Living in Georgia

How can the little boy that made me a mom be turning 12 this year??? The last one before the teenage years kick in. He makes me so proud of the young man he is becoming.  We had a lot of little celebrations for him, since his birthday fell around some lacrosse games and close to our school's fall break. But he was very happy to get this Hobbit book with gorgeous illustrations from Nana and Granddad.  Then it was off to a Mexican dinner with a birthday surprise after a game!  Ethan loves to play with Mr. Jason and those two have a very special bond.  Then a little karaoke fun from Dad.  The kids all sat and watched in awe but Kimberly really got into it.  Then present time from Mom and Dad.  What is it???  A cool hand board.  Then we hosted his lacrosse buddies and all their families for a BBQ dinner - and sleepover for the boys.  I am so thankful that Jack has found such good friends and even more thankful that the

 Over the summer Jack tried out for and made the Junior Swarm Box Lacrosse team. They had one tournament at the end of August up in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Since I had been to Toronto several years ago for a business trip I opted to stay home with the little ones and let Jason take Jack alone. After a summer of dragging them all over the place for Jack's field lacrosse tournaments we didn't think it fair to take them again (plus school was already in session). Anyway, here are the photos Jason took of the tournament and their free time. The top one is in the locker room getting ready.    Watching the other game before theirs started.  Jack has the orange helmut.  Look at all the padding the goalies wear!?!  After the first day they took some time to check out the area.  Jack having fun being Jack.  Then back at it the next day.  After meeting the two best teams of the tournament on the first day (l