The Beginning of the End

After six years of hard work Mike's post secondary education came to a close today as he completed day three of the UFE. It's been a day of celebrating in the Stannix family. We are all excited to have him back after all of his long evenings spent studying and working so hard for us. Education is such a blessing and I am so grateful for a husband who values this. I hope that our children will learn from his dedication and hard work in this area of his life, as well as others.

My parents came up today to pick up our littles since Mike and I are flying out on vacation tomorrow sans short people. It's been a hard day for me, anticipating being separated from my dear children for seven whole days. A normal Mamma would probably be jumping up and down with excitement, but I can't stop thinking about how much I will miss them! Just after lunch we all headed over to cheer and congratulate our favorite Daddy as he emerged from his rigerous three day exam. Tears totally welled up in my eyes as he came through the doors. I am so so proud of him! We then enjoyed pizza lunch with his firm and the other UFE writers. Every writer gets a happy meal. All of the writers gave up their awesome toys to my kids, so we now have a bunch of happy meal toys kicking around. Being the only kiddos there, they got a lot of attention.

 

Camilla and Hyrum were pretty excited to go to the acreage for the week. I put Joe in his "Off to Gramma's" shirt for the occasion. I spent the morning soaking in some play time with them. We played Hide n' Seek and soccer in the backyard. After the festivities, Mike and I switched over the carseats and loaded up their bags. We squeezed them each tight before buckling them in. We stood on the sidewalk to wave them off. Mike put his arm around me and held me close as he knew it would be difficult for me. I cried as they drove away, and my eyes remained wet for a while after I went into the house. I told Mike I would get it all out of my system before we left so that we could have fun!

We went out with his firm tonight for more celebrating. We didn't stay too long though. We wanted to take advantage of our time together and decided to hit up a movie. After half an hour of waiting in the theaters, just before the previews evan began we decided we were too tired to stay out so late and exchanged our tickets for passes to come another night. I am looking forward to some much needed sleep, and praying my Mom gets the sleep that she needs tonight with Joe.