Steve is graduated (repost)
Today I attended an awards ceremony for Steve's dental school class. There were quite a few awards given out for all sorts of different achievements (academics, skills, service, etc.). Steve got an award from the California Maxiofacial Surgery something-or-other which included $250 which is always good. Basically, that translates to the fact that he is great at pulling teeth.
But as I sat through the long and boring ceremony and listened to the awards for hundreds of hours of this or that or perfect GPAs I thought to myself that Steve did something far greater with his time than all of his classmates: He was present as a husband and father in our home. He didn't spend every waking hour studying or trying to make a more impressive resume. He ate dinner with us every night, was there for bedtime prayers, stories, and singing. He doesn't get something to hang on his wall, $, cheering from classmates, or to shake hands with someone important for this; but I want to recognize him now for it.
Steve, we three Nelson girls appreciate the fact that you've been part of our lives for the past 4 years of dental school. Thanks for prioritizing us over excelling to the max. You are still an absolutely WONDERFUL dentist. This is your Husband/Daddy dentist of the year award.
I attended Steve's graduation on sunday. It was outdoors which was nice/Californian. I debated on if I wanted to bring the girls. I wanted them to know that Steve graduated and see what was going on, but of course I didn't want to wrestle them for 2 hours during it. So, we arrived and took pictures with the girls before it started and I took them to a babysitter. yeah!
I just finished a "goodbye party" with Kiera and Lydia and 3 little friends. It was interesting/difficult to throw it so close to our move. EVERY toy in the house is packed up other than about 10 princesses. We had Mac and Cheese in our only 4 unpacked bowls (lydia had to eat out of a measuring cup). The TV is packed up so we watched Tangled on Steve's laptop. We had a cake and we let them dig for candy in a mountain of packaging peanuts in a large box. Otherwise it was duck duck goose type of games. Total prep time: about 10 minutes (to go buy the $4 cake). It was a hit. We have about 38 hours until our truck comes.
But as I sat through the long and boring ceremony and listened to the awards for hundreds of hours of this or that or perfect GPAs I thought to myself that Steve did something far greater with his time than all of his classmates: He was present as a husband and father in our home. He didn't spend every waking hour studying or trying to make a more impressive resume. He ate dinner with us every night, was there for bedtime prayers, stories, and singing. He doesn't get something to hang on his wall, $, cheering from classmates, or to shake hands with someone important for this; but I want to recognize him now for it.
Steve, we three Nelson girls appreciate the fact that you've been part of our lives for the past 4 years of dental school. Thanks for prioritizing us over excelling to the max. You are still an absolutely WONDERFUL dentist. This is your Husband/Daddy dentist of the year award.
I attended Steve's graduation on sunday. It was outdoors which was nice/Californian. I debated on if I wanted to bring the girls. I wanted them to know that Steve graduated and see what was going on, but of course I didn't want to wrestle them for 2 hours during it. So, we arrived and took pictures with the girls before it started and I took them to a babysitter. yeah!
I just finished a "goodbye party" with Kiera and Lydia and 3 little friends. It was interesting/difficult to throw it so close to our move. EVERY toy in the house is packed up other than about 10 princesses. We had Mac and Cheese in our only 4 unpacked bowls (lydia had to eat out of a measuring cup). The TV is packed up so we watched Tangled on Steve's laptop. We had a cake and we let them dig for candy in a mountain of packaging peanuts in a large box. Otherwise it was duck duck goose type of games. Total prep time: about 10 minutes (to go buy the $4 cake). It was a hit. We have about 38 hours until our truck comes.
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