My how time flies when you are having fun ... when life is catching up to you ... when you forget that you have a blog because you're so busy doing other things ... like ...
In April 2006 my eldest son Kerry got married to our beautiful daughter-in-law Rebecca. The next day my father-in-law, whom Larry and I had been caring for died. In May we moved out of Larry's parents house to our own rental.
In August '06 I started school full-time in the music depart of our community college. I carried 19 hours the first semester and 18 the next. I also played a small part in the opera Pirates of Penzance. It was amazingly awesome and exhausting. My mother and I lead three women's retreats that year.
In May of '07 we moved to Las Cruces, New Mexico, our first move without the boys, very hard core stuff for this very wannabe forever stay-at-home mom. In June my parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in Colorado, that I had the priviledge of overseeing the planning of. In July our first grandchild, Aithne Wilhelmina Elizabeth Riley Wauson was born in Springfield, MO.
In August of '07 I spoke at a women's retreat here in Las Cruces. The next week I started back to school at New Mexico State University carrying 18 hours. In the spring I joined the praise team of our new church, Mesilla Park Community Church, and carried 12 hours at school. During the summer I took two classes. In the fall of '08 I carried 12 hours and was diagnosed with anemia.
In November my two eldest sons moved in with us in order to go back to school full-time and finish their degrees. My eldest son brought his wife and our precious grandaughter with him. In December I graduated with a degree in Communication Studies and my whole family traveled here to celebrate with me. That Christmas my daughter-in-law's family came to Las Cruces to celebrate the holidays with her.
This spring of '09 has been the first slow time I've had in a very, very long time. And I think I'm enjoying it, even if I do feel a bit like I'm just wasting time ;)
