Big weekend

This last weekend was a busy and fun weekend. Two of my brothers graduated on Friday night. Ben graduated medical school from Wright State University and David graduated high school. The crappy part was that they both graduated on Friday night at 6:30 and 7pm in different cities. The family had to split and we all missed one of the graduations. I went to David's while Josh attended Ben's. The we had a joint graduation party for both of the boys on Saturday. But it was still a fun weekend and I am very happy and proud of each of the boys. We know quite well the accomplishment and hard work that medical school is and are wishing Ben and Sarah all the best during his ER residency in NY. David was his normal self by recommending a Dr. Suess quote as the senior class motto ("If you have brains in your head and feet your shoes, you can steer yourself any way you choose.") and listing his future goal post graduation as being a "rock star." Yes, we're very proud. Just this weekend David did finally settle on his next steps which are to attend a Discipleship Training School with Youth With a Mission in Kona, Hawaii. We are actually very happy about this because I think he will really enjoy and benefit from the experience. We're praying God uses the time to really direct Dave in the next phase of life. After all the graduation activities, we stayed around at my parents' house and hung out with family and friends. Our close friends, Adam and Kim were int town from California visiting family, so we hooked up with them on Sunday night and Monday. It was fun letting the kids all play together for the first time really since Violet's been old enough to play. That was fun and then Josh headed home to Columbus for a call shift while I stayed with family so that I didn't have to spend Tuesday and Wednesday morning alone. It was a fun and exhausting week. The kids had a blast playing with cousins and we enjoyed a little more quality time with Ben and Sarah before the move. Now I need to get my house cleaned and start packing for our own move. It's time to come out of the denial about moving stage and start getting some stuff done. =)