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Michael's client invited us again to their hospital center's annual fundraising event, Music and Medicine. Last year was an amazing evening at the Newseum downtown. This year was in an entirely too small auditorium venue, but still a great (LONG) evening with colleagues and clients.
The new Warf area downtown is a beautiful, fun, walkable area -
great area to stay!
The Trump International Hotel is a simply beautiful lounge and bar area. It was nice to see Rudy Giuliani engaging a 10-11 year old boy who asked for a selfie:-)
Unfortunately, the food stations this year made zero sense, had no space and long lines with no place to go, but it was this "character" that we really didn't know what to do with!
We were blessed by a wonderful tour of the Museum of the Bible Saturday morning. A beautiful building, thoughtfully constructed and laid out, we highly recommend a visit to anyone.
The Warf's Seafood Market is something else----pretty impressive.
The Warf after a delicious French Bistro dinner and comedy show in Dupont Circle - fun to watch the Stanley Cup finals outside with a huge crowd!
Thank you, Susan, for holding down the fort! Final memory, of course, was my car being damaged by Valet AGAIN - How does lightening strike TWICE in the exact same way?!? Praying we can get the to pay for it this time!
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This lax season was one for the books. Michael coached Andrew's 3-4 team for the third year and I'm not sure which one of them was more pleased with that. While commuting from Arlington was never easy, he made it happen a remarkable number of times.
Michael and Hunter gave these kids everything they had and coached them through an 8-0 regular season---extra impressive considering they have a rotating goalie! Ready for the play-offs, then the rains came...and came, and came, and came. No play-offs could be held. No practices could be held. For nearly 2 weeks, end the season or squeeze them in was the pendulum constantly swinging. The question posed----would you rather end the season with no play-offs, or have some sort of tournament and potentially lose? Without batting an eye lash, Andrew exclaimed, "I'd rather play and lose than end the season now undefeated. I just want to play one more game!".
Couldn't be more proud of this kid's attitude---and the fact that he was the only kid not crying when they ultimately did lose. Nothing to take away from the winning team, but it's difficult in that heat and humidity not to have any subs b/c the game was played Memorial Day and players were out of town. Andrew's chin was quivering, but he admitted it was the combination of disappointment, heat exhaustion, and the sheer energy he had put forth. He fought every face-off for us until he asked Dad for a break in the 4th quarter. Face-offs take an extraordinary amount of energy - it's described as hard fought 10-second wrestling match...which you do again, and again, and again, while only running in between goals and the next face-off. He won 10 of them, and twice sprinted down for an immediate goal. 6 goals in a game ain't too shabby. Face Offs are so hard to capture from a distance...
Matthew's Pre-K Graduation marked the end of a beautiful 9-year journey for our family. When we moved here November 1, 2009, Andrew started a little one-day 18-month class offered then. Over the next nine school years, we had nothing but amazing teachers, strong leadership, and happy children. This sweet Christian preschool is such a very special place in so many ways.
My 30's were consumed by babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. It's hard to believe that nearly all at once, they have all vanished. I'm not sure where the time goes, or how to better appreciate life stages while in the midst of them because leaving them sure is difficult. The Lord is faithful, though, and sprinkles my memories most notably with the good and sweet times rather than the painful and difficult ones. We pray that Matthew's day spent in the director's office will be the only time a Killian is sent to the Principal's office and subsequently kicked out for the day! Other than that, nothing but great experiences at this wonderful place. To God be the Glory! Great Things He Hath Done (here)!
Pre-K Processional----fitting that he was the last child in out of all three classes as when he started 4 years ago, he was the very youngest child in the entire preschool. What a handsome young man he's grown into there.
"5 Plump Peas" - you say it fast 3 times!
We don't recall Andrew and Margaret's classes doing this----and we also didn't know that there was an entire song for it and not just, "Firetruck! Firetruck! I wanna ride on a Firetruck!".
"Make new friends but keep the old, some are silver and the other gold. Like a circle that has no end, that's how long I want to be your friend." Oh, my heart!
Kindergarten, Here We Come!
Hardly seems like 5 years ago that we were first here!
It was a beautiful morning full of big smiles and big tears.
A boy and his dog:-)
A sneak peak at their last project time in their room.
Always a beautiful ceremony in the beautiful First Pres Sanctuary.
Bottom left----hard to see him since he wasn't on a step and so close to the piano.
These three---so very proud of Andrew and Margaret for not thinking twice about being pulled out of FIELD DAY, of all days, and missing those special activities to support Matthew. Since Michael and I are both the youngest in our families, Matthew will always have our support in terms of things being made just as big of a deal for him as they were for the others.
Dody!!!
Mrs. Moon! Our firm and faithful preschool leader through all three children. We appreciate her style so much and will miss her impact dearly.
Lucy!
Virginia and Lucy! So funny----all year it's been all about Tyler, Jack, Cabell, Stuart, Mac, Anderson....all boys, until the last month. And suddenly at our lunch after graduation, you'd never even have known there was another boy there!
And what did YOU get for your pre-K graduation??? An ENT appt to get his nose "fixed"....don't know who is more excited about this, Matthew or Mommy!
The family tradition---Kohr Brothers bigger than your face.
Then off to Fairview to help with opening day preparations and home for Daddy's new toy! Yes, it's real, after collecting every possible fake over the last 10 years. Matthew, "Oh, Daddy! Your dream finally came true!!!!". So after 20 years, yes. He has a motorcycle again:-)
