Wil came home Saturday afternoon with Grandmother and Granddaddy. Maggie and Charlie were both away for the day so, Wil went to see friends for the afternoon and then came home for a sumptuous feast with the adults. He spent the night with Joey and was back bright and early for church on Sunday. Maggie and Charlie also got home on Sunday so we spent the day together as a family doing absolutely nothing of importance but doing it together just the same. Robert went back to work on Monday so we spent the morning getting things together for Wil for school, aka laundry, and then we played poker for the afternoon before returning Mr. Wil to FUMA.
It was a quiet weekend. It was very busy at school before bringing Wil home and I think we all just wanted to be together with out the pressure of "making" a memory or "doing something" together. It was nice to just be together and breath the same air and share a couple of meals.
The return to school was a little harder this time though I don't know why for sure. I think I miss watching Wil grow up. He is becoming much more calm and confident. I miss watching the process, but I really enjoy the product.
Parents weekend indeed.
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Friday, October 27, 2006
And A Good Time Was Had By All
Thursday Oct 19 brought Grandmother and Granddaddy up from Georgia to enjoy the festivities of Parents Weekend.
On Thursday the kids and I drove to Richmond to join Molly and David and to watch Wil (FUMA) play against Collegiate. We lost in a huge way. We were so far behind, that in the fourth quarter the officials invoked the no compete rule: the clock kept running no matter the penalty and no kicking on the fourth down. We lost 35 -0 .
After the game we went to the Subway with Wil and had a lovely time together. Wil went back to school, Maggie stayed with Molly and David in Richmond, and Charlie and I went home. On Friday Charlie went to Fall Camporee and Robert and I went back to FUMA for the rest of the activities.
Friday afternoon the Prep Team played Collegiate at home. Eddie George was there as well as a host of other NFL players. FUMA played so well. We lost by one point, but it was the most amazing game. The film team from NFL films was there and even they said the refs were making bad calls against FUMA but that just shows how well the team really did. Wil was able to join us after the half and he and Dad had a great time together.
After the game Wil went back to the barracks and the rest of us went to the Parents Association Spaghetti Dinner in the cafeteria. The food was Very Good, the boys choir was wonderful and it was great to see and talk to other parents and hear what was happening with the school.
Saturday morning we went to the Estes Center and met the staff, Wil's teachers and advisers and then we were off to the barracks with Wil to see his room, #45 on the second floor of Charlie Company. Wow. Small but very efficient. Then it got really exciting. We went to the parade field and got to watch the whole school parade in full dress and the band played and the canon went off and the parachuter(?) with the American flag flew over us and well it was all wonderful.
Immediately following the parade we checked Wil out and headed home.
A good time was indeed, had by all.
On Thursday the kids and I drove to Richmond to join Molly and David and to watch Wil (FUMA) play against Collegiate. We lost in a huge way. We were so far behind, that in the fourth quarter the officials invoked the no compete rule: the clock kept running no matter the penalty and no kicking on the fourth down. We lost 35 -0 .
After the game we went to the Subway with Wil and had a lovely time together. Wil went back to school, Maggie stayed with Molly and David in Richmond, and Charlie and I went home. On Friday Charlie went to Fall Camporee and Robert and I went back to FUMA for the rest of the activities.
Friday afternoon the Prep Team played Collegiate at home. Eddie George was there as well as a host of other NFL players. FUMA played so well. We lost by one point, but it was the most amazing game. The film team from NFL films was there and even they said the refs were making bad calls against FUMA but that just shows how well the team really did. Wil was able to join us after the half and he and Dad had a great time together.
After the game Wil went back to the barracks and the rest of us went to the Parents Association Spaghetti Dinner in the cafeteria. The food was Very Good, the boys choir was wonderful and it was great to see and talk to other parents and hear what was happening with the school.
Saturday morning we went to the Estes Center and met the staff, Wil's teachers and advisers and then we were off to the barracks with Wil to see his room, #45 on the second floor of Charlie Company. Wow. Small but very efficient. Then it got really exciting. We went to the parade field and got to watch the whole school parade in full dress and the band played and the canon went off and the parachuter(?) with the American flag flew over us and well it was all wonderful.
Immediately following the parade we checked Wil out and headed home.
A good time was indeed, had by all.
Thursday, October 26, 2006
All Things Won, Lost and Returned
It has been a hard week for Wil.
We haven't seen Wil since he came home on leave but it's Sunday Oct 8 and Aunty Donna is here! Woo Hoo! We drove to the school after church and picked Wil up for a day pass. He and Aunty Donna get along so well. They really enjoy each others company and laughed a lot together. We went to lunch and then walked aound the mall until it was time to take Wil back to school.
Tuesday Oct 10, looked to be a good day. Wil was given the promotion to laundry corporal and we got to go to FUMA to see Wil play football before Aunty Donna goes home Wed. AM. They lost, Wil lost, all in all it ended as a really hard day. FUMA lost their game and Wil lost his watch. It was taken from his football locker and that just topped off an other wise miserable evening. He spoke to his coaches and his TAC officer to let them know his watch was missing and that he just wanted it back - he didn't care who took it. (Stealing is a dismissal offense)
Wednesday, Maggie and Charlie and I took Aunty Donna to the airport, Wil returned the promotion because it interfered with football and low and behold his watch was mysteriously returned in a toilet paper roll in the back of his football locker.
Things were won, lost and returned. Life's lessons in a nutshell, or toilet paper roll . . .
We haven't seen Wil since he came home on leave but it's Sunday Oct 8 and Aunty Donna is here! Woo Hoo! We drove to the school after church and picked Wil up for a day pass. He and Aunty Donna get along so well. They really enjoy each others company and laughed a lot together. We went to lunch and then walked aound the mall until it was time to take Wil back to school.
