July Antics

July has been hectic to say the least. Here's a (somewhat) brief recap of what we've done this month:

- Jen is finishing up her externship this week. It was six long weeks but she learned a lot while working for the school district. She also had to create her own materials, so her previous ABA skills of making things up on the cheap has come in handy!
- Jeff finished with Pathways, and this fall he will be starting his degree in Business Management. As of now he should be finished Spring 2018, so the next two years ought to be interesting for him. There will be one semester of overlap between the two of us, with Jen finishing this December and Jeff finishing his first term at the same time, so there will be two students in the house!
- Laredo moved out! After about a year of staying with us, Jen's friend found a new home and Laredo was returned to her "mom"! It'll be sad not playing with her (and Pepino is already looking for her) but we know Laredo will enjoy being the only dog again!

 - We had wanted to do a paint nite in FOREVER, and this month we got to do a 4th of July-themed one! We think it was fun, and we need to do these more often.

- Fun in SF! We went again to the AIDS Walk San Francisco and enjoyed hanging around the Pixar booth. It was even more appropriate because we also attended the San Francisco Symphony's performance of Ratatouille! It was a big Pixar day for us!

Next month will likely be just as busy, despite school being over until the fall. But if nothing else, it'll be a lot of fun!

Summer Time!

Hi, all.

Summer is gearing up to be VERY BUSY for us here, and different than the usual summers.

Jen is almost done with her courses and her master's. All of her academic courses are done, and all she has left is to complete her necessary hours (She has to do 400 by graduation) and to pass her board exams this December, so this summer she is taking time off work to focus on her volunteering. She is splitting up her time between two schools in her district - a high school and an elementary school - and will be doing this for 6 weeks. When she finishes in July, she'll have an entire month off before reporting back to her school for work.

Jeff has also been completing his coursework as well. For the past year, he has been enrolled in Pathways, the online prerequisite courses for BYU - Idaho, and has been very successful thus far. When he completes his courses (also in July) he can transfer to the online program the university has, and he will complete his business degree through the school.

We also have the usual craziness that comes with owning dogs and living life in general. Such events include:

- Going to see Motown The Musical. We hadn't gone in FOREVER to see a live show, so we ran to San Jose and enjoyed some great music and had a blast.
- Reshelving the books. Our home is overloaded with books (not that it's a bad thing!) so we put in a new unit into the family room. Now every book has a home... until we bring home more!

- Gardening. We started a garden again this year. So far, it's peppers, corn and tomatoes that are growing but we have zucchini and other plants we want to buy for the summer. Wish us luck!

Color Run

In addition to trying to eat better, we are both trying to be more active. This year we had participated in a SuperHero 5K (running around dressed as a super hero and you get a cape!) as well as the Insane Inflatable 5K (you go through a lot of inflatable obstacles). In May, we participated in The Color Run. This is a 5K that people throw different colors of cornstarch on you in order to make your white shirt super colorful! This time, instead of just the two of us, we invited our nieces Rachel and Amy, and Jen's sisters to come along with us.

There are photos somewhere on Facebook of the event, but here's the only one we could find to download. We think it gives you a good idea of how colorful the event was!