I love my job but it keeps me much busier than I ever expected. This past April, Loyola University hosted a huge picnic on the front lawn to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the University and kick off a year long centennial celebration. I was heavily involved in the planning of the event and I'm so excited I was able to be a part of it. Things at work didn't slow down after the Centennial, I squeezed in a quick trip to Kansas City, Missouri and then in May I coordinated the Senior Crawfish Boil for over 1000 graduating students and their families during Graduation and then traveled to Atlanta, and Washington DC for alumni events.
Mike finished up his first semester of graduate school at Tulane and wrapped up the Military History course he was teaching to juniors (he teaches multiple sections of the same course at Tulane, Loyola, Dillard, Xavier, and UNO) just in time to head to Spain with a group of 19 ROTC students from colleges and universities all over the US bin early May. Mike returned home at the end of June.
Olivia seems so much older! Her hair is so long! It's surreal to think that 3 years ago her hair was falling out from the chemo treatments and she was completely bald. I think that it may be time for Olivia's first post-transplant haircut soon. Olivia finished up the school year at the end of May and went to one session of a 3 week summer camp offered at her school. Peter is at the same school but their curriculum changed a bit for the summer and he's enjoying more hands on activities and field trips. Peter is growing up so fast! We're surprised by the things he says and does on a daily basis.
So without too much rambling here are a few pictures from our first spring in New Orleans....
I consider it a huge accomplishment that 100's of these were delivered to my office a few days before the event and they all arrived safely at the festivities!
Glad we didn't have to put 100 candles on the cake!
A celebration 100 years in the making
Loving the back yard! It makes the close quarters much more enjoyable.
A random Saturday morning outing with Peter.
My beach babe!
Olivia's favorite New Orleans delicacy thus far is crawfish. She loves 'em!
Enjoying a beautiful day in Audubon park.
Peter's favorite New Orleans delicacy is char broiled oysters.
He loves 'em and would eat them by the dozen!
Everybody enjoys beignets.
Although Olivia's preferred method is to lick off the sugar first then eat the dough.
I finally got a passport with my married name and put it to good use visiting Mike in Spain!
We had a great spring and I vow to blog more often. It also helps that there have been major software updates since my last post and it's much easier to add pictures and new posts!
