Ryan Family

Sunday, May 31, 2009

What...blogging once every two months isn't enough?!

Well, nothing "off the charts" has happened in the Ryan Family in the last few months but I had some time today so I thought I'd do an UPDATE!

We just got a puppy.....and for those of you who know Jen you are thinking "what the crap?" She has always been against pets, she has always said we would never have any (well, except the snakes we had for a while, but she refused to help take care of them so when I was out of town for work 3 years ago she sold them) but for whatever reason her attitude changed and when some friends of ours were selling some puppies she decided we would get one. Her name is Betsy and she is now 8 weeks old....she is part Shih Tzu & part Yorkie....so she's a shorkie Tzu. She is really cute (as you can see) and the kids love her to death. She is becoming very playful and happy at our home.

The kids are getting ready to finish school, they are on a modified "year-around" schedule so they have a relatively short summer break...only 6 weeks out for the summer. normally I'd be more than happy with that but considering the circumstances I wish they had more time off....which brings me to my next subject.

I am working in Colorado for the summer! I have been here for a week already and am getting ready to start working pretty long days (12 to 15 hours/day, 6 days/week)in order to make sure this project gets completed before the weather turns too cold again this fall. I am going to be inspecting different aspects of a 28 mile long, large diameter (24"), high pressure (1,440 PSI) pipeline construction project in Northwestern Colorado. Now, back to the part about the kids....Jen has changed her work schedule from 2 days/week to being basically "on call" when she tells them she is available so her and the kids are coming to Colorado to stay with me (in a 26' RV) for as long as they can before they have to go back to school. This past week has been hard to be away from home but in 2 more weeks they will be here with me so I'm excited about that! They are excited as well (mostly to get out of the AZ heat I think) but I think after 5 or 6 weeks after being cramped in an RV they will likely be ready to head home and have some space, lol!

I'll try to get some interesting pictures from the project as well as our time out here together (we want to do some fishin' etc...) and do another update in a while....hopefully less than 2 months!

Mitch