June 10, 2008Wow! What a whirlwind month it has been! In the past few weeks we have managed to graduate from Dental School, move across the country, celebrate Chad's 28th birthday, and leave our kids for a whole week while we trekked off to Mexico. It has all been great!
Graduation was great. Four years of hard work finally paid off. We are so proud of Chad! Graduation lasted for several day. We attended a gala on Thursday night, Dental School graduation on Friday, and VCU commencement ceremonies on Saturday. Chad has now received his license and will begin work on June 11th. He is excited to begin, and to be able to practice all that he has learned.
We are thrilled to say that we now have an actual house--4 walls and all! It is just a rental, but we are loving it just the same. We have a large yard for the boys to play in. There is even a barn behind our house. There is a duck there that Tate has named "Chicken the Duck." She is sitting on her eggs, and we are anxiously awaiting the day that they hatch. We also discovered another animal in our yard yesterday. It was a snake! Chad found it and decided he would surprise me with our new found pet while I was in the shower. Chad is currently enjoying his time on the couch. (J/K :)
Both Tate and Max are adjusting well to the move. They enjoy having a little extra space to run around. Most of all they love being by their grandparents. They had a wonderful time playing with their grandparents while Chad and I went to Mexico. Tate keeps asking if he can go sleepover again at Uncle Kevin's!
Chad and I had a great adventure in Mexico. We managed to learn a little spanish, and discovered the joys of driving in Puerto Vallarta. We also learned that there are laws in Mexico, and they do actually enforce them (if you are an Americano that is!) We got a ticket for running a red light (it was yellow!) We got to have the fun opportunity of traveling to the police station and paying our 200 pesos ($20) so that we could get Chad's drivers license back. Memo to us: just use a taxi next time! We enjoyed going on a neat excursion down the coast of Vallarta to a tiny fishing town. We spent time on the beach, kayaked in the ocean, and went on a nature walk in the rainforest. One of our favorite things we did was releasing baby sea turtles into the ocean. The hotel we stayed at collects around 40,000 turtle eggs, and then releases them as they hatch.
Well, there is our month in a nutshell. It has been a very busy time, but one that we are enjoying!
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What a busy month. You sure do know how to pack it in! Congrats to Chad for everything. How neat is it that he is a dentist? I feel so old sometimes. I love chicken the duck. That is too cute. I'm glad you were able to post again. We've missed the communication. Weird that you're back home and I'm not there to see you. I liked it better when we were both far away! What a blessing it is to be near family. I hope you enjoy every minute of it-or at least all the free babysitting you can get! I look forward to posts closer together now that you've 'settled' a little bit.
PS-what a wonderful picture holding the sea turtle!
Linds, it's so good to see you back in blogland! We think about you guys all the time! I hate looking over at your apartment and knowing you guys are gone. It's so good to see all these fun pictures and know you guys are doing well though! I'd love to see pix of your new home. :-) Your vacation sure sounds fun and congrats again to Chad on graduation! That is very exciting! We love you guys!
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