Henry, Memorial Day, graduation, and phew

First off, a few pictures of Henry that Andrew sent last week.

(doesn't Andrew look like Ryan here?)

On Memorial Day, we went to the cemetery, and of course we visited Adam. We miss you, Adam. We really do.

 

Well, we survived the school year, which of course, ends with graduation. Here is a photo from the Lahontan Valley News's website of Glen talking to some students before hand.

Our nephew, Joseph, did more than survive, because he followed in his sisters' footsteps and got to speak at graduation. Congratulations Joseph! Good luck at BYU. (photo also from Lahontan Valley News's website--I thought it was a great photo)

And, school is finally out. Words cannot express the relief I feel. I survived teaching an entire semester. My family survived. The students survived. Phew.

It was such a mix of joy and pain. I really loved most of my students and will miss them, but I am still ecstatic to be done. I have much more empathy for Glen, now and he was such a great support to me. 

So now, it's time for a welcome change of pace. Can't wait.

graduation, birthday, travels...

We've been blessed with a lot of rain lately. Last weekend, Hannah didn't let that stop her from enjoying the hot tub.

On Monday, Eric received his AA degree from WNC in a ceremony in Carson. Glen and I took off from work, plus Hannah, Ryan, Grandma and Grandpa P, and Aunt Kathy were there for the ceremony. Congratulations Eric. He's working on applying to BYU-Idaho.

Tuesday was Glen's 52nd birthday, but since he wasn't going to be home, we had celebrated on Monday and even had some cake and ice cream (birthdays are an exception to our "No Treats" challenge--in which challenge we have one more week to go to make it 10 weeks without treats. We will then have one day of treats allowed--Monday June 1st--before we start another 10 week challenge.). Happy Birthday Glen!

I don't have photos of Glen's birthday, but there was a great double rainbow that evening.

On Wednesday, Hannah and Ryan drove to my parents' place in Brookings, Oregon. We will pick Ryan up in a few weeks, but Hannah is planning on staying the summer. They had to drive through sleet (hail?) and snow to get there, but they arrived safely and are spending Memorial Day helping my mom with the annual Azalea Festival in Brookings. One of these years (next?), I plan on going to the festival.

Friday was the last day of seminary for the year. We had a big breakfast. I really love all my seminary students. Wish I could have them again next year, too, but for their sakes, I want them to have a different teacher. We don't know yet what next year's assignments will be as far as which age group we will have and we are losing at least 2 teachers who are moving away, but we do know the topic is Old Testament. I'm excited. I love the Old Testament and am ready to learn more about it.

I continue to de-junk and am really happy with my efforts. Yesterday I worked on my bedroom. Tomorrow will be craft supplies, I think.

So it was a good week. And this next week, finals' week, should be a great one, too. I loved most of my kids from school, but, man, do I need a break.

Andrew promised to send me some photos of Henry, so I hope to have some to post soon.