13 January 2008

Celebrate, Celebrate!

It was very, very difficult for me (Lauren) to leave home, especially after having such a wonderful time with my family - I'll try to post soon on some of the games that we played, because in true Horstmanian style we had days in a row where we did nothing but play games - but the transition has been a little bit easier because the Horstman family has received so much good news this week:
  • Aidan, who is a senior in high school, received a scholarship for Akron University's Honors College, which is his top choice!
  • Megan, who has been working full-time but for part-time pay at a local school, was hired for a great full-time position teaching sixth-grade science and social studies at a school just outside of Springfield - she starts next Monday!
  • my parents are going to visit us this fall to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary,
  • and, best of all, my mom, who finished chemo this fall, had her three month appointment the day I flew back, and her numbers are the best they've ever been, so she is really cancer-free!
We have a lot to be grateful for right now!

11 comments:

MEG said...

hip hip.... HOORAY!!!

Carlos Antonio Delgado said...

This is great news. All of it. Thanks for sharing. Thanks for keeping us posted on you both. Can't wait to read about the games.

Anonymous said...

What a wonderful way to start the NEW YEAR-----Horstman-Burdette!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love, Jan

Laura said...

SOOOOO happy to hear all the good news Horstmans (Burdettes)!!!!!!!!

Lauren and Nick - miss you bunches and bunches!

Kevin and Amy said...

What a wonderful entry! Maybe my favorite yet!

Such incredible news about your mom, Lauren...that lady is a fighter and has a wonderful case of Horstmania to destroy any nasty cancer. Hooray for her!!!

And great news about your brother and sister, too...they have an exciting year or two to look forward to, huh?!?

So glad to see that the Burdettes are back on line...and that Nick didn't get too serious a case of the Bachelor Blues this time around...

Miss you but always great to hear from you!

Anonymous said...

Great news about your mom!!! And I imagine Megan and Aidan are very excited as well. It was so nice to see you two while you were home - it was a great high school reunion! :-) Hopefully we can meet up when Brad and I are in Europe this summer. We'll keep you posted on dates...

Martha said...

Woohoo!!! That's awesome! Thanks for sharing the great news!! Yay, 200gr8!

Hope you guys are doing well across the pond. Miss you tons!!!

Lauren said...

Thank you all for celebrating our good news with us! It really is so much to be grateful for, and even though we miss ALL of you so much, it helps, a lot, to hear from you!

Lauren said...

Tay, it was awesome to see you in Springtucky, although I missed seeing Mike it felt like a proper reunion, which was great! And I can't believe you're coming over, I'm really excited about it and I definitely think we'll be able to meet up in London!! Hope to hear from you soon! xx

Anonymous said...

Lauren,

Great news about your mother. I could not be happier for her. What a great new year start!

Lou Ann said...

Thanks to all of you for celebrating our good news with us! love, Lou Ann