May

We have had tons of rain and cold weather for the month of May. It has been unseasonably cold, but the weather is starting to change – we have had a few nice days in a row and we are all looking forward to the end of the school year in a better mood.

KC has less than a month left of school. He is done June 14th. Track will be done around that same time too. He has discovered that track is not his favorite sport but he is glad that he is learning to run better – he says it is good practice for soccer (which is his favorite sport). I was talking with a friend of mine yesterday and she mentioned that he will be done with high school and off to college in two years!! So hard to believe!!

Jack is spending more time with Mommy this month. We have been working on a gardening project at the house and he loves to ‘help mommy garden’ and ‘get garden tools’. It is so fun to do stuff with him. Since I am not working full time and the work I am doing is from the house, he is taking a few months off of daycare (which he calls his school) so we are having a fun mommy/jack summer!!

I am working from home teaching MET 6203 all online for my American students – it is kind of funny that I teach online for the American students and on Campus for the Taiwanese students – most of the time you would think it would be the opposite – but I am glad – I am so excited to see you all and hear how your year has been. I am also doing some work for a few other Universities with their online programs, just as a consultant, on a part time basis. Like I said last month I am also taking just one class right now, it is one of my last so it is very self directed and doing a practice for my dissertation – so somewhat similar to your capstone class. I am looking for a new full time job, so there is always something for me to do. Let alone all the gardening projects, home improvement projects, and other things around the house to do – this year I really want to put in flowers out front and find a small fragrant tree to plant outside Jack’s window. I was thinking a cherry tree – with the beautiful blossoms might be a good idea. So if my house looks like I am in the middle of a project when you come over this summer for dinner – it is!!

The pictures below are the whole family out to dinner for Mothers Day (Jack is sitting with my mom Suzie, my sister Becca is behind her with her son Xander and husband Aaron, my brother Drew is on the side with me behind his son Jonah, KC and me, and Mauriah Drew's wife is across from me) and of course a few cute pictures of my Jack, and me and my best friend from high school - Amanda.

I am looking forward to seeing you soon, just a few short months!!
Stacey