Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Graduation and the Move

We are so proud of our dad and husband for graduating!! Brett worked so hard, not only did he go to school 7-4:15 Monday-Friday, plus a few Saturdays, but he worked an afterschool job to support our family, we couldn't have asked for a better dad and husband, we feel so lucky!! Also, all Brett's studying and hard work paid off, he was one of the few students awarded Wyotech's highest honor, the outstanding student award. We love you so much Brett!! Congrats again to our graduate!!
Now for the moving story, we took off the very next day after graduation, which we were only able to successfully due thanks to Brett's parents for all the help in packing and cleaning, we decided to leave so soon because we wanted to make our drive into a few day journey seeing as how neither Caroline nor Elliot are good travelers and we had such a huge load to haul. Our first bump in the road actually happened before we even hit the road, Brett drove the moving truck with the trailer which was suppose to have Brett's truck attached to it, while I was going to drive our car with baby and cat with me, well, the trailer (that was suppose to be able to fit a full size 4WD drive long bed truck) we got wasn't long enough for our truck to fit on, so we had to make a little change of plans, I was now driving Brett's truck, alone, because it has no air conditioning, therefore I would have the windows down the whole way, which would not be fun for Caroline or Elliot, and Brett now had 2 new passengers in the moving van with him....and that is how day one began. Day 2 was suppose to be a 6 hour drive from Denver to Kansas, but turned out that it took us 10 hours. After a long haul of gas, meal, and rest stops, with plenty of driving, we finally made it to our hotel, long after we had planned!! The rest of our journey was not much different, lets just say we were glad to finally arrive in Texas!!

So proud!!

Brett with his awards and diploma

9 comments:

Lori said...

Wow! Congrats, you guys! That seems like a huge accomplishment {both graduating AND making it to Texas!!}. You guys look like you're doing great.

Maura said...

Congrats to all of you. We are so excited to see you in December!

Sarah said...

Congrats Brett!! Ha Ha! I love the drive story! That is such a great picture of yur family. Wow I miss you - but I'll see you soon!
Loves xoxo

Maricia said...

Congratulations on the graduation it is so freeing! I was so excited to find your blog! How are you doing? Wow, it's been a long time! Your little girl is so cute!

Melanie@Crafty Cupboard said...

Oh man, I am glad you guys made it, at least! Did you already have a place in TX to go to? How is it?

Stephanie said...

We're glad you got to stay at our house on your way to your new life in TX. Olivia asked me just last night if Uncle Brett is coming this weekend. We'll miss seeing you guys, but we're excited for your new opportunity in TX

Maricia said...

We live in Fremont, CA. I actually live off the same street as Melissa - Crazy!

Amy said...

I can't wait to be back in TX with yall in a few years! Congrats on everything.

Audrey Cornelius said...

Yea! Congrats! I know you deserved all the honors and I'm sure you won't miss your crazy schedule.

some of our summer fun at the Oklahoma cabin

some of our summer fun at the Oklahoma cabin
Brett enjoying his tube ride

Me with my mom and grandma Evans