Russia

Thomas is off to Russia. Seth and I are staying with my parents for the week. We do not have a lot of things to do while we are here but it will be great to visit. They will surly keep us busy.

Seth Upright

Seth is getting interested in walking. He is starting to get the hang of it, just not out in the open air. He is walking around the edge of the room. He walks along the couch and uses the wall for support. He just discovered this walker and thinks it is so fun. He laughs the whole time that he is using it.

Sometimes he gets brave and lets go of the couch. He reachs for us to hold his hand. As he lets go of the couch, he leans for us but does not move his feet. He should get this whole walking thing down very soon. We are very excited for him to be walking. Then when we go places we will not have to hold him the entire time. He is getting a little heavy.

WELCOME HOME ELDER HIGHAM!!!

Andrew returned home on May 7th

Seth and I were able to stay with my parents for a few days while Thomas returned to Cedar to work. Andrew was alittle worried that Seth would not like him, just because he is a new person and has not been around. As you can see that was not the case. Seth was more willing to go to Andrew over everyone else. Andrew sat down to write his talk and Seth fell asleep.

We will have to keep him around.

Graduation

We are so excited for Thomas to be graduating. It has been a long year that has finally come to an end. Now we will be able to see him more around the house without him needing to be getting homework done.

It took a long time to get through all of the graduates, especially all of the masters degrees, but at the end a few of the professors "The Dead Economist" played the Business school blues. This was really funny.

Seth was really excited to look around and to watch everything that was going on, but it was a really fun and exciting but Seth just could not keep his eyes open any longer.

Helping Skip Move

Amy Jo and Skip moved. I did not help much. I just wiped down some blinds, vacuumed some floors and helped moved the heavy stuff. I knew the couches and beds would be no big deal to carry, but the piano had me a little worried. Skip rigged up a little piano dolly. It worked great. We rolled it out of their old apartment and up into the back of the trailer with no problem. When we got to the new place, there was about five feet of gravel between the trailer ramp and the front walk. We did not have much wood, so Skip used what he had. We put down some sheetrock to roll over. As we came down the ramp and on to the sheetrock, the cart's wheels sunk into the sheet rock with a loud crunch. We decided to carry the piano the five feet to the cement and then get the cart back underneath it. As we picked up the piano and started to walk, my feet sunk into the sheet rock with every step. Now I know how a 300 lb babushka feels.