Innkeeper's Gazette
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Happy Mother's Day to all of our family's mothers - Janet, Sharon, Gretchen and Julie!
Our family's next generations are blessed with kind, stable and successful young people. This only happened because of the love and support you provided. The sacrifices you made in order that your children can live in a stable, nurturing environment have made a huge difference in their -- and our -- lives.
We are thankful for your efforts and are so proud of all of you and your children.
Our love to all!
Abby has had a monster week.
It started on Saturday, November 11th, with the Miss Parkview Pageant in Lilburn where she was the first runner-up. Her cheering gallery included Mom & Dad, Chace, Julie, Izzy, Gramma Jan and Bill.
Abby, Izzy and proud Dad John
Second up was the Parkview High School Cross Country Awards Banquet on Tuesday night, November 14th. She received a number of awards including her third varsity cross country letter (count does not include her track letters), the scholar athlete award, and a Coaches Award from Coach Richard King. The latter was very special to Abby, as it was totally unexpected and is a good commentary on Abby's improvement over the four years she ran for Coach King.
Abby with Coach Richard King
Abby with John and Sharon
Third was hearing from the University of Georgia on Friday, November 17th that she has been accepted into their Class of 2022 through their "Early Action" process. Abby was nervous about her application given the competitiveness of being accepted at UGA these days. She had a few fallback schools, but really wanted to join brother Chace at UGA. Her efforts and prayers were answered.
Congratulations Abby!! We all are proud of you!!
Click here to see more photos of Abby's week.
Bill, Gramma Jan, Barbara & Fred Bradshaw, Claudia Gimson, Julie and Izzy headed for Chomp and Stomp in Cabbagetown on November 5th to sample Dan’s chili and cheer for him to win the chili cooking competition.
Dan, Izzy and Julie at Chomp and Stomp
Izzy thought Dada’s chili was the best!
Chomp & Stomp is a Chili Cook-off and Bluegrass Festival that benefits Cabbagetown parks and community center. This year over 70 individual chili teams entered the competition, and Dan’s was one of the 70.
The day was gorgeous and the venue — a short walk from Julie and Dan’s Grant Park home — was absolutely packed with spectators. We sampled lots of chili from lots of different vendors (verdict: it was all delicious!), visited with Dan and his team for a short time and then headed back to Julie’s to hang out and put Izzy down for a nap. John and Sharon dropped by on their way into Chomp & Stomp so we also had a nice visit with them.
We have not heard if Dan won a prize for his chili. He should have.
John, Abby, Chace, and Sharon at the Baccalaureate Service
Chace begins his last week as a student at Parkview High School this week. I’ll let that sink in for a moment. Chace is graduating. How can this be? He is only six! We wish.
Our congratulations go to Chace, John, and Sharon. You all have made it happen and we are proud of you.
The past several weeks have been an enjoyable whirlwind of activities leading up to Chace’s graduation this Thursday, May 21st. I won’t try and recap the activities here, but refer you to the “Chace’s Graduation Activities” photo album in the gallery. Click here to view the album.
Incidentally, May 21st is also GrandMa Cobb’s birthday. It would have been her 96th. I am confident she is beaming with pride over the prospects of one of her great-grandchildren again making that day special.
John, Abby, Chace, and Sharon at the Parkview Track Senior Recognition event in Lilburn.
Chace has officially adopted a “short timer’s” attitude. I asked what he was looking forward to this spring, and his answer was “getting out of high school”! We’ve been there Chace and can commiserate with you. Mom Sharon is doing her best to motivate him to stay on top of his remaining studies.
Parkview’s Track Senior Class of 2015 was recognized on April 3rd at the Parkview Stadium. It was nice to see the coaches and team recognize the Seniors for their contributions over their track careers at Parkview. A few photos are in the Gallery; click here to view them.
After the ceremony, we adjourned to their favorite local Mexican restaurant to continue the celebration and send off John, Sharon, Chace, and Abby to their vacation cruise (they left home at 3:30AM the next morning).