November

 Just because she's cute ...

 We celebrated Bubba's birthday (and the birth of their new cousin Zander!)

Ben helped to honor veterans at an all-school assembly by presenting color guard. "Yours truly" organized a coffee before the assembly for the Veteran's and their families (gotta love the PTO - haha). I must admit I was a little grumpy about the job (I had to buy coffee, treats and load 5,000 balloons into my car) not to mention that my co-chair bailed on me … BUT … it turned out to be a fantastic afternoon. The Veteran's were so sweet, gracious and proud — some of them were even in their uniforms. Most of them were grandparents (or great-grandparents) of the students. It really made me wish that our grandparents could have been there! They would have loved it!

 Nora's dream came true and she got to bake cookies with her new BFF Liz.

Ben built an awesome model of his school in the workshop with Grandad. They did such a good job that I decided to email the principal to let her know about his work. The model is now on display in a case at school, he got to talk about his work on the school announcements (on TV) and he felt pretty proud of his accomplishment. …Pinewood Derby Race here we come!!!