Well, it has been a crazy, busy four weeks. I know I always say that everything has been busy for us, but it is the truth!! Part of our craziness was the trip that we took from Rapid City, SD to Chesterton, IN for my (Mary's) college graduation. The trip is about a 1,000 mile trip. When I was younger, I loved trips that long, because it meant a fun time in the car with brother and sisters. With just two people, it got to be a little long. We left on Monday, May 16. We had to work in the morning, so we split up the trip into two 8 hour days, which was not very bad at all. About 62 miles from Chesterton (as the GPS told us) we got into some terrible traffic. We moved 3 miles in 45 minutes!! Tyler could not take it, so we got off as soon as we could and got re-routed and arrived about 2 1/2 hours later than we thought we would.
Our time in Chesterton and back at Fairhaven was great! We enjoyed so much being with my family and seeing all of our friends. I got through graduation with no mishaps. One minor thing was that I forgot to allow Preacher to turn my tassel. He made sure to call me back so that he could! Here are a few pictures from dress rehearsal and graduation.
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| I am not sure if I will ever grow up, but I do keep Tyler entertained!! |
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Giving my testimony was a very nerve-wracking thing.
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| Tyler laughs at me every time he sees this picture because of the fact that I am looking into the diploma cover to see if anything is there. |
The 2011 Fairhaven Baptist College Graduating Class
We all graduatedd from high school together in 2007.
Christy is one of my dearest high school friends. I cannot believe that we are both graduated from college, married, and living 1,000 miles apart!!
My sister-in-law, Lorelynn. I really miss her, because we spent a lot of time together up until I left after my wedding!
The Best Mother in the World!!
My sweet sister, Lorena.
While I was gone, actually the same night that I graduated, my elementary class performed the program we had been working on so hard for 3 months. When I returned, several people told me what a great job they had done and I was so proud of them with all the reports I heard. About a week after we returned, I was able to watch the program, and I have to agree with everyone else that they did a fantastic job. Even my little shy girl that is in kindergarten did a great job. She did not get "embawassed" like she kept doing during rehearsal. It was a program about America, and some different time periods in its history. One girl recited about a poem about the flag and how American soldiers are so proud of it, which was one of my favorites. There were several military men in attendance, and at the end of the program, they not only clapped, but they stood up!! I was so excited for my students! Jonah also did a wonderful job. He read his part, and read it very clearly so that almost every word he said was understood.
Tyler and I are rejoicing now in our summer break!! We are still working very much, but we have a break from school! There is so much that needs to be done over our summer break, and it seems like we will not have enough time to get it done before school starts. Next week we will be leaving for a week of camp with our young people. There is a possibility that we will be needing to take two vans, which means that I will have to drive one of them. Yikes!! I am not sure if I am ready to drive a van full of giggling teenage girls! I remember being one of them not too long ago, though, and I am sure that we will have a good time. The week after July 4th is our week of VBS, which will also be busy. We have the younger kids in the morning,and then the teens are in the evening.n In August we will have to go to a week of ACE supervisor training. We will have to sit in a classroom and work on PACEs just like a student would and will accumulate demerits, etc.! We had better behave!! We have several friends coming out to see us over the summer as well. The Braters were just out here a few days ago, Joe & Holly are coming next week, my family and the Damrons will be here for July 4th, the Olsons will be here at the end of July, and the Whitecars will be here in August. We cannot wait to see everyone and spend some time with them. I promise that we will try our best to keep our blog updated during the rest of the summer.
