More updates

It's been a bit, huh? Many months? Without further ado, here's the latest and greatest:

• We're liking the house - it's a great place to be.
• Connor got his driver's permit today, and he drove around a parking lot some, then drove Tiffany and Tyler home, and even parked in the garage without issue. Tomorrow, he starts his "behind the wheel" course. My, how the time flies.
• I started a new job this last Monday. "What?" I can almost imagine you all saying. "Why did you start a new job? Didn't you start a new job the last time there was a post on here?" Yes, yes, I did. I'm back at the place I left with a similar role, but more technical-visionary stuff and less keeping-things-going stuff.
• Tiffany is finishing up the current semester. Only one more semester like this one, then it's thesis time!
• Everyone is growing and stuff. We went skiing over at Trollhaugen in Wisconsin (the local place that has commercials that sound kinda like a monster truck commercial, but about skiing). It has been a couple years since last time, but we liked it better than Spirit (near Duluth, where we went two years ago).

That's it, I think. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them in the comments, or just get in touch the old-fashioned way. ^_^

Another update

So, some more new stuff:
--I started a new job not too long ago, consulting at Thomson Reuters. I'm working on software that the IRS will use.
--Connor started driver's ed today. I think the general procedure is different here than it was in Spokane when I did it.
--We're moving into a house towards the end of the month. Where's the house? Across the highway from our apartment complex. It'll be awesome.

That's all the news that's fit to print.

Just a little update

Things keep chugging along. Willow started GTCYS (Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphony - orchestra), Connor is in pre-calc, Tyler has been volunteering and generally building things and taking them apart, Tiffany is busy with her PHD (though not as busy as last semester), and I've been playing in the Minnesota State Band. Other than that, it's stuff as usual.

It's that time of year again

So, school is starting up again... Connor started his college writing class (online with North Hennepin Community College) yesterday, and Tiffany had the first of a few orientations today. Next week is "Welcome Week" at the U of MN, where/when she'll get tested for placement, and we'll finally find out what she's taking, the details of her teaching, and just generally what's going on. It'll be great to have her schedule figured out. Next week is also when Connor starts UMTYMP for the year, so it won't be long until school is going full bore.

So little summer left... Pretty soon, scenes like this will be replaced with scenes of snow:

At least there shouldn't be any more construction for a while.

Willow the Biker

Willow is now a biker! She biked on her own the other day for the first time, and hasn't looked back. We went on a 5 mile ride with her yesterday, and she did great, with the occasional dust-up. Here's a video from shortly after she figured it out, after I reminded her that she could turn when she gets to the edge of the parking lot instead of just stopping and picking the bike up:

This will make many aspects of summer easier. Onwards and upwards.

More news

Connor took the Ability to Benefit test the other day at North Hennepin Community College, and he passed - they placed him at the pre-calculus level for math, too. What's Ability to Benefit, you ask? It's a program that lets people who haven't passed high school take college courses. Next up is deciding what courses he's taking, and when. There's a programming class this summer that he's interested in, so that might be where he dips his toe into the water...

Acceptance

If you haven't heard the news, Tiffany made it into the University of Minnesota! We just found out about it this afternoon - the formal acceptance is on its way. Now, to find out all of the details and decide what the best way to proceed is...