USC Baseball

Baseball at USC in Columbia - a gorgeous sunny day, getting to see our son, and meeting his new girlfriend.  

Her name is Anna Marie and goes to a smaller college in a nearby town, but is part of the Catholic student youth group at USC.

A closer picture...  Sweet girl.  Luke is growing a beard.

One last hug in before we leave his dorm....

Julia @ GE

It was "Take your child to work" day at GE, so Eric took our little one.  The most depressing thing about it was that it was a scheduled day off from school, so she didn't get to actually skip.  Since Eric is in charge of the 3D printer, he showed her how to make some cool objects.  They designed a pyramid together, filled the printer with material, and watched it go!

Then, there was a contest to count the number of M&M's in the jar.  Together, they counted the number of candy pieces on the bottom layer, then multiplied it by the number of layers.  They won by guessing the closest at 904 of 907 actual candies!  As a prize, they got to keep the jar.

Note the other USC Gamecock symbols they printed at the bottom right corner.

After, we met Ashlyn on her way home from Spartanburg at a bowling alley so she could relax a bit and take a break from her studies.

Mom's Bday

We celebrated my 48th birthday over several days since the actual day was quite busy with school, work, CCD, and homework.  But, it was a fun week!

It started out with a wonderful pancake breakfast at church and the opportunity to give back some of the life I've had through donating blood.

Then the day of my real birthday, it was sweets galore from coworkers and my family.

The little one played me Happy Birthday on her violin!  So precious!  :)

On that Friday evening, we went to a new game room family fun place called Spare Time.  I think Eric enjoyed it the most!  

We finished out the week on Saturday with a kolache breakfast.  I honestly don't know what our mornings were like without this place.