Monday, May 15, 2017

Mother's Day Weekend

Adam had a late hockey game Friday night and then had to be at the school early Saturday for a Driver's Ed driving session

It was his first time driving on the road and he was nervous. Afterwards, he said he did fine and that they picked up some breakfast for coach and even drove on the freeway.

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Derek had gone to the bank Friday to open his own checking and saving accounts and we went with him on Saturday to transfer his minor savings account to his new account.

When we got home from dropping Adam at driver's ed, we saw that a tire on Derek's car was flat. Derek had to change the tire and take his car to the shop to get it fixed. All this grown up stuff is a pain.  





We picked up Derek's graduation yard sign Saturday afternoon



 
Derek and Adam with their graduation yard signs 4 years ago

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Derek with his elementary school graduation yard sign in 2010

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Helen enjoying a Mother's Day dessert and coffee service

The weekend weather was beautiful with pleasant temperatures and low humidity. We went for a nice long hike to Jones Bridge Park on Saturday to watch all the people playing in and around the river. Adam went with us on a long walk to Simpsonwood Park on Sunday for some nice long canopied hikes. 



Thursday, May 11, 2017

Derek's First Job

Derek leaving for his first day on the job

Derek put an ad on our local community NextDoor website looking for an internship\part time job using his technology\robotics background. He received several responses and worked out an agreement with a small local company called Forestique, which makes custom jewelry. They are outsourcing some work that they want to do themselves, but needed some help setting up and calibrating the CNC machines they need to do the work.

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Derek got his first paycheck yesterday. It was a whole $60...less taxes - welcome to the real world.



Wednesday, May 10, 2017

TSA Fundraiser

Derek and friends doing an outreach\fundraiser for the Technology Student Association at Barnes and Noble a few weeks ago

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