Proud of this Guy

Last week my little brother Nicholas started his first week of college, and not just any college, but USC and on an academic scholarship for aerospace engineering to boot! He's one smart cookie and seriously, I couldn't be more proud. You're gonna go places little dude and I hope you love every second of the journey!

I'm taking the opportunity of this post to display a few pictures from Nick's High School Graduation (only 3 months ago).  I'm marking it off the list of blog ta-do's!

Ham



Me and My One and Only Meme

 

The Fam

Smarty Pants

Me in "not so photogenic times" and my baby brother

Proud Papa Hugs are the BEST!

Mr. Wooster High...Almost

My "little" brother Nick had been working for weeks on a big performance, in which the winner would be crowned "Mr. Wooster High School" and would win a college scholorship.  I'm so proud of him for going through with it inspite of everything the family has been having to deal with.  A few weeks ago most of the family got together to root him on in his quest.  This was a big deal as it was Annalee's first outing since the accident.  She was such a trooper because the performance was on the long side as 15 boys danced and sang through the night. She really is still not used to sitting quite yet and its still pretty painful. But watching her watch him brought tears to my eyes.  You could see it meant the world to her to see Nick up on stage. It was a fun night for the family to get out as a group and for a minute, things seemed normal again.  Nick made it all the way to the end without being cut and it was really exciting.  Even though he finished in 3rd place, he still gets number 1 in my book.  He's quite the little dancer and totally hammed it up on stage and with the judges...something I never would have done at that age.  Good for you dude!  Keep being cool!

 

Below are a few of Nicks Senior Pics.  He's such a grown up handsome little man, I can't believe he's off to college next year! Wasnt I just in college??

Love you Terd.