Jeff & Beth website tag:jbrummel.net,2011://1 2011-03-09T18:00:03Z News and information from Johns Creek, Georgia Movable Type 3.2ysb5-20051201 Bon Voyage tag:jbrummel.net,2011://1.156 2011-03-09T18:00:03Z 2011-03-09T18:00:03Z Jeff At the high school, getting ready to return to France:

 

 

]]> Quentin cooks and eats tag:jbrummel.net,2011://1.155 2011-03-09T17:55:18Z 2011-03-09T17:56:33Z Jeff Quentin got a taste of thunderstorm season in Atlanta:

 

 

Quentin cooks for our family and for the kids at Northview HS:

 

 

 Some homework (or is it homework?):

 

Visit to a local drive-in restaurant, Sonic:

 

 Drinking the souvenirs from World of Coke:

 

 

]]> BBQ dinner tag:jbrummel.net,2011://1.154 2011-03-06T02:10:47Z 2011-03-06T02:10:47Z Jeff In the south, pork and beef barbecue are very popular.  Quentin had beef brisket, Alli had ribs, and the rest of us had pulled pork.  Here we are after finishing dinner:

 

 

Alli and Quentin had fun goofing around throughout dinner:

 

 

 

 

 

 

:-)

 

]]> Weekend with the Rummels tag:jbrummel.net,2011://1.153 2011-02-28T04:07:10Z 2011-02-28T04:09:17Z Jeff Alli and Quentin check on email and the internet

Spaghetti dinner at the house:

 

Some pictures from the Atlanta Botanical Garden:


After church, we stopped to try to get a picture of downtown Atlanta after dark:

 

 

 

 

 

 

]]> Quentin arrives in Atlanta tag:jbrummel.net,2011://1.152 2011-02-26T03:46:38Z 2011-02-26T03:49:17Z Jeff The group from France arrived at the airport:

 

First to greet him were Alli and her friend Theresa:

 

 

Then over to collect the bag and get ready to leave the airport:

On the way home we stopped for hamburgers and french fries at Steak 'N Shake:

 

More pictures later!

 

]]> Fall semester with Alli tag:jbrummel.net,2010://1.151 2010-12-27T04:24:27Z 2010-12-27T04:36:56Z Jeff Hi, Domi - here are some pictures of the fall semester with Alli and family.

Homecoming celebrations include dressing up in silly costumes, and then dressing up for a dance:

 

Then there was Andrew's birthday, and Evan came from NJ to join in the celebration:

 

 For Thanksgiving, we had friends that we have known from the days we lived in Durham, NC. 

They drove over from their house near Charleston, SC.

 

Then comes the end of the semester and friends over to celebrate the end of exams:

 

On Christmas we have a tradition to take a picture of the kids at the top of the stairs before opening presents:

And Ruby, playing golf

 

 

 

 

 

]]> Alli Sweet 16 tag:jbrummel.net,2010://1.150 2010-09-05T16:35:17Z 2010-09-05T16:58:39Z Jeff This weekend was Alli's 16th birthday - no car, but a sweet 16 anyway.  Celebrations started with a birthday donut before school:

 

 Even the school knew it was an important day:

 

Beautiful flowers from the Shaffers were waiting for Alli after school:

Next was time to open some presents:


 

 

 

 

 

 

Dinner out at Pearl Lian, with BFF Theresa:

 

For the party, we got the most amazing Harry Potter broomstick cake:

 

 Then it was time for school buddies to come over for the big party in the basement:

 

 

Part of the fun was a Yankee gift swap, and the best was the gift Alli chose:  fresh squid!

 

 Such a wonderful day, and such a wonderful daughter!

 

]]> Bon voyage! tag:jbrummel.net,2010://1.149 2010-08-04T22:24:10Z 2010-08-04T22:24:10Z Jeff At the airport for Domi's flight back to France and her family.  Her family here will miss her:

 

 

 

 

]]> Stone Mountain, GA tag:jbrummel.net,2010://1.148 2010-08-03T03:13:26Z 2010-08-03T03:13:26Z Jeff Alli and Domi took Alli's brother to Stone Mountain, near Atlanta.  The clouds were thick and the views were not very good, but everyone had fun:

 

 

The side of the mountain has a huge sculpture of Civil War heroes:

 

]]> Alli's family in Ohio tag:jbrummel.net,2010://1.147 2010-08-03T03:07:46Z 2010-08-03T03:07:46Z Jeff After the memorial service, Alli's family took Domi to the Ohio State Fair.  Here is Alli's cousin Christy and her boyfriend Al:

Here is all the rest of the family - Alli's aunt Meg, uncle Mike and grandparents:

 

]]> Flying to Columbus for the memorial service tag:jbrummel.net,2010://1.146 2010-08-03T03:04:13Z 2010-08-03T03:04:13Z Jeff Domi got to spend some time in North Carolina, at the airport in Charlotte:

 

]]> Trip to Savannah GA tag:jbrummel.net,2010://1.145 2010-08-03T03:00:30Z 2010-08-03T03:00:30Z Jeff Two day trip to Savannah, GA.  Lots of sightseeing and shopping:

 

The beach area there is called Tybee Island, and there is a more famous beach in South Carolina called Hilton Head:

The trip tired the two girls out:

 

]]> Fernbank Science Museum tag:jbrummel.net,2010://1.144 2010-07-26T03:48:39Z 2010-07-26T03:48:39Z Jeff The girls spent Sunday afternoon before church at the Fernbank Museum in Atlanta.  Here are some pictures:

 

 

]]> Dinner for French Students tag:jbrummel.net,2010://1.143 2010-07-26T03:43:42Z 2010-07-26T03:43:42Z Jeff We have friends in another town near Atlanta (Dunwoody) who also hosted a French student, Hugo.  We had a dinner together.  Here's Domi at dinner, with Alli and our friend, Rich:

 

Here is the rest of the dinner party (from left to right), Beth, Hugo, Kathy, Alex and Kaitlin:

 

]]> A visit to Emory University tag:jbrummel.net,2010://1.142 2010-07-26T03:38:17Z 2010-07-26T03:38:17Z Jeff After the gardens, everyone came to Emory (where Jeff works) to have lunch and stroll around campus for a while:

Here is the business school building, named after Robert Goizueta, a former CEO of the Coca-Cola company:

 

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