Staley High School Falcons - Volleyball!

Kelsey has been given an opportunity of a lifetime to be a member of the very first varsity volleyball team for a brand-new high school. She is an outside hitter. Our very first game is Tuesday, Sept 2 at Cameron High School and our 1st home game is Wed, Sept 3. It's strange for our family to be wearing green and black...as we have been a part of Oak Park for over 30 years. The school is amazing, beautiful and first-class! We'll keep you posted on how the team does.

Woman's Day Magazine

My business partner, Judy, was so excited the other day. She told me to sit down because she had some great news for me. She got a call from a writer for Woman's Day magazine, and they asked us to be interviewed for an article they want to write on getting your home ready for Christmas! Can you believe that? We were sooooo excited! A couple of days later, she called us back and did the interview over the phone. She said it would be in the December issue...which comes out in mid-November. Wow! We really hope that it happens....trying not to get too excited until we see the actual magazine in the stores!...we'll keep you posted!

Vacation With Jenn

We had a really fun and busy vacation this year. Jenn picked us up at the Raleigh/Durham airport and we drove up to DC for two and 1/2 days. We stayed in a hotel that was pretty close to everything...so we walked and walked and walked! We really enjoyed it.

We then came back to Winston-Salem for 1 night and then loaded up again in Jenn's car (Tyler went too) and went to the top of a Mountain and rode our bikes down. The first 17 miles were really easy...actually hardly any peddling at all...but the second 17 miles were flatter and we had to work a lot harder. It was so beautiful! I'ver never seen so many pretty wooden bridges and streams. On the way home Jenn took us by Appalachian State University for Kelsey to see. It was a beautiful campus, setting up on a hill in the mountains!

The next day we went to Tyler's parent's lake house and did some water skiing. Jenn was quite impressive slaloming for us and of course Tyler and his Dad also were "professional like" skiers. Bob and I got up the first time, which was nice, because it had been about 8 or 9 years since we had skied. This was Kelsey's first time to ski...it took her a little bit, but she got up and did a great job! The Talton's are very gracious people and we had a really fun day at the lake with them.

Sunday we went to church with Jenn and Tyler and then we were supped to go to a minor-league baseball game (Greensboro Grasshoppers)...but we got messed up on the time, so we just went to a movie instead.

Monday we drove up to a really pretty spot and went hiking at "Hanging Rock" mountain. It was really pretty. I was really getting tired by this time...but we all hung in there and hiked about 7 miles or so.

Tuesday Jenn had a tour set up for Kelsey at Wake Forest Univ. There must have been about 150 kids/parents there too. That was a little overwhelming considering they get several thousand applications each year, and only a small number.

Great Memories....Great Vacation!