In February, I had the opportunity to attend the Gilbert, AZ temple open house with the youth from ward. It was an awesome experience.
In April, this little one turned 6. She wanted a carnival birthday, so we had tons of games and carnival food for the kiddos. NiNi also made a surprise visit. Addy loved every minute of it.
We visited the Easter bunny at Wal-Mart. This was the first year that Addy was excited for it.
At the end of the school year, Addy's class had a couple of field trips. They visited the Big Water BLM visitor center and learned all about the dinosaurs that have been discovered in our area. Addy was totally interested in the whole experience.
The last week of school, they had field day. The kids loved it. Their teacher made them each a t-shirt to wear on their field trips and at field day.
Addy received several awards on the last day of school. She received two math awards and a reading award. She also got the "sweet heart" award for always being friendly with her classmates.
In anticipation of visiting Jamey, I worked out super hard and lost 10 pounds! I have about 10 to go to get to my goal, but I am well on my way!
In May, we finally got to visit Jamey. He graduated from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center on the 23rd. He was there for 17 weeks doing all sorts of training including firearms training, driving, defensive tactics, arrest techniques, physical fitness and hours and hours of classroom instruction on federal laws and regulations. It was a very intensive program, and is a great accomplishment to complete it!
We are so proud of his accomplishment!
He was fortunate to attend the training with another ranger from our park.
We stayed with my parents in Jacksonville and travelled up to Georgia for the ceremony.
Addy loved swimming everyday in my parents pool!
We visited the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. We rented a small boat and toured the swamp. It was fun but really unsettling to know there were alligators that we couldn't see under the surface of the water.
On the 26th, Jamey had to leave to head to field training at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. He will be in Kentucky for the next 11 weeks. He will field train at Mammoth Cave, Big South Fork, and Cumberland Gap. He is very excited to get back into the field and put his new training to use.
On the 27th, Addy and I went to the zoo with my dad and brother. Jacksonville has a great zoo. We were able to pet sting rays, feed lorikeets, and see tons of awesome animals.
We are excited for many more adventures this summer. There will be plenty of time spent swimming in our pool and at the lake and playing with friends!
