This last weekend was an eventful one. On Saturday, May 1, 2010 Josh Graduated with his Master's in Education from Concordia University!! Hooray! His classes don't actually end until the end of July, but lets face it, he's pretty much done. It definitely was a struggle for all of us to get through. It's really such a relief to know that it's over....finally! I recommend to anyone considering to go for a master's degree to do it when your kids are young. This way they won't remember how busy daddy was. I'm so happy to be able to spend more time with him. On Saturday we left our home in Lewisville at 6am to make the 4 hour drive to Austin Texas. Isabella called it our "Big Adventure". She loved being able to watch movies in the car (we save the dvd player for long journeys such as this). She also loved that mommy and daddy forgot to pack toys for her to play with during the graduation cerimony. When we got into town we made a stop at target and got a 7-pack of disney princess figures. We then had a little lunch and headed over to the graduation. Unfortunately, upon parking and unloading the kids from the car I accidentally bumped "Ariel". She fell out of the car and into a nearby rain gutter. If anyone knows how it rains in Texas, then you'll know of the monstrous rain gutters to which I am refering. Poor Ariel... I guess she went back to live "under the sea" after all. Suprisingly, Isabella took it extremely well. I mean, she did still have 6 other toys right? We all got changed, snapped a few pictures, and then entered the auditorium (of a church I can't remember the name of). The kids behaved as well as can be expected for young children during a 1 1/2 hour long event. We were glad when we got home. It had been a very long day. The next day at church I let Isabella play with my jewelry (as I sometimes do). We usually sit in the center of the chapel, but today we sat on one of the side sections...next to the floor vents. Yep, you guessed it. My wedding band fell down the vent. I thought I did a very good job of not doing some serious bodily harm or verbally lashing out at anyone. My heart sank, and I just had to hope that there might be someway to get it back. After sacrament meeting I tore up the vent cover in serach of my prized possession - to no avail. The ring had slid down the chute of the vent and was gone. We reported the loss to the bishop and he said he'd inform the maintenance guys to keep and eye out for it...sigh... Josh called me on Monday with the best news ever. The bishop had found my ring! Hooray!! What a great ending huh? I'm wearing it right now and I don't think I'll be letting Isabella play with my jewelry anytime here in the near future.
Luke Dances:
Show me that smile!
