August brought back to school time. I am student teaching in first grade this year. So far I am enjoying the experience, but it is keeping me very busy. 
July brought a few rough weeks for us. We were very blessed to have so many wonderful family and friends to help us through it all. Olivia did a great job keeping Jeremy company during the Air Show at Elmendorf.
We ended June by heading South to Sacramento for my Aunt Sally's retirement party. After Jeremy met all of my cousins we headed further South. We spent a couple of days with Michelle, Jason and the kids at their house in Tucson before driving to Albuquerque for Nano's Birthday week. I got to meet most of Jeremy's cousins and we celebrated the 4th with a great party for Nano's birthday. After a "quick" drive back to Tucson we spent another night with the Gastrocks and got in our Mustang to head for Phoenix. After a few travel delays, it was back to real life the next day. We sure enjoyed our trip and it was FANTASTIC to see so much family!
So I'm a little tardy on the updates... For our first anniversary we spent a great long weekend with the Heinz family. Karl, Jamie, and Paige showed us all Haines had to offer over the beautiful sunny weekend, to include the 18th Annual Great AK Craft Beer and Homebrew Festival.
