I can't believe another week went by already. Scott and I spent it together as Tom was out in Salt Lake City working on the eternal project. He left Monday morning and did not get back home until 4am Saturday morning. His flight was delayed on Friday afternoon due to some storms across the US and he had a connecting, delayed flight out of Denver where the worst weather was occurring. We have had a few good storms go through MD with some small tornadoes scattered here and there across the state. No damage in our neighborhood thank goodness. And we can use the rain since everything has been drying out.
Scott was busy attending kids classes at our local Community College. He took his first morning class with our neighbor's son and good buddy Sammy. They boys were enrolled in an Engineering and Robotics class and they loved it. The whole week revolved around legos and the different kits they have for making motorized cars, etc that hook up to the computer for their instructions. Both boys are asking the kits(only several hundred dollars says Tom). Scott will have to be awful good to ask Santa for that present at Christmas! Their are actually several different kits:Lego Education, and many others that I cannot remember the names. One of Scott's classmates mother is in charge of the Howard County Lego Robotics club. Scott may have a new hobby. He has already decided he is going to be an engineer. Heaven help us! And in the afternoon, Scott was busy at a Science class entitled: Ooey, Gooey and Stinky too where they made quite a few interesting concoctions and tried some fun and fuzzy experiments. He had a blast last week. Who knew schoolwork could be so fun! And in the evenings, the two boys spent their time making Lego creations when they weren't busy playing the Wii games.
Next week he will be back to the YMCA and back to lots of physical activity(swimming primarily).
Allison has also had a busy week with Grandma and Grandpa. The neighbors took her under their wing and had her out on their boat for some rides around the lake on the tube. They also went swimming off the side of the boat which Allison found exciting since they were out in the deep water and you could dive off with no restrictions and then climb back on the boat on the little side ladder. She also managed to get invited for dinner(fried chicken, fried pickles, fried whatever!). And she had a to go plate for Gma and Gpa. So Gma and Allison repaid the neighbors in the form of a cake. Allison even managed to get them all invited to a pig roast this past weekend and Allison got to drive Gma and Gpa home on the neighbor's golf cart. Sunday was the Portside Art Fair so I will have to get an update. Allison has also been working long distance from the library on her Confirmation retreat presentation with her partner here in Baltimore. Their presentation is due this coming week, so she has had to send all of her ideas via email so her partner can turn it in. What a pain. She has a nice, understanding and experienced partner however so I think they will be alright. They are presenting a section on Love and loving God and Man, so Allison is putting together a Jeopardy game as part of their presentation. It includes famous couples in love, love songs, love quotes from the bible, and some other info she got off the internet. She did take time out to make herself a graffitti, tie dye shirt during the teen class at the library. And she has been running to get into shape for field hockey try outs in two weeks. And she has been doing a lot of reading and staying up late and getting up even later. That won't last-especially when school starts! Next week her afternoons will be filled up with her 4H Sailing class-she is looking forward to it. And next weekend is the Polish Festival in Boyne and the antique auto show and fleamarket. A plethora of activities!
And not to be undone; after Tom awoke from his 5 hour nap we loaded the van and drove down to Williamsburg to visit Busch Gardens and see Foreigner in concert there at the park. We really enjoyed the show. They have an outdoor stage and we sit on the grass enjoying Busch beer and BBQ. We were surprised how much we enjoyed that old music like-Juke Box Hero, Cold as Ice and they even have a new album to release this Sept. The new music sounds pretty good too! Tom even got a touring shirt. Williamsburg was their 3rd stop, but they are planning on going all over the country. They only have one original member of the start up band from 1977, but the replacement band was excellent, including their new lead singer. We did manage to get in a few rides at Busch Gardens also. On Sunday, we had planned to visit the water park, but since Tom could only get us a hotel in Newport News VA, I asked him to drive me down to Virginia Beach(I had never been there before). Tom has taken quite a few trips to Newport News to work at the naval base for Northrop so he was familiar with the area. Once we arrived at the Atlantic Ocean, Scott did not want to leave. So I grabbed him a boogey board and laid out our blankets and beach chairs and we caught some waves and burned our toes on the sand. It got more crowded as the day went by and it seems that the day at the beach was a better choice since it looked like a big rain storm hit the water park early that afternoon. I was just happy to get out in the waves with Scott. The beach is lined with hotels and no place for changing into your suit though! Some time we will have to stay longer in the area since there is so much to do over there-bike riding and rollerblading on the bike path along the beachfront(it reminded me of California beaches), museums, zoos, gardens, state parks(hiking and kayaking), aquariums, the naval base and tours of warships, boat tours, parasailing, deep sea fishing-a whole lot to choose from. But the water was chilly! We got back Sunday night with enough time for Tom to repack his suitcase and head out to Ann Arbor Mich Monday morning to work on a presentation. He will be there all week. So back to Scott and myself.
I was just busy working and trying to get ready to go away this past weekend(which meant cutting the grass and washing the clothes). I also sent Allison a care package complete with Mt Hebron High School tshirt and pj pants. She was excited to get her box!
So when Tom hangs around for a little while I will get him to download some photos for me.
Two more weeks for Allison and then Tom drives up to Mich to pick her up. And School is just around the corner! Yuck! Seitz Family