John and I headed up to Va. Beach on Friday to finish up the move in and do some cleaning from Irene. We got alot done, doors cleaned of sand and seeds, windows cleaned, lawn mowed and sprayed...good work! Jill and Dave came up early Sunday from Duck where they had been helping Dave's folks clean up the beach house for the last three days. Irene was not nice to Duck, but there was no structural damage to the Baird house, only sand and a very littered beach full of wood from docks, everything imaginable. They had gotten a lot of the food prep done while down there! Time for the last minute touches they haven't had time to finish....
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Dave has a green thumb we didn't know about!
 | John working on water stain on fence.
Last of the dusting!
 Ah, Dave's wonderful smoked beef tenderloin!
Watermelon boat - yum!
The Bairds and boys arrived from the beach
with great pictures of Dave's path to today!
Party Time!!
Renewing friendships...
These are old playgroup friends
when the kids were little years ago.
Denny and Joy Baird, proud parents,
with Admiral Keating.
 Last picture of the Lt. Commander.The Ceremony Admiral Keating gave a brief speech about this "significant
young man and significant young woman"... while Jill and Colin looked on.  then Colin changed the first board... and Ryan the second... and Jill presented his new "cover"...
Dave reaffirming his oath of office... and the Admiral congratulated Commander David Baird! Dave gave a wonderful talk about his mentors....The Celebration!
 The kids hit the pool! Everyone else filled their plates
with wonderful pulled pork,
smoked beef and all the trimmings! Dave changed and celebrated with Admiral Keating
and his wife, Wanda Lee! It was a wonderful afternoon and great time of stories! After everyone left we got a good look at the "scrambled eggs" on the cover. and the boys inherited the Lt. Commander covers. and Grandma got to wear the old boards.Very proud families tonight! Congratulations Commander! Well earned!!! |
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Nice deep plugs!
Then time to seed.
Then time to stretch tired muscles with a walk through the garden...
The Beauty Berry was spectacular this year! Best ever!
Boy, we did get a rainstorm this morning....great puddles for splashing! Ryan and Grandma both had a wonderful time playing in the water! Jill, Jean and John dropped Ryan off at school and then looked for a kitchen table....went to quite a number of places but found something different at Haverty's and she bought it. Very functional for Japan! No picture though. We stopped for lunch at Five Guys - our first time there. They are popping up all over around here and the burgers were delicious--and the fries endless and great! Success! Ryan was home when we got back--Dave had picked him up....
Good buddies...need something to do!
Some tickle time with Grandpa works!
Dave's day wasn't wasted...he finished painting the kitchen.
Colin had a great paper mache project for school to do....
He had to make an instrument. There is a shaker inside the box so you can shake while you strum the strings. very cleaver. Ryan made a great shaker also.
They tried to make a trap for the bug (upper green), but he got out every time. Fun!
Then finally, after much requesting from Ryan, Colin opened the Lego Castle box and began putting it together. He's gotten very good at putting those together!!!
and ryan got to put the King together with all his armor, sword, shield etc.
and Dad couldn't stay away once he got the paint cleaned up. They made great progress on it! We had a very good dinner and a little homework and then the day was over. We head out in the morning...a very short visit, but very fun!
Nice individual desks..they all have water bottles at
They're reading chart to track how many books they have read at home. Colin, Emily and Caty just blasted off that morning.
It was fun to meet the kids in his class during lunch. We were very impressed with the discipline. Great School!
Mural in the main hall for the dolphins...there were many more in the school. We made a couple of stops and then picked up Ryan at school. We had some fun time with him when we got home. Then before we knew it...
the birthday boy came home on the bus...
Oh...I think he likes it!!
One more birthday surprise...his old friend and
Homework...but Dad got to help and he rocks at homework!
and he does a great bedtime story too...very fun day!
A very cool spider web.
Basket off trailer and on it's side..
Attaching envelope (balloon) to basket.
Spreading envelope.
Fan blowing air into envelope.
more air...
parachute valve at end closing...
First burn to heat up envelope.
She's straight up now...
Meanwhile, other balloons were preparing for launch too...
Bass Masters envelope..
First one off...
Bass Masters off...
Quite a sight!
We followed them for awhile but
Happy Birthday Gretchen! We did get enough concord grapes for her grape pie birthday pie. Thanks Kathy! It's been very yummy!
