Catch-up time!

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Bet you thought I forgot about posting here!

Oliver and Izzy visit after dinner at our November Birthday Bash.

We have two new photo albums in the Gallery.  The first is from the family’s annual November Birthday Bash which was held at James and Gretchen’s home on Sunday, November 16th.  Thanks to Gretchen and James for hosting it, and to everyone else for their food contributions.  Grandma Jan and I thoroughly enjoyed visiting with the adults, but as you will see from the photos, the grandkids were the highlight of the event.  It was great watching them interacting and getting to know each other better.

Chace and Abby with John and Sharon at the Carrollton Invitational Cross Country Meet in September.

The second album chronicles Chace and Abby’s end of year Cross Country Awards Banquet.  I was able to attend a number of their meets this year and really enjoyed watching them and their teammates compete with teams from other schools and enjoy the camaraderie that only team sports brings.  The banquet, organized by Sharon, was the icing on the season cake for Chace, Abby, and their teammates.  Congratulations to our elder grandchildren for their great seasons.

If you missed our photos of Chace and Abby in action at  several 2014 meets, click here to view the album.

Ian is 6!!

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Happy Birthday Ian!!

Grandma Jan and I had the privilege of attending the celebration of his sixth birthday with his friends on September 27th at James and Gretchen’s Decatur home. The weather was great and the kids enjoyed being able to run and play outdoors. Ian’s guests were a nice mix of his kindergarten classmates plus neighborhood friends.

It was a great party.  Ian was a great host greeting every arrival with a big hug and cheery hello, and Gretchen and James did a masterful job of keeping the kids busy and entertained throughout the afternoon.Continue reading→

HippoHopping with the Hood Circle Trio

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This is school break week for Ian and Andrew, and Oliver does not go to school on Tuesdays, so Grandma Jan and I took the opportunity to take the trio on another outing .  We’ve been to most of the kid oriented entertainment places in the Decatur area and were casting about for something new.  The Southern Museum with its trains, Civil War history, and kid oriented activities has been on our list, but it was a bit far for the time available so we tried a new (to us) place called HippoHopp located close to REI on I-85. It looked to be a place that would consume lots of energy.Continue reading→

Gallery Updates

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We’ve actually been quite busy, although you wouldn’t know it from our (lack of) posts here!  I’m sure Jan has a plan to make me atone for my sins of omission, but while she was coming up with something I got busy and posted a few new photos to our Gallery.Continue reading→

Sarah has been busy …

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Sarah's new home is marked with purple pin; Jen's home with red pin.

Sarah’s new home is marked with a purple pin; Jen’s home with a red pin.

Since we departed from Sarasota in February Sarah has maintained a pace that makes me want a nap!

If you recall, Farah and her children moved into Sarah’s 2 bedroom apartment in February due to Farah’s job change.  Sarah and Jen took on the caretaker role for Farah’s children while she worked, keeping both Jen and Sarah busy.

In the midst of this (late April), Sarah happened upon a house in foreclosure that was located 150 feet from Jennifer and Mike’s home.  It was too good an opportunity to pass up.  At that time Sarah walked or biked 1.3 miles to visit Jen, Mike, and Christopher.  The new location meant that she could easily pop in to visit and help with the children. Better yet, Jen and Mike would be readily available to help Sarah as her needs increased.

The issues surrounding purchasing the house out of foreclosure are too numerous to recount here, but in the end her tenacity and attention to details prevailed and she closed on the house in mid-June.  She has been repairing and improving the house since, and moved in last week.Continue reading→

Julie named Community Manager of the Year

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Gables Residential plaque announcing Julie as the corporation's Community Manager of the Year

Julie was recognized as Gables Residential’s corporate Community Manager of the Year in February of 2014

This should be titled “Hiding your light under a bushel #1”, but we will let her off the hook since Julie did let me know and I neglected to post it for our readers.

Julie was named corporate Community Manager of the Year by Gables Residential in February of 2014.  This is quite an honor, as she was competing for the award with all Gables Residential’s Community Managers.

We are confident that her selection was largely influenced by her successful rollout of the Gables Emory Point property, one of two premier properties in Gables Residential’s property portfolio (the other being in Texas).Continue reading→

Hiding your light under a bushel …

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I found this in the News section at the Caplan | Cobb web site when researching it for our updated Links page.

July 25, 2014
On August 22, 2014, Caplan Cobb partner James W. Cobb will present at the Georgia Bar’s annual seminar on Contract Litigation. Mr. Cobb’s presentation topic is Recent Developments in the Law of Arbitration.

 The seminar is put on by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia.

Kudos to James!

Oliver’s Second Birthday

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Oliver prepares to blow out the candles on his birthday cupcakes. Others stand by in case he needs help 🙂

Oliver’s second birthday party was a big occasion this year serving as his birthday celebration, a “coming out” party for Everett, and Izabella’s four month celebration. Thanks to Gretchen and James for taking the time out of their busier than ever schedules to put on the celebration.Continue reading→

Innkeeper’s Gazette changes

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We have reorganized Innkeeper’s Gazette from a traditional static web site containing a blog into a blog driven web site. The goal remains the same — to present family news and photos — but the blog format should make it easier to update our readers quickly as things happen. We tried the format during our Europe trip last fall and found that the approach worked well.

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