Parties...

So the last few days have been filled with parties. Tuesday night we went to a going away party for our friend Amanda. She is heading back to Kenya to run Camp Blue Sky. It was great to spend the evening with our friends and celebrate Amanda. We look forward to seeing you when you return this winter...till then we look forward to keeping up with you through your blog! We love you!

The next day was Tax Day! (Since Andy sells tax software he had our taxes done at the beginning of tax season. So no late night dash to the post office for us.) A couple of weeks earlier I had found out that there would be a Tax Day Tea Party held in Rome. So I packed AG up in the Baby Bjorn and headed downtown to give him his first lesson in history and civics. There was a decent turn out considering how cold and overcast it was. There were a lot of children there and I enjoyed watching parents teaching their school age children first hand about our history, life, and our rights as Americans. As one of my favorite characters, Anne Shirley, would say, "All of life's lessons are not learned in school. Life teaches them everywhere." How true. Afterwards, we headed to the Dwarf House to eat lunch with Andy and tell him about our adventure. 

Tonight we are headed to campus to hear Tony Dungy speak at The Cage. Should be great...apparently the event is sold out. Hard to believe this week is almost over. This weekend Andy has to coach and I am hoping to get some yard work done. I finally think we are in the clear and I can plant my plants. (Berry had a huge plant sale a couple of weeks ago and I haven't planted anything because the weather has been all over the place. Fortunately, everything survived the hail storm this past weekend.) Here are some pictures from our adventures:

AG with our sweet friend, Amanda.

Emma content and fast asleep.

AG showing his "TEA'd Off" face at the Tea Party here in Rome.

Tea Party near the river downtown.

The teacher within me loves to see children learning hands on.