A brief hiatus

That is how I am choosing to describe our blog-silence. What have we been doing you ask? Well, here's a quick overview. On May 14th I graduated from New Saint Andrews with a B.A. in liberal arts. Yay! Here I am with several classmates, giddy with glee before the ceremony.



And then on May 16th, Joel graduated from the University of Idaho with a Masters in Accountancy. Woohoo!



Since he didn't walk, we don't have a picture of him in cap and gown. But at least you can see the happiness on his face now that we're all done.

And then of course, springtime finally came to the Palouse and our apple tree blossomed. And if you're busy gawking at the ugly dirt/tarp that the tree is planted in, never fear! Joel dumped 3 1/3 cubic yards of bark down in the raised part of our front yard. It looks much better.



In May Kate had a baby shower:



And, following the natural course of things, shortly thereafter had a baby:



World, meet David Gregory Henreckson. Please keep in mind that these are only two of a myriad of cute pictures of this little guy. I would put up more, but I don't know where I'd stop. I should point out that David is very fond of his auntie.

On a more sad note, in May we also flew to Phoenix to be with Joel's grandmother before she passed away. While we were grateful to get to see all of our family again, it was a difficult time and we will miss Grandma Flo a lot. She was a firm believer in the circle of life, and the idea that when one person leaves the world another takes their place. On the day of Flo's funeral, I got the call from kate saying she was going into labor. After the funeral i was able to catch an early flight back to Moscow and make it to the hospital before Kate had David. I was so glad to get to be there, and I think Grandma Flo would have been very pleased with the little person who entered this world when she left it.

That's it for now. I plan on being a more regular blogger once again now that the chaos of school is over. Thanks for your patience!