I finally got my June and July Project Life pages completed. Most of June had been done quite some time ago, but I was waiting to figure out who took the photo of Karen, Debbie, and me at Karen's retirement party. Just a few weeks ago, I was texting with Karen's sister in Wisconsin, and discovered she had the photo I wanted. July has taken so long because there are SO MANY photos. I had most of them printed locally with a white border, and had started the pages in October and November. The whole project got sidelined when I took on doing a Christmas Journal, and then we were gone for several weeks. Now they're done before we head off again for nearly all of March. In the next few days I'll get the July pages posted. They'll need to be divided up into several posts. Now my goal is to be caught up over the summer. We'll see how that goes.
So here is June:
We took an unexpected trip to Chicago in the middle of June to help Sarah, Adam, and Caleb move to a new house. It's only five minutes away from the old one, but five minutes or an hour, the packing up, preparing the new house, cleaning the old house, and getting it all moved is still the same amount of work. On our way, we stopped for dinner with my cousin, his wife, and my aunt in Ohio.
As always, the focus is on the photos and the story, and there's minimal embellishment. I've recently realized I opt not to tell longer stories, and I think I might begin to do more of that in the near future.
Right after we got home from Chicago, we took off to Hyde Park to meet my grand-nephew, Finn, and to attend a really special wedding where our neighbor's daughter (who we've known since she was in preschool) married a soccer buddy of Matt's. They are both artists (a fashion designer and an animation designer) so the wedding had lots of special touches.
And lastly, a page with Miss Ella and Miss Skylar, and my friend Karen's retirement party.
Karen (in the middle), Debbie and I spent three years together working in a blended classroom (1/3 special education students). They were the best four years of my 37 year teaching career.
Back tomorrow with the first installment of July's pages.
