Friday, August 27, 2010

Italian Pizza Making...

Tai makes AMAZING brick oven pizza with Tony Montouri at New York Pizza in Vinton.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Back to Roanoke...

...another hotel...

Now This is a Party!

Tai is in love with this painting and inspired to have a fun fundraiser party that is an elegant ball by the sea like the old days! To dress up and dance by the sea...coming next June to a beach in Santa Monica...

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

The Woman Who Changed Tai's Life...

Way back when...when Tai decided to enter the Miss Virginia USA Pageant, a life-changing event, it was Beckie Harris who believed in her and sponsored her to be in the pageant. It was a touching time to reconnect after many years...

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Tai's Hotel Tradition continues...

And then is search of a Bikini-Wearing-Time...

It's Tai's mom, Norma's birthday!  So they headed to Virginia Beach for a few days to celebrate! They stayed at the Cavalier Hotel. And the celebrated with Norma's dear friend Lynn...but no bikinis because it was drizzling...


Monday, August 16, 2010

Pageant of the Masters

 After spending the day going into art galleries teaching the kids about art, we ended the evening as guest of my dear friends -- artist Tom Swimm and his wonderful wife Rosemary. they host our foundation kids every year to the pageant. It was a thrill exploring the exhibits and then sharing in the wonder of the show.


Mariss, Tom Swimm, Robin & Ka'Jayne

And then came M & M's...

We tried EVERY M&M flavor -- pretzel (not so much), coconut (nuh-uh), peanut butter (LOVE), peanut, plain, dark, almond -- oh my!



Hotel Beds are for Jumping


Tai had a tradition when it comes to hotels -- the beds are for jumping! So jump we did!

Never a Dull Moment - Laguna Here We Come!

Camp ended on Friday, Sunday we got 25 kids off to Canyon Creek Sports Camp and Monday we picked up two girls and hit to road to Laguna Beach for The Pageant of the Masters

Debi, Ka'Jayne, Tai, Robin & Marissa

We started the day having lunch at the Cliffside Restaurant.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Summer Camp Day 4 - And Finally -- The Awards!

In Olympic Style -- complete with the National Athem playing -- gold medals were awarded to all of the children.





Our Touching Week

One of the highlights of our week was Matthew Perez grandmother, Betty, coming to spend a few days with us. She is in her third bout with ovarian cancer and chose to share the better part of the week watching her grandson and being with us. Thank you Betty!



Camp Day 4 - Water Polo


Oaks Christian Academy Water Polo Team came out and spent the afternoon teaching and playing water polo with our kids!

Summer Camp - Day 4 - Scuba

One of our favorite camp events is scuba diving! Szilvia Gogh &  Miss Scuba & Ocean Adventures come out every year to help. Thank you Szilvia!!! -- and Eileen too!!!!


Day 4 Camp - US Coast Guard Visit!


The day started with a visit from the US Coast Guard.