Overall summary:
Gary: He is busy with retirement life which is turning out to be quite a busy life style for him. I thought it won't be much different from when he was working, since he has worked at home for 15 years or so. However it is so much better! Not only does he help me with some of my errands and running Ben and Jena here and there, he is so excited about his time he can spent working on family history and doing temple work. I can't think of two more worthwhile ways to spend your time once you are retired. At this very minute, he is picking up the Pack awards for the boys while he is waiting for his brother-in-law Allan to finish at the dentist. He has always been my right hand "man" but he is more helpful than ever....good thing because I am probably less helpful!
Jessica, Elessia, and Liam: Liam is mastering walking and is quite proud of himself. They have had some house guests for a while which is fun but also stressful. One of their house guests needed some surgery which was done in Salt Lake (they are from Colorado) so they will be here a couple of weeks as he recovers.After living down the street from work about 5 minutes, Jessica's office moved from Magna to Sandy which means she now has a 30 minute commute at 5:30 in the morning. She is adjusting and still claims she likes her 6-3 schedule with DCFS.
Scott, Chantel, and Scarlett: The big news from them is that Scott recently started a job with IHC (InterMountain Health Care). It isn't the job he wants but it gets his foot finally into a job in health care which he has been working towards for awhile. They are very supportive of his desire to move up into more management positions so he is excited about the future. Meanwhile he still needs to work a few shifts at Red Lobster every week to keep the same salary base but he also will get benefits. Yay. Chantel has started a personal fitness business and was able to quit working at Ogden Regional Hospital at the end of April. So she is now home more and Scott is home less---the joys of early career life!
Ben: Ben is excited about spring and planting and caring for the garden. He spent a week in the hospital at the end of April and they finally got him off of one medication which we haven't liked from the start. Not wild about the new medication either but at least he doesn't need constant reassurance that he is okay--day and night.
Tosha, Austen, and Niki: They are great. More about them in the other posts about my trip to Japan.
Jena: She is 7 months into her mission and still loving it. One of her friends from the Walnut Grove Ward just started her Church Service mission last month so now they go together to mission activities and events. Fun times. Her first year of STEPS is just about to end. She loves her teachers and her friends, but I am not thrilled with her programming. Hopefully that will improve next year.
Jena spent one Saturday afternoon in April with Kaitlyn and Kinli swimming and then going out to dinner at the Food Court. Gary and I used the time to go to a movie and then went to the same court to eat dinner so we would be there on time to get Jena.
They saw us eating but they headed away from us to sit and eat. I did grab these pictures when we were getting ready to go.
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| From our table Jena is growing up. |
Me: I finished the fifth of 9 semesters of my MSW and also completed my internship with DCSF before I left on my trip. It was busy but it was great to finish up and then hop on a plane for Japan. Of course the house and yard had many things not done that I had hoped to get done, but No Worries...they were all there waiting for me when I got back.
Have a great day.
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