Tuesday Oct 10, looked to be a good day. Wil was given the promotion to laundry corporal and we got to go to FUMA to see Wil play football before Aunty Donna goes home Wed. AM. They lost, Wil lost, all in all it ended as a really hard day. FUMA lost their game and Wil lost his watch. It was taken from his football locker and that just topped off an other wise miserable evening. He spoke to his coaches and his TAC officer to let them know his watch was missing and that he just wanted it back - he didn't care who took it. (Stealing is a dismissal offense)
Wednesday, Maggie and Charlie and I took Aunty Donna to the airport, Wil returned the promotion because it interfered with football and low and behold his watch was mysteriously returned in a toilet paper roll in the back of his football locker.
Things were won, lost and returned. Life's lessons in a nutshell, or toilet paper roll . . .
How Dumb Is That?
Well, It's Wil's first leave weekend and we have NO PICTURES!!!! How dumb is that. I guess it just proves we really had a wonderful time having a wonderful time and we didn't stop to think about pictures.
We picked Wil up on Friday afternoon Sept 29, 2006, at 12.30 he was in his Class A uniform. He is required to stay in his uniform until he arrives home so, at our stop at Costco and Giant Wil got some very nice looks from some very interested young ladies . . .
We arrived home in time for Wil to surprise our neighbors (I was under the "no tell clause" in the mother- son contract) and surprise them he did. They all couldn't believe how grown up he's gotten and how GREAT he looks in his uniform.
Dad got home at his usual time and we enjoyed a good dinner and some cards afterwards. Dad and Wil and Maggie stayed up and watched a movie while the smart ones went off to bed.
Saturday Wil visited friends, watched Maggie at her TKD Intramural competition and enjoyed another evening of monopoly and movies with all of us.
Sunday we had church and then to Cracker Barrel for our favorite Sunday chicken dinner and then back to school for Wil.
It wasn't nearly as hard to take Wil back this time. We all smiled as we left knowing we had had good times and he's doing so well and well, there's always football on Thursday . . .
We picked Wil up on Friday afternoon Sept 29, 2006, at 12.30 he was in his Class A uniform. He is required to stay in his uniform until he arrives home so, at our stop at Costco and Giant Wil got some very nice looks from some very interested young ladies . . .
We arrived home in time for Wil to surprise our neighbors (I was under the "no tell clause" in the mother- son contract) and surprise them he did. They all couldn't believe how grown up he's gotten and how GREAT he looks in his uniform.
Dad got home at his usual time and we enjoyed a good dinner and some cards afterwards. Dad and Wil and Maggie stayed up and watched a movie while the smart ones went off to bed.
Saturday Wil visited friends, watched Maggie at her TKD Intramural competition and enjoyed another evening of monopoly and movies with all of us.
Sunday we had church and then to Cracker Barrel for our favorite Sunday chicken dinner and then back to school for Wil.
It wasn't nearly as hard to take Wil back this time. We all smiled as we left knowing we had had good times and he's doing so well and well, there's always football on Thursday . . .
Monday, October 16, 2006
NFL Films to Focus Their Cameras on FUMA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 16, 2006
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More than seventy alumni of
Jackson and his crew members from NFL Films are expected to arrive on campus beginning Wednesday, October 18th and work through the Academy's first full dress parade on Saturday, October 21st, filming scenes of cadet life and education and recording interviews with current students, staff, and notable NFL alumni including Eddie George and Don Majkowski.
On Friday, October 20th the NFL Films cinematographers will record the action at FUMA's much anticipated prep league game with rival Collegiate, kicking off at 3:30pm. All of FUMA's NFL alumni with whom the school has contact are being invited to return for this game and to participate in special halftime ceremonies. The football game is open to the public and all are invited to attend this event, although attendees are advised to bring lawn chairs as stadium seating is expected to fill quickly.
FUMA NFL alumni who are expected to return for this event include Tennessee Titans running back (and Heisman Trophy winner) Eddie George, the FUMA/UVa quarterback Don Majkowski (who was recently inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame), San Francisco Forty-Niners star Tyronne Drakeford, Ken Brown of the Denver Broncos, former Virginia Tech and NFL veteran quarterback Will Furrer (recently inducted into FUMA's Sports Hall of Fame), Jay Sherrill (who kicked for several NFL teams and whose son, Wes Sherrill, is the prep team kicker currently), UVa alumnus (and former Philadelphia Eagle and Minnesota Viking) Merrill Robertson, Duane Ashman of the Denver Broncos, and John Hilton (a Pittsburgh Steeler in the 1960s and former NFL coach).
Other invitees, whose attendance has not been confirmed at this time, include veteran quarterback (and FUMA's first Heisman Trophy winner) Vinny Testaverde, former Dallas Cowboy (and NFC Rookie of the Year) Robert Jones, San Francisco Forty-Niners quarterback Jim Druckenmiller, Green Bay Packers star Tyrone Davis, former Eagle and Patriot Don Oakes, former Green Bay Packer and current head of the Packer's scouting department John Dorsey, former New York Jet Maurice Anderson, former Washington Redskins Steve Hamilton and Brian Kozlowski, and many more.
"Football is one of the only sports where academic success is essential for professional success," said Dan Thompson, the Academy's Director of Communications. "Before a player arrives in the NFL, he must first have succeeded a good college program. We are proud that so many outstanding young men have come to Fork Union for that academic preparation. We are excited to have the incredible filmmakers from NFL Films help tell the story of their success."
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