Father's Day & Graduation

June was a busy month for us! First, Ryan left for Japan (sad, sad day). Then there was my surgery on the fourth (not fun). Next, the girls graduated from Middle School (Leah) and Elementary School (Krista). Last, but not least, was Father's Day.

In between all the special days, everyday life went on. I'm taking two online classes at San Diego State University (SDSU) towards a certificate in Educational Technology. I'm hoping this will help me get a job, but I won't finish the program until next summer. So far, I've been keeping up pretty well with the assignments for both classes, but it's been challenging to do while working on my freelance project with IVID, which is thankfully almost finished.

We've also been trying to get our back yard cleaned up, because we're having a 4th of July BBQ with some of Carla's kids on Saturday. We've kinda let our yard go over the winter and spring, so it's been a lot of work just to get it back to what it was in the fall. And, of course we keep getting sidetracked with other small projects. It never ends!

Here are a few photos from Father's Day. We went to Black Angus after church.

TGIF - Back to Normal!

It's here! After almost six years of working nights, Gene starts on the day shift next week. We have longed and prayed for this day to come. We thought it might happen a few months ago, but it fell through. So I was afraid to get my hopes up when it came up in conversation again. I didn't want to say anything until I was sure it was really going to happen.

He worked his last night - well, last night. No more lonely nights! I'm very thankful for this blessing, and am really looking forward to our lives getting back to "normal." It's been so long, I don't know what normal is, though. Now I'll have to fix dinner for a family of four instead of one adult and two picky kids. I need to go grocery shopping!

And I'm going to have to get used to sharing the remote control for the TV. I have gotten used to having complete control. And I tend to watch two or three shows at a time, which drives Gene crazy. I also like to watch TV in bed until I fall asleep (again, two or three shows at a time).

I guess I'm now going to have to take Krista to school and pick her up every day (Gene usually takes her in the morning, but he'll be working 6:00 - 3:00 now). That's going to be rough.

Most Sundays it will just be just the girls and me going to church, because he'll be working Sunday through Thursday.

This could be a difficult adjustment for all of us. But all of these challenges haven't dampened my spirit. I'm still VERY excited!

Father's Day 2008

We've been really busy this week, which is why it's taken so long to post photos from Father's Day last Sunday. We had a really nice day. Ryan came over after church and we just had a nice family day. We missed Ashley, of course.

Ryan and the girls made deviled eggs. Ryan is telling them to act like they are having a blast. He started singing something about how deviled eggs aren't actually "deviled" until they have paprika on them. Until then they are just "demon" eggs.

Ryan is shining a laser light into Leah's eyes!

Presents!

Dad and the kids