He did it! After 8 years of going to college Zac finally received his Bachelor's Degree. Zac's Dad was able to come down from Oregon to come with us. The kids have had a great time with Grandpa Nielson. Eric got his birthday present early from him...a Nintendo DS-I. Eric has been playing it nonstop...except for when Zac "helps him".
President Monson spoke at Commencement. He and his wife received honorary doctorate degrees. When Sister Monson received her Degree, President Monson gave her a kiss, it was so tender!
The graduates were suppose to be at commencement an hour early to line up. We ended up getting their 1 1/2 hours early and had to wait in line outside. The kids were trying to get their energy out by running up and down the hill at the McKay Events Center. It was chaos trying to get a seat. We had to save 9 seats as well. I thought we would have some issues, but luckily nobody gave us any trouble. Me and the kids, Zac's Dad, Barb and friend, Dad, Diane and Devin were able to make it to the Graduation. It was great to have the support there for Zac. When I had my graduation, we walked at Commencement. Apparently they don't do that anymore. So after the 2 hour commencement, they excused us and the graduates. What?! We were not planning on attending the convocation, but I guess we need to now. It didn't start for 2 hours. So we ran over and had a celebration dinner Wallaby's. Zac's Aunt and Uncle were able to join us for the dinner. We ran back over for the convocation, and they were way behind. So we had to wait AGAIN outside in line for about 40 minutes before we got back into the McKay Events Center. It was even MORE chaotic! We got our seats, and were finally able to see Zac walk across the stage and get his diploma. Hurray! The kids were SO INCREDIBLY GOOD the entire day! They were quiet, Jennifer took naps during commencement and waiting for the convocation, I could not have asked for them to be better. Except Jennifer was obsessed with trying to grab the woman's hair sitting directly in front of us. I am really proud of Zac for sticking with it and earning his degree. Now hopefully onto Law School in the Fall. :) It will be really nice to have Zac here at home at nights at least for the summer.
I have had good intentions of updating the blog, I have uploaded pictures awhile ago, but never got around to posting. We have had bouts of sickness for the last 2 months. Jennifer has had RSV, then 2 weeks ago got bronchitis. As soon as she was finished with the antibiotics, she got 2 ear infections. Aubrey has an ear infection as well. Last week, I had Bobby call me during the day saying that Eric was crying in pain holding his left side. Nathan and Bobby kept on asking him if he fell, thinking he bruised a rib. Then he started saying that it was on his right side. So I took him to the doctor, and found out that he also had an ear infection. So she gave us antibiotics for that. She didn't think he had appendicitis, but to watch him. So I took him home, he fell asleep. 3 hours later when he woke up, he had a fever of 106. This is also AFTER giving him antibiotics. So I called the on-call doctor (since it is nighttime by now), and they told me to go to the E.R. We ran over, and after several blood tests, x-rays and urine tests, we found out that he has pnemonia in his entire left lung, and half way in his right lung. So they gave us a strong antibiotic to take care of it. THEN on Thursday, the daycare called and said that Aubrey fell on the playground and chipped her front tooth. It is definitely noticeable, we are still undecided if we are going to fix it or not. Since it's her baby teeth and she is going to lose it anyways...kind of a lot of money for something that's not permanent. It doesn't hurt her, it's not loose, and it's not sharp. Some of the pics below are of Aubrey and Jennifer's pictures that I ordered from daycare. Also, Jennifer is OBSESSED with sticking out her tongue.
I had a trial 2 weeks ago, and thought I had a trial next week. So I was in frantic mode getting ready, but on Monday I found out that the defendant decided to plea. Thank goodness! My big case that I worked on (and continuely work on) since January finally got unsealed. All the local news stations have info on it...search under "Mowen" and they articles should pull up. Basically I prepared seizure warrants for over 200 high end vehicles. He even has the original "General Lee" from the Dukes of Hazzard, a vehicle from Prince Charles, etc. Amazing vehicles. I am finally going to go on a tour of all these vehicles next week with the U.S. Marshal's. The defendant, Mowen, was committing a ponzi scheme. It's amazing how these criminals think they will never get caught.
The kids are both in baseball this Spring. Aubrey in T-Ball and Eric in Coach Pitch. Last week was Aubrey's first game. After she hit the ball the first time, she ran straight for 3rd base. We started yelling to run to first so she ran past 2nd then onto 1st. As soon as she hit the plate, she ran back around to 2nd, 3rd and home...passing the other teammates who are still standing on the bases. Apparently she is able to hit amazing homeruns in T-Ball. The second time up to bat, she ran straight for 2nd base this time, then as we were shouting, ran to the pitcher's mound, did a FULL circle around it, then finally ended up at 1st base. BUT she had the time of her life doing it. The games were canceled today because it is pouring rain. Too bad since Grandpa Nielson is still here from Oregon to watch them. I need to make a new resolution to update this more often...it just takes so long to upload pictures. :)
On Thursday was Eric's kindergarten graduation. They had them sing 6 songs to the parents. During one of the songs, they had the kids "rock out". All of the kids started dancing and Eric started doing the robot. No joke. He even had his arm swing and everything. We have no clue where he had seen that before. It was hilarious! Everyone was laughing. Zac wasn't able to make it, so Eric showed him again when Zac got home.
