Yet another bulleted list to catch up for my severe and chronic lack of posting.
- I went to Spain from June 10-25. I spent two weeks traveling around the country with 17 Catholic school girls. Yes, spending that much time with teenage girls was just as annoying as it sounds. But it was good being in Spain again.
- While I was in Spain, there was apparently a little flood around here. Our house was fine, and all of our friends were unaffected as well, which makes us pretty lucky.
- We spent a few days in July on vacation with Colleen's family. Her two sisters flew in and we all went to Lake Geneva, WI.
- Upon return from Wisconsin, Colleen flew to Seattle for the National AP Conference. This not only gave her more time with her sister Erin, but also a surprise visit with Donor and Jenniffer!
- We spent the last weekend in July not only packing for our big move, but heading to Chicago with our friend Wendy for the Neil Diamond concert. He did all the big hits, including "Sweet Caroline", which got two encores on its own right in the middle of the show. For a minute, I thought the rest of the show would just be the chorus of that song over and over again. It was a pretty great show, made even better by the middle-aged man sitting next to Wendy who spent the entire show openly weeping. I wish we would have found out what it was about Neil Diamond that reduced this man to a tearful, slobbering mess.
- At the end of July, we closed on our new house and left our days of renting behind us. We are now all unpacked and looooove the new place! Ben really likes his new room and having lots of space to play in.
- Ben has been having a rough week because he is getting his molars. He seems to be miserable and is having trouble sleeping, but it looks like the teeth are making progress and hopefully it won't be much longer.
- Ben is also on the verge of walking. He took two steps on his own last night, but in general seems content with crawling to get where he wants to go. He does enjoy climbing up the stairs in the new house to get to his room every night at bedtime.
- I have been accepted to the MBA program at the University of Iowa. I am in the Cedar Rapids program, which means I will still teach during the day and go to class two nights a week right here in the Crapids.
- I can't believe school starts again for us next week. The summer has flown by!
- To conclude, here is a gratuitous Ben picture:
