport.

Mr. Biggs!

Sicily and Tanner!

Some game the boys played outside. Kinda like horseshoes I think?

Arlington Cemetery

The last time I was at Arlington Cemetery was August 2003, 8 months pregnant and with a one-year old.  The one thing that didn't change was that it was blazing hot!

This time, we toured the Women's Memorial which honors servicewomen.

Watching the Changing of the Guard.

Here's the history behind the Changing of the Guard.

Memorial Amphitheater.

I definitely got my 10,000 steps in today. Rows and rows...

We then had a picnic dinner at a park near the Reagan National Airport where we could watch the planes take off and land (every 30 seconds - we counted).  Cool...and loud.