April 29, 2007 More Blessings
We reflect on our many blessings this week. Last weekend, we received GREAT news from our son Aris that he has received a full assistantship from Springfield College to pursue his masters degree in college student personnel administration.
Aris will start this fall and serve as a resident hall director while taking courses. He remembers very well what incoming college freshmen are like so was pleased to receive his body armor! He has worked very hard for this and we are very proud of him!!
Our son Ben reached a milestone of his own, celebrating his 25th bithday (are we THAT old??!!) last weekend with family and friends back in Connecticut. We were sorry to miss this occasion to be with him. He has made the most of his first 25...bring on the next quarter century! He is about to complete the academic portion of his medical education (and still has to smooth out a few rough edges!)
Our son Ben reached a milestone of his own, celebrating his 25th bithday (are we THAT old??!!) last weekend with family and friends back in Connecticut. We were sorry to miss this occasion to be with him. He has made the most of his first 25...bring on the next quarter century! He is about to complete the academic portion of his medical education (and still has to smooth out a few rough edges!)
Although Ben is not riding this year, he is busy promoting the second annual "Coast to Coast for a Cure" (http://www.leasfoundation.org/) that 6 of his colleagues will be making this year. More details to come in the next blog!
And we heard from our "other" son Matt Hajdun this week; Matt is in the middle of a two-year teaching and community-building gig in Costa Rica. He is so passionate about serving children living in poverty and we are sure he is serving them well. Keep it up Matthew!
And our "other" son Matt Stebbins- time to return that voicemail I left you!!!!!!!!!
It seems a week doesn't pass without a taste of nature's beauty. We visited the Oregon coast this week with Jay and Toni and Toni's sister Bonnie and husband Gari who were visiting from Vancouver Island, BC. We had awesome weather for the couple days we were there (and Dice-K put the finishing touches on the Red Sox sweep of the Yankees!) Stephen took one of his BEST EVER bike rides along the Pacific Coast Highway, a winding and hilly road with breathtaking overlooks and vistas of the coastline. Jay's 80-something year old parents, George and Lorraine, flew out from CT this week and we were able to join them for dinner last night. Here is a photoshow of our visit to the coast:
http://www.photoshow.net/viewshow/Qh6YI8aV
Some additional pictures of rides and hikes we've been on over the past month:
Rays of light illumine the rain forest.
And we heard from our "other" son Matt Hajdun this week; Matt is in the middle of a two-year teaching and community-building gig in Costa Rica. He is so passionate about serving children living in poverty and we are sure he is serving them well. Keep it up Matthew!
And our "other" son Matt Stebbins- time to return that voicemail I left you!!!!!!!!!
It seems a week doesn't pass without a taste of nature's beauty. We visited the Oregon coast this week with Jay and Toni and Toni's sister Bonnie and husband Gari who were visiting from Vancouver Island, BC. We had awesome weather for the couple days we were there (and Dice-K put the finishing touches on the Red Sox sweep of the Yankees!) Stephen took one of his BEST EVER bike rides along the Pacific Coast Highway, a winding and hilly road with breathtaking overlooks and vistas of the coastline. Jay's 80-something year old parents, George and Lorraine, flew out from CT this week and we were able to join them for dinner last night. Here is a photoshow of our visit to the coast:
http://www.photoshow.net/viewshow/Qh6YI8aV
Some additional pictures of rides and hikes we've been on over the past month:
Rays of light illumine the rain forest.
A great ridge hike not far from the cabin.
Wild flowers and tree moss in the rain forest.
Old covered bridge on the way to the coast.
Mike Hajdun- we took this one with you in mind! Susan and the sea hags!
Spectacular skies over the coastline.
Can you tell we are enjoying ourselves?!!
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