Most of you know Matthew has never flown before, in part due to the problems we've had with his ears. But, with clear tubes and fingers crossed, we headed to DC last week for his very first flight. Of course, it wouldn't be complete without a delay...a 3 hour delay for a fuel leak. Add another 2 hours for a radio malfunction on the plane that was bringing the mechanics to fix our plane and 5 hours later we were on our way. Hmmm. Matthew thought this was the greatest trip ever! What could be better than watching nonstop planes come and go from a building with floor to ceiling windows? What we would do without wi-fi I'm not sure, but thank goodness for noggin.com and Pirates of the Caribbean online!
We had a great trip to the College Media Advisor's Convention in Washington DC - Andy took students from Samford's radio station and newspaper staff.
Matthew loves the Air and Space Museum - he remembered it from a previous trip there in the Spring. We spent part of every day there this trip. Here he is manning the navigation controls of the USS Enterprise, an aircraft carrier. He was very concerned that I was in his way as I was trying to take this photo.
Sword fighting in Dupont Circle with Erin, Andy's former student - now at Georgetown.
I thought you would enjoy this pic from a couple months ago when Granny and Meg were down and we went out riding around. In the background is Granny's high school - Ensley High School. This school is no longer used - the building is used for other things, but Granny remembered several things about it and we drove around looking at how she must have walked to school from Fairview and where her classes would have been.We love you all and hope you are well. See you soon! Cherith, Andy and Matthew
2 comments:
Love the pic of Granny and Matthew in front of her high school. Looking forward to seeing you all Thanksgiving. XO, MnE
By the way, did Matthew get the Halloween package Tom sent him? The person who waited on Tom at the Post Office expressed doubt that they could deliver to such a remote outpost as Alabama in less than, oh, two weeks. Tom pointed out that it would then be a Thanksgiving present and not nearly so seasonally appropriate, but the postal functionary was unmoved. Let us know, if you would.
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