On the 14th, Josh received his plane assignment (KC-10). He is now in California learning how to fly it! Wayne and I got to go to Oklahoma for "drop night" which is what they call it when the pilots find out to which plane they have been assigned.
The plan all year was to go back to Oklahoma for graduation on the 28th. Turns out we had another equally important event, closer to home, that required our attention; the wedding of our third oldest daughter, Erin.
Erin told her long-time boyfriend, Rob, that she did not want an engagement ring; she wanted an engagement house. In February, he found and purchased a house.
It is a cute, little, perfect-for-two ranch close to both of their jobs. (More on that in a minute).
I knew something more was up when Erin came in to the kitchen one evening when I was cooking supper, and draped her arm over the back of the stove so I had a nice view of a new Claddagh ring adorning her finger. I casually said, "Oh, pretty. Where did you get that?" And she casually answered, "Rob got it for me, to replace the one I lost at the gym." Okay...
She asked a couple of times during the spring what Josh's graduation date was. I had no idea at the time, so I couldn't give her an answer. Unbeknownst to us, she needed to pick a wedding date to give to the church. Turns out, they picked Josh's graduation day.
More events should have (and did) clue me in. She started deep cleaning her room and throwing/giving away a lot of her belongings. She went to the attic and took items from her college apartment over to Rob's house.
Still no announcement. I figured they would give us at least 6 months notice since that is what the church needed.
Then one day in mid-September they told us they were, indeed, engaged. And, the wedding was in October!!! on the 28th. No wonder Caitlyn and Amanda were trying really hard to get plane tickets to Oklahoma for Josh's graduation.
Thankfully, we were prepared with their engagement gift:
Green robes for Erin's Irish side.
Because of a house purchase, and Erin finishing school with an internship she had to pay to do, instead of getting paid to do, the wedding was small. Very small.
This was all of us (plus the priest, Fr. Ken, and niece Paige who took photos for us).
They are planning a renewal of their vows and a reception for next year near their anniversary when, hopefully, Josh and Amanda will be able to attend.
The ring, it turns out, was the wedding ring. Rob has a Claddagh ring as well.
Now, about their jobs. Rob's move already put him close to his job. When Erin graduated, her new job turned out to be 8 minutes from the new house. She only had to commute for one month after graduation before the wedding, but she was already used to it, because the hospital where she did her internship hired her (she is a Registered Dietitian). Connecting the God-dots is always fun.
The last fun thing that happened in October? Our first married, second-oldest daughter, Caitlyn and her hubby, Jimmy surprised us with this little onesie.
Life is good!
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