Last First Day of School

 We had the last first day of school today. 

Reed left at 5:45, which is exciting because he has a parking spot this year so he doesn't have to wake up until 5:30.

Kyle has late arrival, which will be nice until he gets his pig, but he left earlier this morning than he had to to have breakfast with his friends.

And Chloe had her picture taken after her last first day of school walk.

Summer Wrap Up

 With today being the last day of summer here's all the things I didn't post about. 

I celebrated my birthday on our cruise, but I had other celebrations too.  Here's one of them.

We saw Morgan Wallen in concert in June and he was amazing!

We celebrated the 4th in Galveston.

Chloe had her annual Troll picture made in Breckenridge.

Reed had to start cross country practice on Aug 1st.  

He spent exactly 12 days at home this entire summer. 

And Kyle wrapped up summer with a concert.

Jan Goes to Charleston

 I had lots of "celebrity" sightings while I was in Charleston.

I found Craig from Southern Charm's store.  (I bought a hat.)

I saw landmarks from the movie, The Notebook (Jason is acting like he has no idea what I'm talking about even though he watches it every time it's on TV.)

In the movie Allie goes to Sarah Lawernce for college, but those scenes were actually filmed at College of Charleston.  

They also told us that Outer Banks films there a lot, but I haven't seen that show to get excited over that. 

Now, not exactly a "celebrity sighting", but I did see the KD house.

And most exciting of all.  I ran into the College of Charleson ADPis.  I'd been seeing their TikToks and when I saw them in town I squealed and asked for a picture with them.  They were as excited to have a "fan" as I was to see them!

And here's the TikTok they were filming when I ran into them.

Kyle Goes to Charleston

Last week Kyle and I went up to visit the College of Charleston. 

Kyle went fishing while we were there.

And we got dressed up to eat lots of good food.

The college is in the middle of town, but you definitely don't feel like you are in a city! I thought it was super cute.

Jan Goes to Boston

 I had a fantastic time in Boston, though what I got most excited about might not be on the typical Freedom Trail tour (though I saw that too).

I went to the Cheers bar!

We chose to sit at the bar that looks like the set (obviously) and I was able to sit right next to the Norm seat. (And there he is over my shoulder).

We ate at America's oldest restaurant, Union Oyster House, and I had clam chowder at almost every meal.  I'm aware this is a giant lobster, but I didn't see a giant clam to take a picture with.

I was in love with our hotel.  Look how cute the wallpaper is.  It's American Revolutionaries and marathoners! 

Speaking of the Revolutionaries, I saw lots of them. 

We went to Boston Common and saw the spot Scott and Debbie got engaged.

Where I almost stepped on this squirrel, so I'm not sure if it was super hot, super tame, or both.

And the Babson campus made me feel right at home.  

I don't think it's a coincidence that the Reynolds Campus Center is where the snacks and restaurants are located! 

Reed Goes to Boston

 I flew up last week and met Reed in Boston so he could specifically tour Babson College.  As luck would have it, our friend Scott went there, so he flew in to meet us and tour us all over Boston.

There are 36 colleges in Boston, but we only saw 4 of them.

We started with the big one, Harvard.

We specifically walked over to the law school so I could talk about Ben Shapiro, and when I saw the lawn I couldn't help myself and had to quote Legally Blonde.

 "Hi. I'm Elle Woods and this is Bruiser Woods. and we're both Gemini vegetarians."

Next we hit up MIT. 

And yes, Reed's wearing a Harvard shirt on the MIT campus.

We did the full tour and information session at Babson.  Scott got special recognition as an alumnus and Reed loved hearing about the classes.  Scott pointed out all his old stomping grounds and told all his fun college stories. 

 Babson is home to the 2nd largest rotating globe in the world.

We also saw Boston College which made me feel like I was touring churches in Europe.  Reed was most interested in the drive from Babson to BC being along the marathon route, and BC being right past Heartbreak Hill. 

And yes, Reed is wearing a Babson shirt on the Boston College campus.

Reed Goes to New York

 Reed was home for 1 day from Colorado before he left for New York.  He went with Kenny and his family for a week and had the best time.  

They saw all the things they wanted to see in NYC.  Including a tour of Colombia. 

Then they went to Ithaca, and stayed on the lake and did all the outdoorsy things Reed loves to do.

They also toured Cornell while they were in Ithica, and since I have to relate everything to a TV show, I kept thinking of the quote from The Office when Dwight asks Andy the capital of Maine and Andy says,

 "The capital of Maine is Montpelier, Vermont, which is near Ithaca, New York where I went to Cornell."

This is the only picture I got of Cornell, but Reed really liked it.