Sea Island 2013...iPhone Snippets

This was our first trip ever to Sea Island, GA. We stayed 4 days at the Beach Club within the Cloisters Resort. It was magical, all we hoped for in a beach vacation and more. The kids had so much they wanted to do and only so many days to fit it all in. Aston attended the excellent golf school at Sea Island 2 days in a row and then officially played his first 18 holes keeping his own score. He tried to do the shooting school but it got stormed out:( Stell took a cooking class and made us a million cookies...amazingly cute. The food was ok but the night Jeff and I left the kids at the Kids Club and ate at Georges for their famous personalized tasting menu was the absolute tipping point of this trip. It was here where we realized how amazing this place was for little people and big alike. Bingo was all they made it out to be...a truly awesome event. Stell passed out but Aston was SO into it. He could have stayed until midnight. We of course spent lots of hours on the beach too, shell hunting and digging rivers and lakes. On the last night we headed to the Lodge for s'mores, gymnastics on the golf course and a fantastic sunset. Time to save up for next year!

Official Black Belt

At the age of 3 Aston began Taekwondo and at the age of 5 he became one of the youngest, if not youngest, to receive his first degree black belt at Ballantyne ATA. December 15, 2012 was a big day for our little guy. It was definitely the biggest accomplishment of his life thus far. After attending over 300 classes in the past 2.5 years (2-3 classes per week) he has earned this high honor. We firmly believe he has become a better kid, friend, son, brother and student through this journey. Congratulations Bud...we are proud, proud, proud...

Class of 2026 Holiday Sing

Aston's class had THE cutest Christmas Program put on by his teachers Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Hansbrough and Mrs. Long (his music teacher). All the kids participated in a big way...Aston put his full body into it...still have no idea where he gets this extroversion from because Jeff and I sure don't possess such a gene. Sally Teden remarked he may have a career on Broadway after watching the last bits of the show...ha!