With All My Love

Good Morning Elder Schenewark,

Every Monday when my phone vibrates, and I see your request to chat, my heart pings a bit. Counting down the days - less than three months now. Stay safe!

Of most newsworthy this week would be your father receiving notice Friday that he had been granted tenure. It's official. His second tenured appointment,both which required a LOT of work, on top of all the work he already does teaching four or five classes each semester. Most professors might teach four total for the year, but he's close to twelve when you add in summer. Plus committee appointments, office counseling hours, graduate student assistance, and required writing and presentations. His approach to the job will be changing, since he's received tenure. Wait for the surprises yet to come.

Friday was prom for Cooper, who had asked one of a set of twins to be his date. His good friend Thomas in the stake had her sister. They met at someone's house in Hudson Oaks for dinner, with a large contingency of couples, and then the caravan went to a facility in Denton. I've heard nothing but rave reviews for the event, which is nice. We knew it got over at 11 p.m. but hadn't stopped to figure out the logistics, when we woke up at 1:30 a.m. wondering where Cooper could be. The beauty of cell phones was magnified in this situation. The large group had stopped at I-Hop for breakfast, continued on to the Weatherford area to drop off dates, and then proceed home in an orderly fashion. Or something like that. He got home after 2 a.m. and we rested in peace.

Sarah and Riley

While Cooper was out dancing your father and I perused through the downtown square. There have been a few changes, including an frozen yogurt shop. It was okay. Your father thinks it noteworthy that our yogurts each weighed each 4 ounces exactly. We visited a new produce market, as well as picked up slushes for the younger siblings. Sawyer spent the evening cheering on the two softball teams, surrounded by his posse.

Thursday evening Dad and I went to Sawyer's first baseball game on the JV team. He's been bumped up from the ninth grade team, although I think they only had two games left. The JV might have three. He went in the second inning at second base, and right away made a great scoop on a line drive and threw to first for the out. Then, the next runner at first got into a pickle, and when Sawyer finally got the ball, he chased the runner down in a diving tag at first. His first at bat was a rocket to center field for a double. The head coach could be heard with #4 on his lips every time. I think he'll do just fine. I left at the beginning of the second game to begin the night time routines at home, but Dad had two Gammon boys for company.

All outdoor activities were halted due to a large rain system passing through the area yesterday. We were only affected by Miller's game being cancelled, but we spent the morning getting caught up on the house. We've received official word that Tanner and AnneMarie and Nora will be spending a large portion of the summer with us - mostly June and July - a bit of May - while he is interning for the U.S. Attorney General's Office in Fort Worth. Yeah for that. Cooper is already making preparations to vacate the bed and began by cleaning out his clothes.  Baby steps.

I loved your general conference thoughts. You wrote down my Craven thought as well as Uchtdorf. Great minds think alike. I want you to message me with how much money you have in your bank account. You'll need some money for when you're traveling home. Let us know what else we can do for you and BYU. Cooper got a call from a mentor this week. She walked him through a few steps, as he hadn't accepted his acceptance. We're on a learning curve over here!

Stay safe! Love you!

Mom