The Rundown

Tomorrow it is March, which marks the beginning of a busy time for Sean and I. . .


*Within a week or two, Sean will be getting his orders from the Air Force regarding our re-location to Las Vegas so that he can begin the clinical portion of his CRNA masters program there.

*Shortly after that, I will begin a serious search for a home for us in Vegas, as well as handle the process of ending our rental lease here, and we will hopefully finalize our moving details.

*In mid March, I will be taking a trip up to Pennsylvania where I have family I want to visit one last time before we move away.

*Sean will be on spring break when I return from PA, and hopefully he'll be able to get away from his research project long enough for us to do one last fling of fun around the DC area.

*Toward the end of Sean's spring break week, we will have a fellow Air Force friend who will be starting the CRNA masters program in June visit for a few days to do some apartment hunting and to tour the university she'll be attending.

*Toward the middle of April, I'll start weeding through all of our stuff, taking things to Goodwill and organizing everything to prepare for when the movers come.

*Finals week for Sean is the last week in April. . .Aaagh!

*Within the first two weeks of May, we hope to have the movers come and plan on leaving town immediately after.


So, now you all know the rundown! Please understand if we're a little difficult to reach or seem a bit preoccupied during the next 9-10 weeks. We're excited about what's ahead, but we'll be glad when it's all over too!

A Wonderful Valentine's Day

Sean did an amazing job this Valentine's Day! He surprised me with goodies in the morning, had reservations for dinner at a surprise restaurant in the evening, and then we ended our day with our traditional Valentine's Day movie. It was wonderful!

A slideshow of our day is below! Click on the button at the bottom of the slideshow that says View All Images to view the pictures one at a time, and in a larger format. . .

50th Anniversary Surprise

My parents 50th wedding anniversary was this past weekend. My sisters, my Dad and I all planned a surprise party for my Mom in honor of the occasion. All of the family came to town, and assembled in their house on Saturday morning to yell "Surprise!" when my parents came home from their usual weekend grocery shopping routine. After the initial surprise and tearful greetings, we told my mom we were bringing in their pastor for a marriage vow renewal ceremony and my Dad asked her to "marry him again". We sent them upstairs to get all dressed up for the ceremony, and then they came back down for some family sharing time during which my Dad read my mom a special poem. Then we had the ceremony, followed by cake and champagne. The rest of the afternoon was filled with all of their friends and loved-ones coming by the house to wish them well. It was a crazy, exciting and wonderful day!

A slideshow of the key events of the day is below. Click on the button at the bottom of the slideshow that says View All Images to view the pictures one at a time, and in a larger format. . .