Laura's Graduation

I had a nice flight from Hilton Head to Des Moines on Tuesday, May 12. That night we went to Perry, IA to meet up with my grandmas and have a very delicious dinner. I ate a huge Iowa pork chop with bacon dressing, mash potatoes and green beans. We spend 3 hours catching up, laughing and enjoying each other company.

The next day I drove up to Minneapolis, MN where my very great friend Stacy lives. It was the first time I met her two beautiful children. Which dumb me never took photos of :( It was so good to hang out and talk just like the old days. I drove back to Iowa the next morning after a huge breakfast at Perkins. For anyone who does not know this is a 4 hour drive filled with corn, soy bean fields and this cool wind farm. Way to go green Iowa!

Thursday, I met up with my other very great friend Meghan. We went for beers and the time went way to quick!

Friday morning Mom, Dad and I got up early to drive to Chicago. 5 hours from Des Moines. The hotel was very nice and close to everywhere we needed to go. After meeting up with Laura, we went to see her work. Candy was the name of her Master's project. It was a symbol of all the processed junk we put into our bodies. Great Job Laura! That night, we had the biggest steak dinner ever that night and went to sleep in a comatose.

Yey Graduation Day, I am so proud of Laura and she deserves all the happiness in the world!

It was a long trip back and the flight to Hilton Head was a wee bit scary with the lights flickering and it bouncing around everywhere. But I made it back in one piece and was very happy to see my wonderful Husband again!

Biometrics

On Friday, May 1, 2009 we went up to Charleston, SC to get Stuart's Biometrics recorded for the government. This will extend his green card for eight more years. YEY! Stuart and I had to work on Saturday, so we just made it a fun filled day trip. We toured one of the oldest buildings in the US and walked the waterfront. Later, we had lunch and a few beers with are friend and Charleston native Jeff. If you get a chance to visit, Charleston is a very pretty city with a lot of history . Someday, I would like to go back and do some of the ghost tours or maybe a pub crawl.

Saturday, we both worked and then got ready for our friend's daughter's graduation. Congrats again Leah! They gave a BBQ and the food, as always, was mouth watering. They set up a volley ball net that got use all evening. Not that we are getting old or anything but Stuart still felt an ache in his muscles on Monday.

Life is good and it is such a relief the visa stuff is over for a very long time!