Austin

Austin is getting ready for school.

He has his new glasses!

And his new haircut.

(Refer to the picture below in the last post to see the drastic change in Austin's appearance!)

Jason's Graduation

Jason graduated from Harford Community College's Nursing School August 22, 2011. It was a nice ceremony and a relief to finally have it done!

Jason is one of the tall guys standing in the back row.

Can you see him walking on the far right side of the photo?

He is standing, waiting for them to call his name, on the left side of the picture.

Our family after his graduation. We are SO proud of him!!

My sudden trip to Colorado

Almost a month ago my niece Laila passed away very unexpectedly. After talking to my brothers and sister I bought a ticket and flew out to Colorado Springs to be with my brother and my sweet sister-in-law. It was a terrible visit, it was a wonderful visit. It was very trying and also very beautiful. I hope I never have to do anything like it again. I have been amazed by Mike and Adrianne and their strength. They are incredible.

As I was leaving, I ran around like a crazy person and took a picture with each of my family that was there. First is my nephew Noah!

Adrianne

Mom (terrible picture of both of us!!)

Nephew Isaac

Nephew Eli ( I think this is the happiest looking picture I have with him!!)

Nephew Nic

Dad

Nephew Will

Mike

Laura (married to Andy)

Mom and Mandy

newest nephew Nathan

Andy

Why my mom was making a weird face

Ryan has a speech impediment. You can't really notice it unless you look at his mouth while he is talking. He forms many of the sounds incorrectly. In this video I was trying to show that he makes a "Sh" sound with his mouth open. Make the sound, I bet your teeth are together...not Ryan's...
So when I was with my family last week I was trying to show them how he makes the sounds, they made fun of me because I was making crazy faces!