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Law magazine: Georgia State's College of Law ranked is No. 1Print E-mail .By Péralte C. Paul






From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution



"National Jurist magazine, a publication aimed at law school students ranked the College of Law at Georgia State University No.1 in value, up from its fourth place ranking last year. Brigham Young University's J. Reuben Clark Law School, ranked second, unchanged from last year, while the University of Louisville’s Louis D. Brandeis School of Law ranked third. The University of Georgia School of Law, the only other school from the Peach State to make the list, ranked 15th. The magazine based its selection on bar passage rates, tuition costs, average student debt after graduation and post-graduation employment rates."

We Are Back!

We arrived home from Italy late on Tuesday night.  It was a wonderful trip filled with food, spectacular sights, and good friends and I am so thankful that we were able to go.  They say it takes a village to raise a child and I truly felt that this past week.  We would not have been able to go without the help of Nana, especially, and Dr. Danks, Momo, Aunt Chatham, Uncle Johnathan, Paula and Bridget, plus lots of local friends who all came together to take care of the girls while we were away.
We flew out of Jacksonville to Venice (via Atlanta) on Labor Day, spent a night in Aquiela, a night in Venice, a night in Florence, two nights in Tuscany, and two nights in Rome before flying back home on Tuesday.  It was a full week but I wouldn't have done it any other way.  My mom kept the girls by herself all of last week and managed to get them to school and all of their activities on time.  Yeah, Mom!  She took them back to Raleigh last weekend so that she could attend some social functions and Aunt Chatham and Uncle Johnathan stepped up to babysit.  Mom and Momo brought the girls back to St. Marys on Monday.  They left yesterday morning. 
I will post photos of our trip as soon as I get them downloaded off of my camera.
Ciao!

Happy Apple!

Elsie started 3-year-old preschool at Happy Apple on Monday.  She will be going 5 days per week.  They don't have a 5-day class for 3-year-olds so she gets to be two different apples: red on M, W, F and purple on T, Thurs.  Her Red Apple teacher is Mrs. Galluccio, who also taught Mary Grace, and her Purple Apple teacher is Mrs. Blansett, our next door neighbor (and Blake's momma).
She was so excited to start school and had a wonderful first two days.  Here are some photos from Open House and from her first days:

With her self portrait.  Notice the Mickey ears!

With Mrs. Galluccio

Lots of boys in her class!

With Mrs. Blansett.

Purple Apples!

With Stella.

We went out for pizza at Ops with the Bakers after Open House.

Flashback: Mary Grace's first Red Apple day.

Flashback: Elsie on Mary Grace's first Red Apple day.

We are so blessed to be part of such a wonderful little school.  There were so many parents and grandparents on the lawn outside of the church on the first day of school.  Some even wore the same color as their apple!  All had cameras and everyone was so excited to be there.  There is so much love surrounding that school.  I truly love this little place and am proud that it is a ministry of my church.