Two weeks worth....or more.

It has been a while since I have updated our blog. We have had a lot going on so bare with me. On Friday Sept. 4th Caleb celebrated his Birthday. We went out to dinner with his parents to his favorite place to eat. We had a good time. Saturday we headed down to Yuba for the family reunion. We played catch and sat around catching up with everyone. Families were going to be showing up on different days. We left Sunday around 1:30 and got home just before 3:00. We got showered and cleaned up and headed to my parents house around 4:15. We went over to celebrate Caleb's Birthday with my family. My grandpa Gardner was having a hard time for the first couple of hours we were there. We almost had to call 911 to have an ambulance come and pick him up. We were finally able to get him up and going and sit around the table with us. We were trying to work on Cortney's Birthday present. Monday morning I got a phone call from my mom that my Uncle Pat had been in an accident and as a result he passed away. later that afternoon Caleb's parents called to tell us they were broken down and needed some help. All of this in one weekend is a bit much.


The weekend of the 12th I worked on Saturday for my companies open house. I had spent a lot of time working on everything for the open house and it went great. I sent off a package to Cort for his Birthday which was on the 14th. It was kind of hard day without him here. He wrote his letter home and I was pretty emotional when reading it. the fact that it was his first birthday not at home did not set easily for me. I have been thinking a lot about him lately and MISS him a ton.

This past weekend Caleb and I had a lot going on. Saturday morning around 7:00 am Caleb, his dad and brother all went down to help his grandparents install a sprinkler system. At 10:00 am I went to my nieces volleyball game. She played great and won. It is amazing to see these tiny kids playing a game that I love soooo much. Caleb and I then had our nieces 1st birthday party at 3:00. We went out to Chelsea and Nic's house to celebrate. We left there around 5:00 and ran to the dry cleaners and then home to get ready. We headed to our 10 year class reunion which started at 7:00pm. The class reunion was a class reunion. A couple of people walked around trying to sell them self as a huge success. I told Caleb that I was going to have a hard time with a few people not being able to tell which person out of the husband and wife we actually went to school with. One guy walked up and started talking to Caleb and asked if I was his wife and put his hand out to shake my hand. Caleb then told him that I went to high School with them. That was a highlight of my night.

I cannot believe that we have been out of high school for 10 years. I am not sure if a 10 year class reunion is considered a milestone in ones life but it puts your age into perspective. Wow. I need to try and keep this updated a little more often so that it does not turn into a novel every time.

I love count downs everyone who knows me knows this about me. I have been counting down the number of classes I have left until I graduate. Well let me fill you in....I AM DONE...FINISHED...Graduated...It only took about two and a half years to get my degree. I don't think it has really hit me yet. I am sure it will when I don't have to actually go straight from work to the campus. Caleb and I have a few things going on that I am sure will keep me busy. Caleb started the fall semester last week. I have mentioned that he is good at everything he does. He had to help both of his teachers teach the class during both summer classes. I Love him tons...

My niece has decided to take up volleyball. I could not be happier not only for her but me. Out of all her choices she chooses something that means soooo much to me. She sent me a text (from her mother's phone) and asked if I would help her with her serves. she came over last week and we worked on them in my backyard and front yard. She is going to be amazing. I love that she will ask for help and actually listens. When I coached High School volleyball they did not listen to me as well as she did. She was scheduled to have her first game last Sat. but she was not feeling very good. I told her that I would come to all of her games. I will post some pics of her playing in her games once I attend one.

This weekend we have a family re-union on Caleb's mom's side of the family at Yuba Lake. I will take some pics and post them with an update of how it went. I am hoping for Fun in the Sun being a beach bum. I have to keep reminding myself that this beach is going to be nothing like Hawaii, Cancun or Grand Cayman.