Exciting Week for Genna!

This week has been so exciting!  Genna graduated from Western State Law School!  Three years of lots and lots of hard work paid off.  We could not possibly be any prouder.  We drove up to Fullerton after our shift on Thursday.  We had dinner and visited with Genna and Jeff. 

 Jeff has been there supporting everything she does from the beginning.  He has been such a great help to her and we are grateful to him.

Sorry to tell you I was severely lacking with cameras this entire weekend so I am begging other people to send me the ones that they took.  Some pictures I just didn’t think to take (my fault), some turned out so terrible that I have no other option than to blame the camera.  Or maybe it was my fault again for buying a terrible camera.  My apologies.

 

Heather and her family came into town the day before we did.  They spent a fun filled day at the magic kingdom. 

Friday we spent the day with them and Genna and Jeff.  Craig Jr flew in Friday evening.  We just wish the rest of his family could have come, too.  We missed them.  We all had a late dinner on Friday and talked, laughed and caught up. 

Saturday Susan and Blair met us at the Long Beach Performing Arts center where the graduation was held.  It was so nice of them to make the trip.  Jeff’s parents and sister were there and kindly saved some seats for us.  It was pretty exciting when the graduates filed in.  The talks were good!  Jeff walked up with Genna since he was the one that hooded her.  It is not possible to be any prouder of her than we are.

That night 21 of us had a celebratory dinner together.  I was so happy that Clementine and Van wanted to sit on either side of me.  Grandma heaven! 

We stayed with Jeff and Janeen Redd, as did Craig Jr.  What a treat to spend time with them.  They are so welcoming and fun.  We love spending time with them.  Their son Bryan is graduating from high school on Tuesday.  He is Valedictorian and has a giant fistful of cords to wear.  Brainiac!  We also got to see two of their daughters that came in from AZ for Bryan’s graduation.  So fun.

Perhaps I should write a few things about the Battalion as this blog is supposed to be about our mission.  Would you like to meet some of our Sisters?  I think we’ll do a little spotlight on the people we work with.  This is Sister Romero.  She is from South Jordan.  I think.  I just cannot keep South Jordan and West Jordan straight.  Sorry.  She is beautiful, smart, sassy, very talented and mistaken for Sacajawea and Pocahontas more often than you might think.  She is a hard worker and a lot of fun.  She does keep us laughing.

Some bigwigs from Salt Lake came while we were gone to Genna’s graduation.  We’ll find out if any new and exciting things will be happening as soon as we see our Director.