Father's Day and Other Important Stuff

Hello, and Happy Father's Day!

It was a beautiful day for Father's Day; we thought it might rain late in the day, but the clouds rolled past us.

FATHER'S DAY. Here is the tribute I put on facebook for Dad: top left corner in 1954, pictured with his mom. Then clockwise, with each of our kids, in different life stages: 1996, 2005, 2006. A wonderful, loving dad and grandpa. Miss you, Dad! (one friend commented that she could see me and my children in Dad's 17-year-old face. Cool huh! :))

And, Frank definitely deserves one too, since he keeps our family grounded and centered, while also tossing humor into the mix. Thanks, Frank, for your true dedication to our cause of growth, as individuals and as a family...helping us all maintain sanity along our journey :) :) :)

Greece vacation, April 2007. Kids are 11, 9, 7!

David's facebook post:
"Where's Waldo, Milano style"

CONSOLATE WORK. David made it to Milan by way of Manchester, last weekend. We skyped with him this morning, and he now has a week under his belt at the U.S. Consolate there. He knew they would not save the exciting work for the interns. They did not disappoint, ha! He has been taking people's fingerprints all week...helping people with the passport process. The cool thing is, he can actually talk to them in Italian, not just follow the 4-sentence script that the other non-Italian-speaking interns get.

He thinks they will rotate him to another job in a couple of weeks, when another intern gets there. The NEW guy can take over fingerprinting.

Also, he is taking advantage of talking to other people who work there, to find out their stories and work history at the consolate. Learning what THEY do all day every day, too.

SCHOOL YEAR DWINDLING. Kara is now finished with tennis, and she just has 3 days of school left: one day of presentations, and then one final per day on Tuesday and Wednesday. At last! School will be out this week!

I will have my last day of tutoring on Tuesday.

6 years ago

BIG APPLE. Frank will be in NYC all this week. This job has him traveling just about every month, sometimes 2 trips a month. Here is a photo from our family trip a few years ago. New York City is a pretty cool place. (Of course, he'll spend the whole time in an office building, in meetings. It's different than vacationing there.)

My blog time is now officially "up!" Hope your week starts out well. Stay cool and may you accomplish baby steps toward your goals this week!

Love, Kari