June 2017
June officially kicked off our summer with Allison
getting out of school and both girls staying home with one of our favorite baby
sitters every day for the summer. The girls are enjoying summer and really not
missing school, so I’m sure they will be in for a surprise in August!
As we mentioned, we asked our neighbor, Margaret, to
watch the girls while we are working this summer. She has taken them multiple times to the
pool, different parks, and the library. We
signed the girls up for tennis lessons with the Sniadecki’s at North Central,
so they have been enjoying that new activity this summer. Margaret also takes them over to her house to
play. On top of that, there are many
times that we come home to a driveway full of chalk or a game of tag going on
in our backyard with other neighbor children.
It has been everything we hoped for and it has allowed for Deb and I to
not deal with dropping off or picking up the girls from school, saving us lots
of time.
My last day at Hurco was June 9th and it was
definitely surreal. When you have
worked somewhere for 12 years, there is quite a comfort level you have with
your work, but also the people at work.
Anyone that knows me realizes that I value my work relationships
tremendously and really enjoy “liking” where I work, not only the work I
do. I enjoyed some happy hours at a
local bar over my last 2 weeks and enjoyed telling stories and having some
beers with everyone. My first month at
Herff Jones has been exactly what I was expected. It has been challenging as there are several
things to work on and I’m trying to learn things as quickly as I can. I participated in the annual finance
conference which was a great way to learn about the company and the direction
of the finance team. This new job
reminded me of when we brought Allison home, Deb and I were worried and
concerned about several things as new parents.
3 months later, we weren’t worried about those things as they weren’t a
big deal anymore, we had new concerns! I
think a new job is like that, everything just needs to be absorbed and learned
in a timely manner, and things will work out.
Early in the month, Allison graduated from Kindergarten
and it was a really cool ceremony. Mom,
Randy and Anna were able to attend and we enjoyed a picnic with her classmates
afterwards. There was a school-wide ice
cream party at Broad Ripple Park after the picnic, so we went to that and then
we all went to the pool to celebrate.
For the 3rd year in a row, we went to visit
the Rago family. We drove to their new house
in Chicago on Thursday and enjoyed some pizza.
The following morning, we went up to Lake Geneva and didn’t leave their
house after that. We enjoyed some good
weather and as the kids have gotten older and play together, it has become a
lot easier to enjoy ourselves around the pool.
One of our fraternity brothers, Scott Puzen, came by with his family and
it was great to catch up with him. The drive
home on Father’s day was difficult as 3 late nights for the girls without any
naps caused the girls to start falling apart by dinner time.
Our annual “Cousins Weekend” at my mom’s condo was near
the end of June and it was a great time.
We hung out there Friday afternoon and all day on Saturday. The girls played very well with their cousins
and enjoyed swimming along with playing with them. Several of us went to the Christ the King
Summer Social on Friday evening. The
girls had a good time with some of the kids from school, their cousins and the
Sniadecki’s.
Sarah’s Things of the Month
Sarah has started napping only a few times a week which
has been nice so we can do multiple things in a day and not have to get home to
put her down for a nap. After about 3 or
4 days without a nap, we can tell it is time to get her to bed for an hour or
so in the afternoon. Sarah is really
enjoying her tennis lessons.
Allison’s Thing of the Month
Allison enjoyed her baseball season as it came to an end
in June. She really did well with learning
to throw and she has a pretty good arm.
Too bad she can’t see very well, because her aim isn’t the best!
A few more items from this
month:
- Debbie took the girls to get an overdue haircut. They got several inches taken off and look much older!
- We went to an Indians game with the Sniadeckis. It was fun, so of course it was time for ice cream!
- We had a pine tree removed in our front yard and are trying to grow grass in the heat of summer.
- We went over to the Bassett’s for a cookout to celebrate Tom’s 40th birthday!
- We had our annual pictures taken by Sarah Souders. We had them taken on the Monon in Carmel.
- Deb and I went on a date night to Ocean Prime. It was long overdue as we used several gift cards.
- I went over to Naab’s house and had some beers with him and Gareth. It was good to catch up as it had been too long since we had seen each other.
