Weekend Update

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These pictures were from two weekends ago, but they still count! Viv and her team were on the Anacostia River (another two first place finishes!), Henry was in Louisiana for his SAM formal and Maxwell was in sunny Florida at a bachelor party. Hopefully, good decisions were made all the way around! 









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