The Nitty Gritty

Hey family! This week was awesome! I got to sub 4 days and on my day off I met with my friend to discuss upcoming PTO stuff. Her husband is getting deployed for six months. I just don't know how these military parents do it. That would be so hard. Our schools have counseling groups for kids whose parents are in deployment. Isaac went to a MMEA (Missouri Music Educators Association) Conference this week. He left Wednesday and came home Saturday. He did a poster session where he displayed a poster about his dissertation. Copies of his dissertation arrived in the mail. I started reading his novella today. I'm so proud of Isaac and all the work and research he accomplished the past 4 years. If you ever want to read his dissertation or just the novella, let us know! We're trying to figure out how to publish it because several people have expressed interest in reading it. The weather was amazing this weekend. The boys and I played baseball on the driveway. Yesterday Isaac c...

Happy New Year! We had a great trip to Utah. We met our newest nephew, Myles Lamont, son of Mitch and Supriya. We also got to see their new house in Clearfield. We got to spend time with family and saw lots of old friends at Isaac's graduation party. Our trip ended on a stressful note. Our CRV had to get repaired, the repairs were very costly so we decided to trade it in and upgrade to a mini van. It's a 2008 Honda Odyssey. We really love it and have wanted a van for a long time. I guess it's good that we were forced (maybe strongly encouraged) into getting one. It's the first time in our 14 years of marriage that we have a car payment! Ugh! Cars=necessary evils. Also, we brought Heidi, the dog, home with us. It was something we were really looking forward to, but discovered that we are not dog owners and it's an added stress we don't need/want in our lives. She is the sweetest dog and so well behaved. She sat in the back seat the entire drive. Once she was hom...