Grandson Oliver’s birthday was mid January, so we headed north to Virginia 16 January. Two days traveling up north and we stopped at Jack and Ann’s. Using this as home base, we left Maddy to travel to Annapolis where we enjoyed visiting Lauren and Cynthia and the grandkids, Oliver and Benji. Pictures below are of a breakfast out with Oliver and the family and the birthday party for Oliver at East Coast Marital Arts on Saturday. Amazing. The man running the activities was fantastic with the birthday attendees that included the parents in the activities … just amazing! We all need our young ones to experience his careful and loving discipline. Back to Jack and Ann’s after the party to take care of a sick dog … poor Maddy … but the chicken and rice food the Veterinarian recommended fixed her up and we enjoyed the NFL division championship games on Sunday then headed south to Virginia Beach where we stopped by for breakfast with good friend Bill Bowman and then visited with Karen Kennett, a college friend of Carey’s, and her children (young adults Jesse and Megin and Megan’s wife Cassie). Up early Tuesday for Florida with a “back to normal” dog. Glad to get the socks off my feet.
