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Gliders from Marci

Posted by on Aug 23, 2015 in Brian, Family, Kendall | 0 comments

Gliders from Marci

This morning, we wrapped up Brian’s reading class over at NC State.  I think it’s been really helpful, both for Brian, and for teaching us parents how to support him.  At Grandma’s house for family dinner, Brian brought over his collection of planes, and the kids played with the cardboard airport he’d made.  Marci presented the kids with a pair of gliders, which we played with on the front lawn.  Kendall’s had beautiful pink designs, and Brian’s was Darth...

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Assembling Avengers

Posted by on Aug 22, 2015 in Brian, Family, Kendall | 0 comments

Assembling Avengers

This summer at Lowes Build and Grow, there are six Avengers-related projects in a row.  The patches are wedge-shaped and will come together to make a big circle, so Brandon has made super-sure to get Brian a spot in each session, so he doesn’t miss out (or end up with an incomplete set of patches–the horror!)  😉  Today he built a Thor and his Chariot, pretty cool!  Brian doesn’t really know much about the Avengers yet, but we think he will get into them at some point, and...

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Meet The Teacher, Fun at Red Hat

Posted by on Aug 21, 2015 in Brian, Family, Kendall | 0 comments

Meet The Teacher, Fun at Red Hat

Kendall had a splash day today, and debuted her new My Little Pony tankini.  Cute!  This morning, Brian had “meet the teacher” over at Root, where we got to see his new second grade class.  His teacher, Mrs. Steer, seems very nice, and his classroom is just overflowing with books!  It looks like they will never run out of things to read.  🙂  We picked up his Root t-shirt for the year (they’re doing just one shirt, instead of four different ones for all the school events..!)...

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Nashville Trip!

Posted by on Aug 18, 2015 in Alison, Brian, Family, Kendall | 0 comments

Nashville Trip!

For the past week, I’ve been in Nashville, attending a SANS information security training class.  The class ran for a full seven days, from 9am until 7pm each day.  We did get a lunch break and snacks in there, so it wasn’t inhumane or anything.  🙂  I don’t often travel alone, and I haven’t been away for this long before, but I think we all did pretty well with it.  I sent photos to the kids of my planes, lunches, and selfies each morning.  Brandon kept me up to date...

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Hockey Camp

Posted by on Aug 11, 2015 in Brian, Family | 0 comments

Hockey Camp

This week, Brian was back at the IcePlex for Cool Ventures camp.  It was hockey week, of course, but when the kids aren’t on the ice, they get to take it really easy and just chill out, playing video games, watching movies, and playing Legos.  This is probably the least-educational camp that Brian does, but it’s the last week before school starts, so we think it’s fine for him to have a really easy week before the summer’s over....

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