Kevin arrived home last night along with his college roommate, Andrew, so that they could drive down to their high school alma mater, Hargrave Military Academy, a Christian college prep school in southern Virginia where both Kevin and Andrew spent their high school years. They are going down to Hargrave for Alumni Weekend, which has become an annual tradition for Kevin, and he has participated every year since graduating from there in 2007.
On Thursday, the boys took the bus from New York (the boys go to SUNY Maritime College in the Bronx) to Washington DC, then caught the Metro (DC's subway system) out to the stop near our home in Maryland. They spent the night here, and then drove Kevin's Jeep to Hargrave Friday morning.
Apparently these weekends are quite wild! A whole bunch of his former classmates get together at one of their friend's house at Smith Mountain Lake. They build a big bonfire, go swimming and camp (unfortunately it is supposed to be really cold this weekend). Throughout the weekend, Hargrave has lots of activities planned for the alumni, which the boys (out of a class of 90, only 4 were girls) participate in.
I hope Kevin and Andrew have a good time down there this year. And, stay warm!
Kevin and Andrew getting ready to drive down to Hargrave.
The boys getting underway for their 5 hour drive to southern Virginia.
Kevin's already got the look of mischief on his face and he's barely out of the driveway!Prime Rib at the Firehouse
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After I got the boys off to Hargrave, I joined Dennis, my mom and dad, and my sister, Jackie, and her hubby, Steve, at our local firehouse for prime rib. This is the second year that the Laytonsville Volunteer Fire Department has hosted a prime rib dinner. (They almost always have spaghetti dinners.) For $16 a person, we had a delicious slab of prime rib, yummy roasted potatoes, home style green beans, baked rolls, creamy cole slaw and chunky applesauce. For dessert, there were 3 or 4 types of cakes. I can't wait until next year's prime rib dinner!
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Jackie and Steve
Dad and mom, with Steve, Jackie and Dennis is the background.
Me
The fire trucks are moved out of the station and tables/chairs set up for the dinner. BTW, this is my mom
Me outside the fire station
Me outside the fire station
