May has flown by!!! I have been so busy at work that I have not had time to blog. This should tell you how busy I am as I really do enjoying blogging. Lots of big things have happened this month so I will try and catch up on them in this one big post.Julie Heman's wedding - Lovely wedding. Fun had by all. Very interesting ceremony. Julie had two male bride's maids. Not sure what you call them - attendants? Anyway, it was lovely. Julie looked lovely, all of her brother's participated. They all did great but I would like to give special props to Kevin. He did so well with the reading. He also did an excellent approach to the alter. Reverant, with a bow to the eucharist. Very proper! Way to go Kev. St. Thomas taught you well. The reception was awesome. Thanks Buddy and Kim for a fabulous party. Also, thanks to the Liu family for adding their cultural traditions as well. Everyone LOVED the dragon dance. I wish the bride and groom much success and happiness in the future!
Heather's Grad School Graduation Round 2 - Who is beautiful, talented, accomplished,EDUCATED and DEBT FREE all before age 24? Heather, that's whooooo! We all traveled to Denton (except Sally, see next comment) to watch Heather accept her second master's degree. Of course the weather was horrible but it did not rain on the day (pun intended). After the graduation, Gran and I met the graduate, Jared, Whitney and Debbie and Sal for a very lovely dinner. All in all it was a great day and a great celebration. Bob Rue died - After 83 years, Bob Rue finally found peace. The last couple of years had been hard for him. Chris did such an amazing job standing by his grandfather. I am so proud of him for standing up and doing something very hard that he did not have to do. Chris, I am proud of you and I admire the way you handled a very tough situation for such a long time. Since his memorial was the same night as Heather's graduation, Sally went to San Marcos to be with her kids as they said good bye to their grand father. By all accounts it was a lovely service. Katie and Moose kicked in and helped Chris put together a lovely and fitting farewell to a man who had been a huge part of their lives for the past few years. Thank you to all of you for doing what needed to be done. I am proud of all of you.
THE HOUSE IS PAINTED!!!! - After four months of hard work, set backs and frustrations, the house is finally painted! I cannot overstate what a big deal this is for me! I still have touch ups, the old deck and window scrapping to go, but it is such a relief to have the whole house one color (and it is a color I like).
The garden is coming in - Again, I have been so busy that I was actually surprised by this. I had been watering and I knew the things were growing, but the other day we went into the garden and BAM! Vegetables everywhere! The tatume squash is awesome. Huge vines and tons of squash. Also tons of tomatos and beans. We are going to have watermelons this year! The purple peppers are great as is the eggplant. We have been eating out the garden for about three days now.
