Tuesday, May 24, 2011

It was a BIG week last week

The Logans have been busy.

During this past week Clinton:
  • Survived/Completed finals from his 2nd year of medical school (Pathology and Pharmacology)
  • Turned 30-years-old and experienced his first surprise party
  • Became a dual citizen of the United States and
  • Finished his first (out of five) week of studying for boards. Only four more to go! ;)
During this past week Danielle:
  • Finally got to see her husband (for more than a few minutes) for the first time in four weeks
  • Earned the last of the money she's been saving to purchase a year's supply of food storage
  • Threw her husband a "Funeral-themed" surprise birthday party and
  • Completed and submitted the last of the paperwork for our adoption profile!
It has been crazy busy here! We have really been blessed with opportunities for learning and growing. The Lord has truly been mindful of our needs and has made a way for them to be met.

It has been interesting to look back and see the miracles.
  • I have been blessed with good health and a great job to support Clinton while he's in school so he can focus on his studies. I have also recently been blessed with lots of work outside my regular job. For some reason (although, I know the reason) I have had many new/old clients come to me for hair services and out of the blue, I've acquired two voice students. The extra income has come as a direct blessing for my desire to purchase our year's supply of food storage. Even though food prices have increased at the Store House, I am still going to be able to purchase everything we need! Amazing!
  • We were also able to pay for the last portion of Clinton's immigration to the US. The timing of his interview and oath was way to perfect to be coincidental. He never had to miss an exam, important lecture or critical study time to make his immigration appointments. They just "happened" to be scheduled during his breaks. Now his immigration is complete and there will be no set-backs or hindrances when we reach his choices for residency programs or when we adopt. He can work freely and I'll be able to stay home and focus on being a mom.
He wanted one last picture with his Green Card
Waiving the flag
Clinton happened to find the one other Canadian in the room!

This judge looked so much like Condalisa Rice.
Here he is with his Certificate of Naturalization...it's official!
  • We have made it through the "tough years" of medical school. Clinton has been absolutely amazing! He has worked so hard to reach his goals of becoming a physician and being able to provide a great life for his family. It is difficult watching him stress so much at times, but I am so proud of him! I am ecstatic that he now gets to "practice" being a doctor for the next couple years. He'll still have exams along the way, but at least he won't be in lecture-mode any longer. Now, I just need to be supportive while he studies for boards. June 18th, June 18th, June 18th. Once that's over, we'll be enjoying a week together with no work or other responsibilities to think about. I can't wait!
We also got to celebrate Clinton's 30th birthday this last week. It feels so weird to say that! Anyway, my friend helped me come up with the idea to throw a funeral-themed party to mourn the loss of his youth.
Here's Peter waiting for the Birthday Boy to arrive

While I took Clinton out to dinner, four of our friends came over and decorated our living room/dining room with black decorations. They hung a "Happy 30th Birthday" banner I made that has gravestones with "YOUTH" written on them and a women crying next to them. Everyone was dressed in black and one of his best friends offered a eulogy of his youth. It was so much fun! He was TOTALLY surprised! In fact, he didn't even notice the decorations until AFTER everyone shouted "surprise!".
Here's his cake. I'm not sure why they put green vines on it, but oh well! I think he got the gist! We walked in and instead of noticing the cake and drinks on our table, he noticed a McDonald's cup that had been left in our kitchen by one of our friends. He turned to me (still not noticing the party) and said, pointing at the cup, "What the? Did you go to McDonald's just now?" Ha ha! Only then did he decide to walk out into the living room (still not noticing the decorations) to be surprised by our friends. It was great! Happy 30th Honey Bunny and here's to many, many more!

Anyway, it was a crazy week, but it was the week of so many milestones. Our adoption profile will be going up before Friday (I can't believe it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) and I'll let you know the specifics on that ASAP.

Whew! Just recapping all of this past week makes me tired! I think I'm going to go take a nap, or just go to bed since it's nearing my bedtime anyway!

2 comments:

  1. Wow! You guys have had quite the week! Congrats on the citizenship and the adoption process! That's awesome! Can't wait to hear more :)

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  2. I LOVE this post! It made me so happy to read it. Happy 30th to Clinton and congrats on the adoption profile going up! We are very excited for you!

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