97 Years Old and Going Strong

We gathered last night to celebrate TJ's Great Grandma's 97th birthday. I pray that if God gives me the strength and health to live 97 years that I am as alert, agile and bright as my Grandma! Amazing!

First Day of Middle School

Cookout

BFFBs gathered this past Sunday to catch up from a hectic summer. Little BFFB in training, Maya brought her plank she cracked in half at tae-kwon-doe. She and her daddy built a play bed out of it.

Somerset Challenge

Our firm's Employee Events Commmitte which I chair, planned a field day for our co-workers. Two weeks before the big day, teams were drawn, taunting began, bets were made, and teams actually gathered to train. Teams brainstormed team names such as Charlie's Angels, Tiger Blood, Joe and the Amazing, etc. Each team wore a different color t-shirt and some decorated them and carried banners throughout the day. Following opening ceremonies, events began. The events included inside and outside activities. Some were based off the show Minute-to-Win-it. Others were more sport related like corn hole, frisbee and balloon toss, 50 yard dash and mile run. Participants on each team selected an event to compete and gain points for their team. The finale included a tug a war and obstacle course. Hilarious!!!! The closing ceremony included a great catered cookout.

Indiana Travelers

Although football season is just around the corner and TJ's school team is already having daily football conditioning sessions (can not call them practices!), baseball evaluations and try-outs for the 2012 year took place this past weekend. TJ will be joining the 12U Indiana Travelers! Several of TJ's team mates from the Bandits join him on this new team as well as some soon be new friends. We are excited about the upcoming season and the plan to develop the player's abilities.

Benihanas - YUM

To celebrate Todd's birthday, we dined at Benihanas. TJ ate all of my shrimp appetizer, 1/2 my steak, most of Todd's shrimp entree and his adult steak/chicken size meal!!! He has great taste in food.

Mann Family Vacation

To celebrate the retirement of Todd's mom as well as Todd and Tyler's birthdays, the Mann family gathered for a long weekend at Bill and Diana's new lakehouse on Lake Norris in LaFollete, Tennessee. TJ was dragged behind the boat on inner-tubes with his cousins for hours upon hours, while I and various adults stayed behind to hold down the rafts floating dock side as well as keep the beverages on ice!