Thursday, August 11, 2011

Parental Pride...

There is something amazing about being a parent and seeing your children find success in their lives. Jon recently returned from a great experience in Germany where he worked for a fabulous company as a design intern. He's now pumped and ready to hit the books (and drawing pad) for one more semester to finish up his degree. Wish I could share some of his work from his experience, but it's all proprietary. :(

Then, today, Jen got an award at work recognizing her contributions to JCP's marketing efforts for custom decorating. Pictures below...

I'm bursting with pride (and so very happy for both of my kiddos)!!




Thursday, August 4, 2011

Blog Update...

Well, my regular blog postings have been terribly sporadic lately!  I guess being married has created a little less time for frequent updates.  But... that's a really good thing.  I'm having an absolute blast being married to Steve.  We have the best time together, just doing little everyday things.  In addition, it's been a very busy summer!!  Most recently, we had a fun shower at one of my sweet sister-in-law's house and little Molly got some adorable things.  Below is a picture of the grandmoms-to-be.  Dawn, Kim and Gail.  Don't we all look great in pink?!!  It was such a nice event.

Before that, we spent Father's Day with my dad in White Deer.  We bought him a weather station and Steve installed it for him.  He is loving it.  He can check the wind, rain and temperature right from his easy chair! 


Steve also had surgery on his shoulder this summer.  He is recuperating but is having to do stretching exercises to keep it loose.  At least he's not in as much pain as he was before.  


Below is a picture of little Miss Molly's closet BEFORE the shower.  I cannot imagine what it looks like now.  That little girl will have enough clothes to have a new outfit every day for several months!!  They are all adorable, too!!

I also attended a College Business Management Institute in Lexington, KY at the end of July for an entire week.  Even though this is a picture of a goofy hat and glasses from the one social event we had, it was a week of classes, including Accounting, Plant Operations, HR, Business Operations, etc.  It was a good week and I will get to participate in this conference for a week for each of the next two summers.  Interesting tidbit... this program has been in existence for 59 years at the University of Kentucky.  

Below is another picture from the baby shower.  Our niece and great niece were able to come and Bailey was such a great little helper during the shower.  She brought presents to Jennifer and also helped her open a few.  She's such a cutie pie!!
Below is a sweet pic of Jaxon and Julie.  I was so glad Julie, Jamie and Jaxon were able to come to the shower!!

I think this is one of our first pictures of three generations!  Kim, Jen and Molly!!

And then, we have JB...  Cute as a button and such a joy in our lives.  Here she is hiding in our shopping bags.