University of Richmond Reunion

In early June Griffin and I headed down to Richmond, Va for my class reunion at the University of Richmond. We haven't been in the US so far for any college or high school reunions so since we were here, I really wanted to go. Steve ended up having to travel for work to Ethiopia, but I went anyway. We stayed with my friend Erin and her family, and had a really nice time with her family (including a trip to their neighborhood "Big Swimming Pool! as Griffin passionately called it), plus some other wonderful friends I hadn't seen in a long time, as well as exploring the campus. It's really quite an amazing place, and I'm still very proud to be a Spider! When we got home at the end of the weekend, I put a very tired Griffin to bed, but as usual, he laid there and babbled for a bit before he fell asleep. I would hear a lot of blah blah blah and then every now and then he'd exclaim, "Lucy's house!" Erin's daughter is named Lucy and at age 6, I think Griffin may have fallen in love.....

Autumn, Erin and myself

Myself and Erin, with the former Dean of Westhampton College (part of the University of Richmond), Patricia Harwood. What an amazing lady!!!

The kids of myself, Autumn and Erin! Molly, Olivia, Lucy, Max and Griffin.

Max, Lucy and Griffin

My favorite photo! We always made fun of Erin for ALWAYS taking pictures but she made beautiful scrapbooks of them and we had so much fun going through them over some wine, later one evening. Her  daughter Lucy snuck out of bed and wanted to join, so I showed her Erin all dressed up, with her Grandpa (Erin's dad) for our Junior Ring Dance, a great Richmond tradition! (and to note, there were certain photos I quickly skipped over....for when Lucy is much, much older- haha!)

A U of R football player helping Griffin toss a football into the target hole. We always think he'll be a pitcher for the Red Sox, but who knows, a quarterback instead? He does have a hell of an arm!

At Erin's neighborhood pool....

 These two photos are at our house, after the weekend. The Whealton Family graciously gave us a scooter that the kids had outgrown. Griffin, while barely able to ride it yet, just thinks its the cat's pajamas and always wants to ride it!