• helpful bank employees
• discussing new ideas with my mentor
• watching Tangled with a friend
• being an assistant! 
• delicious berry smoothie
• more time to practice on the camera, and getting some professional advice on my photos (will post my practice shots soon!)

• designing an engagement album
• being able to help out at ditto when needed
• practicing on the camera
• competitive game of Scrabble
• laughing with old and new friends

• first official day of summer!
• finishing one of (hopefully) many summer reads
• photography lesson
• impromptu Skype conversation
• getting my many school worksheets in order
• getting this e-mail from my husband to start off the day: "In class today, we had to speak for a couple minutes about an important person in our childhood/life.  So, I chose you.  This is what I said (in Arabic, of course!): 'An important person in my childhood was a girl named Jenna.  I met her in elementary school.  She has a small family, she has 2 brothers, a father, and a mother.  She likes photography and singing.  Throughout her whole life, she has enjoyed working with children, so now she is a teacher in an elementary school; the same elementary school in which we met.  She is, naturally, beautiful and fun to be with.  She has blonde hair and green eyes.  In high school she became my girlfriend, and one year ago we got married.' After I said that we got married, my teacher was very excited and started clapping, and then the whole class was clapping!  It was pretty funny. So, I think about you everyday, even in another language!"

• seeing cousins 2 days in a row!
• enjoying the night out and not having to rush home to bed
• getting my one school meeting of the summer done and over with
• a good conversation with mom & dad
• seeing my hubby, even if only through Skype

• going to church as a family for Father's Day
• celebrating the wonderful dads in my life, and remembering those who have left us this year
• imagining a beautiful Father's Day celebration in heaven
• surprising a student in church today
• e-mail from my love
• gorgeous day at the lake, and lots of family members to enjoy it with

• quick and painless CPR refresher course
• early morning walk with Mom
• booking an overnight getaway to enjoy with my love when he returns, and telling him about it over Skype
• enjoying a day at the lake with no work to accomplish
• reading for fun!
• "Something Borrowed," by Emily Giffin
• playing cards and cracking jokes with family
• first boat ride of the season

• one last day at school, with empty classrooms and silent hallways
• laughing with teachers who have become good friends
• partnering up with a special 1st grade teacher to rearrange our classrooms for a new year
• weather clearing up in time for a great party!
• both sides of my family and some life-long friends, all in one place
• so many supportive and caring people in my life to ask how my hubby and I are doing in our time apart

discussing wedding ideas with my soon to be sister

family gathering to celebrate yesterday's graduation
(we missed you love! the picture is not complete)

all kinds of presents at the end of the party!