Sue and I took Stephen and Kevin to a preview of the High Museum's Leonardo da Vinci display today. It was very cool! To see the drawings of da Vinci with my own eyes was great! The boys enjoyed the statues they had on display, too, but I enjoyed seeing how da Vinci used lines to get the body proportions right and the fine detail he put even in his sketches. I encourage you to go see the display while it's in Atlanta!

Busy time at the Holly's

We're running in all sorts of directions now that it's October! Sue is training more at Sorenson and working more assignments, Jacob and Megan are doing all the high school things they can, Stephen and Kevin keep us hopping with birthday partys and soccer, and I keep doing things with scouts as well as work. It's an interesting time, so I decided to take the night off and sit in front of a fire in the firepit on the driveway :-) Very relaxing...

Good visit with Michael

My brother flew in to town for a meeting so we picked him up at the airport and took him to dinner! It was great to see him and hear about all their adventures out in OR. We dropped him off at his hotel and told him to have fun at his meeting tomorrow...

Good time in FL

We had a good Fall Breal this week.  After being with us for two weeks Mom Emery was ready to get back to the peace and quiet of Penney Farms, so we took her home, spent the day with her, and then spent a few days with my parents.  It was great to get some face-to-face time with them - we talked, I went to TOPS with Mom, we grilled, we went on the lake and to the beach, helped around the property, and goofed off, too.  We had a nice dinner with Mark and Mary and Marcela at Chili's last night.  I hated to leave this morning but our day-to-day lives need us back in Georgia. 

I feel like we've been running really hard the past couple of weeks - it was good to play some this week, but now it's "back to reality" time.  Fun, fun! 

Good visit with Mom Emery

We had as good a time as possible with Mom Emery at our house and in Arkansas the past couple of weeks.  We took her back to Penney Farms this weekend.  It was hard to leave her, but she was happy to be back in her quiet world agan: :-) 

Happy Birthday, Michael!

My brother celebrates another milestone along the path of life today.  I hope he and his family have a good celebration out there in Oregon...

Good first show

It was fun going to the high school football game tonight.   The boys, Mom Emery, and I all piled in the van to go see the first game where the band put on their halftime show.  The show was great!  The kids have a big sound with 120 in the band, and they played and marched very well.  The game was fun, too - we left when our team was up 30-0 - woohoo!