Given that it has been three weeks since I have posted and we have a lot to remember from our (almost) three weeks back in the USA I am going to post a highlight reel:
1) May 15, 2010 - Megan graduated from University of Arizona - go girl!!! We had a fabulous time cheering her on and celebrating with our family (Amy and Rick flew in) and amazing friends (Joe, Lindsey, Haley, Sean and Courtney) also celebrating two graduations - congrats to Sean and Haley. Go Wildcats...
4) May 22, 2010 - Celebrated BOTH of our daughter's graduations and toasted their future plans by hosting a family dinner party at Maggiano's Little Italy in downtown Chicago for nearly 40 relatives. It was really fantastic for us to have both sides of our family in one place for such a happy event and we so appreciate the distances that some had to travel to be there for us - THANK YOU! So many of their cousins will soon be participating in similar celebrations and we can't wait as their future unfolds too :)
5) May 24, 2010 - Rendevouz in Las Vegas for the start of our long awaited family river trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. What an experience! Incredible beauty, thrilling rapids, fun hikes to turquoise pools and fabulous waterfalls...the list goes on. The weather was perfect (although that water is COLD when it soaks you in a rapid) and I loved having my family all to myself because it may be awhile before that happens again. I must admit that the girls and I were fantasizing about a spa day by the last day of our trip. We must have had sand in every pore of our body and Megan and I were definitely cursing our contact lenses by day 6! We didn't lose anyone to the river but came close in Lava Falls - Mike kept Megan in the boat by sheer will when she lost her grip!
1) May 15, 2010 - Megan graduated from University of Arizona - go girl!!! We had a fabulous time cheering her on and celebrating with our family (Amy and Rick flew in) and amazing friends (Joe, Lindsey, Haley, Sean and Courtney) also celebrating two graduations - congrats to Sean and Haley. Go Wildcats...
2) May 20, 2010 - Got to spend a couple of days visiting my Mom in Glenview (plotting a mother/daughter reunion in England was at the top of our list). Also enjoyed spending an evening out with Stevie and Scott - you're still the one, Stevie!
3) May 22, 2010 - Amy graduated from Loyola University Chicago School of Law - look out Manhattan, here she comes!!! Where did the last three years go? We attended a reception at the Law School on Friday, went to the Graduation Mass on Saturday followed by the graduation ceremony. It was very exciting to watch the pomp and circumstance and, needless to say, we are extremely proud of all she has accomplished in such a short time!
4) May 22, 2010 - Celebrated BOTH of our daughter's graduations and toasted their future plans by hosting a family dinner party at Maggiano's Little Italy in downtown Chicago for nearly 40 relatives. It was really fantastic for us to have both sides of our family in one place for such a happy event and we so appreciate the distances that some had to travel to be there for us - THANK YOU! So many of their cousins will soon be participating in similar celebrations and we can't wait as their future unfolds too :)
5) May 24, 2010 - Rendevouz in Las Vegas for the start of our long awaited family river trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. What an experience! Incredible beauty, thrilling rapids, fun hikes to turquoise pools and fabulous waterfalls...the list goes on. The weather was perfect (although that water is COLD when it soaks you in a rapid) and I loved having my family all to myself because it may be awhile before that happens again. I must admit that the girls and I were fantasizing about a spa day by the last day of our trip. We must have had sand in every pore of our body and Megan and I were definitely cursing our contact lenses by day 6! We didn't lose anyone to the river but came close in Lava Falls - Mike kept Megan in the boat by sheer will when she lost her grip! 6) May 31 - June 6, 2010 - Everyone gets back to business. Megan is working for Ideas Collide this summer and in summer school full time to get a second degree in Nutritional Sciences - Dietetics. She will be busy and we are happy that she is going after this degree since it really suits her passion to work in the health and nutrition field. Amy is hard at work all day everyday in her BarBri (sp?) class to prepare for the New York Bar exam at the end of July. She passed her patent Bar in February so this is the last step in the process for her - home stretch! Amy and Rick are also training for an Olympic distance triathlon in Chicago this summer while Megan starts training for another marathon this fall. We are back in England now and Mike is rebounding from his cycling injury. I am hoping that I might be able to keep up with him just a bit for a few more weeks!
Life is good. God is great!
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