Rookie Driver Of The Year & JR's BDAY!

FIRST OF ALL....HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DEAR JOHN!!!!!!! He received lots of phone calls and cards...he giggles like his sister Gracie on the phone!

I made a surprise trip to Newport News this past Wednesday. As you can see from the photo of the crowd, it was for a big deal! Jeffrey was awarded Rookie Of The Year - best school bus driver for the City of Newport News employed by them for under five years. They kept me hidden in the back of the auditorium until he went on stage to accept his award. He was shocked....both that he got the award and that I had surprised him.

When he competed in Roanoke at the state level, his administrators talked with cousin Susan and told him he was receiving the award. So........I went down & represented the family.

He is such a special brother. He drives the bus with special needs children and this year, he is called to a big challenge. In the afternoons he drives the middle schoolers and high schooler to class. In the morning tho, he will be driving 5 special needs pre-schoolers to and from their school. They are called "PEEPS". He has to carry each of them onto the bus.....none of them are over 4 years old. He was scheduled to meet their parents today. I am so proud of my brother and the kind of person he is!