This past Sunday Ethan left for Tuscaloosa where his new job is located. He was anxious to get going after months of delays of the current project at UAB. The project at UAB had finally wrapped up and most of his coworkers were already in Tuscaloosa and he was the lone employee left in Birmingham until last Thursday.
He is now on his own, living with a return missionary from England (how convenient and coincidental). This returned missionary served in a neighboring mission. He left and returned about the same time Ethan left and returned.
Now we are down to just the 5 of us - Jeffery, Julie, Nathan, Wendy and Myself. This is a weird time, but that is how it was when Ethan and Katherine were on their mission and Jamie was in Rexburg.
Jeffery doesn't have that much time left with us either. Right now he is working at Hoover Toyota with Luke and enjoying his time there to grow and progress in knowledge to see if that is what he wants to do for his foreseeable future (after his mission). He is working on trying to schedule an appointment with the oral surgeon to remove his wisdom teeth. Once that is achieved then he can submit his paperwork to the Stake. We are also hoping that he can receive the Melchizedek priesthood soon, too, and go to the temple. This will all depend on the Stake President.
Julie and Nathan are staying at home during the summer due to Wendy's new job. They are enjoying this. We have been giving them daily chores to accomplish, and they have been doing it willingly and love to surprise us when we get home by asking us, "How does this look?" They are both good organizers and are doing really well.
Wendy is learning so much in her new job. I am so happy for her and how she is progressing. She is overwhelmed at the time, but I know she has the intelligence to learn what she needs to do accompanied by prayer and reliance on Heavenly Father to get through her stressful times.
