Kentucky-LSU Football Game

 One of the girls' birthday presents this year was tickets to see their Kentucky Wildcats football team play LSU.

Some friends of ours are LSU fans - we wished them a bad night before going into the stadium.

A beautiful night for football

The Cats take the field

UK track legend and Olympic gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin was in the house

Touchdown, Kentucky!

A fun night and a big win by our Cats

Family Photo Shoot 2021

 With A.J. home from the Army for a couple of weeks, we took advantage of the family time to have family photos taken by our friend Hannah of Moments Captured by Hannah.  This year's shoot took place at the Lexington Arboretum.

A.J., age 19

Essie, age 16

Chloe, age 16

Chloe

Essie

Chloe

Essie

Happy 16th, Essie & Chloe!

The girls had to work their shift at the Dixie Cafe on their birthday, but they were surprised with balloons.

Some birthday swag from their work

The specially requested ice cream cake at the family celebration

Chloe joined Essie in getting her ears pierced as part of her birthday present.

 

A.J.'s Home!

 After graduating from his Advanced Individual Training program at Fort Benning, Georgia, A.J. was able to come home to Kentucky for a few days before shipping to his duty station at Fort Hood, Texas.

Had to have some Ethiopian food while A.J. is home!

A.J. poses with some of his artwork that he did for his platoon at Fort Benning.

First High School Football Game

Last year, COVID kept fans out of the high school sports, so Essie and Chloe went to their first high school football game this week, pictured here with their friend Margaret.  It was "Jersey Night", and the girls were proud to sport some of Dad's old school jerseys.

Back to School 2021

Back to School took on a whole new meaning this year, as Essie and Chloe returned to in-person school for the first time since March 2019.  The girls are sophomores this year at West Jessamine High School.

These smiles do not reflect true feelings.

Of course, masks are still part of the wardrobe.

Happy Easter!