Jeff & Beth website http://jbrummel.net/ News and information from Johns Creek, Georgia en Copyright 2011 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:00:03 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2ysb5-20051201 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Bon Voyage At the high school, getting ready to return to France:

 

 

]]> http://jbrummel.net/blog/2011/03/bon_voyage_1.html http://jbrummel.net/blog/2011/03/bon_voyage_1.html Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:00:03 -0500 Quentin cooks and eats 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:

 

 

]]> http://jbrummel.net/blog/2011/03/quentin_cooks_and_eats.html http://jbrummel.net/blog/2011/03/quentin_cooks_and_eats.html Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:55:18 -0500 BBQ dinner 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:

 

 

 

 

 

 

:-)

 

]]> http://jbrummel.net/blog/2011/03/bbq_dinner.html http://jbrummel.net/blog/2011/03/bbq_dinner.html Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:10:47 -0500 Weekend with the Rummels 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:

 

 

 

 

 

 

]]> http://jbrummel.net/blog/2011/02/weekend_with_the_rummels.html http://jbrummel.net/blog/2011/02/weekend_with_the_rummels.html Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:07:10 -0500 Quentin arrives in Atlanta 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!

 

]]> http://jbrummel.net/blog/2011/02/quentin_arrives_in_atlanta.html http://jbrummel.net/blog/2011/02/quentin_arrives_in_atlanta.html Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:46:38 -0500 Fall semester with Alli 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

 

 

 

 

 

]]> http://jbrummel.net/blog/2010/12/fall_semester_with_alli.html http://jbrummel.net/blog/2010/12/fall_semester_with_alli.html Sun, 26 Dec 2010 23:24:27 -0500 Alli Sweet 16 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!

 

]]> http://jbrummel.net/blog/2010/09/alli_sweet_16.html http://jbrummel.net/blog/2010/09/alli_sweet_16.html Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:35:17 -0500 Bon voyage! At the airport for Domi's flight back to France and her family.  Her family here will miss her:

 

 

 

 

]]> http://jbrummel.net/blog/2010/08/bon_voyage.html http://jbrummel.net/blog/2010/08/bon_voyage.html Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:24:10 -0500 Stone Mountain, GA 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:

 

]]> http://jbrummel.net/blog/2010/08/stone_mountain_ga.html http://jbrummel.net/blog/2010/08/stone_mountain_ga.html Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:13:26 -0500 Alli's family in Ohio 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:

 

]]> http://jbrummel.net/blog/2010/08/allis_family_in_ohio.html http://jbrummel.net/blog/2010/08/allis_family_in_ohio.html Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:07:46 -0500 Flying to Columbus for the memorial service Domi got to spend some time in North Carolina, at the airport in Charlotte:

 

]]> http://jbrummel.net/blog/2010/08/flying_to_columbus_for_the_mem.html http://jbrummel.net/blog/2010/08/flying_to_columbus_for_the_mem.html Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:04:13 -0500 Trip to Savannah GA 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:

 

]]> http://jbrummel.net/blog/2010/08/trip_to_savannah_ga.html http://jbrummel.net/blog/2010/08/trip_to_savannah_ga.html Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:00:30 -0500 Fernbank Science Museum The girls spent Sunday afternoon before church at the Fernbank Museum in Atlanta.  Here are some pictures:

 

 

]]> http://jbrummel.net/blog/2010/07/fernbank_science_museum.html http://jbrummel.net/blog/2010/07/fernbank_science_museum.html Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:48:39 -0500 Dinner for French Students 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:

 

]]> http://jbrummel.net/blog/2010/07/dinner_for_french_students.html http://jbrummel.net/blog/2010/07/dinner_for_french_students.html Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:43:42 -0500 A visit to Emory University 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:

 

]]> http://jbrummel.net/blog/2010/07/a_visit_to_emory_university.html http://jbrummel.net/blog/2010/07/a_visit_to_emory_university.html Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:38:17 -0500