Going Away Party 5-23-09

We are so silly, I know!!

Yesterday was our "Going Away Party" for Shawn. We had a great time. There were a lot of friends and family that stopped by to celebrate with us. Our guest list included some of Shawn's friends from his childhood and our LARGE family. We had a blast just hanging out with everyone and enjoying fish that Shawn, Garrett and Jeff had caught.

It is hard to believe that it is almost time for Shawn to go to Boot Camp, but he expressed yesterday that he is very excited to get started. It is going to be another new beginning for the two of us. We have had so much going on in our lives, and it seems like we put ourselves in the fast lane since the wedding. The theme of our marriage and life is definately exciting, different, and wonderful!!!

I wanted to extend a thank you to all of our friends and family that took the time to come see us. I know that we plan on making trips back to San Antonio to visit from time to time, but we will miss the convenience of everyone being so close. It will be an adventure that we will continue to share with all of you.

Much love and blessings from our family to yours!

Here are some pics:

USCG

Hi all!! I know that it has been some time since I last blogged. This semester has been quite demanding and so much fun at the same time. I am really excited that it is almost over too. Monday, May 4th will be my last final and then I will be headed to San Antonio for some much needed time with my husband!! School has been great this semester. I have been through almost every body system and specialty with only a few left for the summer semester. Another update, I will no longer be going to Temple for clinicals but instead I am going to El Paso!! I look forward to the great learning experience and the added bonus of learning some spanish.

Another big update is that Shawn got a phone call today giving us his official ship out date for the U. S. Coast Guard. June 9th, 2009!!! This is a mixture of emotions for me and I am sure for a lot of you. I am excited at the adventures that will be ahead of us. The military was a good thing for me growing up and I believe that it will do the same for Shawn and me in our adult lives. I am really going to try and keep up with this blog more often to keep everyone in touch, especially with the moving around that could potentially occur now.

Keep us in your prayers and we will do the same for all of you.

Much love
The Queeney's

First Ride!!

Shawn decided that he would surprise me last weekend when I came home and took me to Bike World in San Antonio. I have been thinking for a while now that I would like to ride a road bike, but never really thought that I would. Here in Midland there are quite a few PA students that actually do ride and love to share stories about riding and how much fun it is and re-sparked my interest. Needless to say, I got a bike!!!! It is a nice Trek bike and I love it!!!

I have been waiting the last three days to have a chance to ride it when the weather is nice and the wind will not blow me over. A few storms came through and ruined my plans Monday and Tuesday. Today, however, was a beautiful day. Temperature was around 70 when I decided to ride today. I had been studying most of the morning and figured that a study break sounded like a great excuse and opportunity to ride. I absolutely loved it!!!!! Mind you I am not the best rider and need to be a little more confident in my riding but I had a blast. I rode with one of my fellow PA students around in some neighborhoods. We rode about 8 miles and my max speed was 20 and average was 12.5 mph. Not bad for a first time ride!!!

Look forward to many more rides and adventures.

Followers of our blog and website

HI again. For those of you that are followers of our blog and website there are several changes in the works. Shawn is currently re-doing our website and setting it up to be more private, especially with the pictures. The website will give you an opportunity to rate the site, tell what you do and do not like about the site so we can make modifications, IM (shout box), and check new things that are going on in our lives (Newsflashes). It is all very exciting and I hope that everyone will learn to use the site to its fullest potential, but bear with us for now... it is a learning process for us too.

I got to spend the long weekend with Shawn in San Antonio and it has gone by entirely too fast. Not much happened, we just spent time enjoying eachother!!! I did not get to see many people in the family but knew that my time would be limited this weekend. I am currently studying for a cardiology exam on Wednesday with a Orthopedics test next Monday and Dermatology next Friday. I studied quite a bit. I did, however, get to have dinner with my best friend Leah and her fiance, Tommy and their daughter Emily. It is always nice to see people when I come home. I miss everyone so so much.

I love all of you and hope to see you soon.
I will keep everyone posted on the website stuff too.

www.tiffanyandshawn.com

2009

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

2009 come upon us so quickly. I still can not remember to write '09 on anything yet. It is funny how quickly time passes. 2008 was probably the hardest year of my adult life, but also one of the most rewarding. 2008 started with me working in my new position for about 3 months or so as the Assistant Director of Nurses at the rehabilitation facility that I have worked for since 2001. Shawn was at his job and doing well. Things were going just as we had planned. We were both employed and doing well. January brought a stressful moment near the end of the month with the interview at Texas Tech in Midland, TX. Shawn and I took the long 5 hour drive and the interview went great!!! The day after we got back to Cibolo there was an email in my account on hotmail. "You have been accepted to the Physician Assistant Program for Texas Tech...." I think I read it three times before I had Shawn check and make sure I was reading it correctly. This was the beginning of my and Shawn's new life. I gave my notice at work for March and got a second job to help with expenses while I would be away. May came quickly and Shawn and I had made the difficult decision for him to remain in San Antonio and keep our home in order. The rest is history...

I am still in Midland and working hard on school. Shawn is in San Antonio and keeping our home in order so that we have a place to live when I get done with school. We go one day at a time. We know that no matter where this path takes us, it is the path that has been chosen for us. I pray a lot and get a lot of my strength from God and my wonderful, supportive husband. He is an amazing man!!!

Our celebration into the New Year was spent with Shawn's family at his sister's home. She was recently married to her boyfriend Aaron. They are a beautiful couple and really know how to throw a New Years party. The food was great and we all had a good time. The countdown was the best part. We danced with our little niece and cheered with champagne and apple juice to a prosperous year to come.

The boys

Smith Family

McMillan Family
The girlsThe boys

The next day we left for the coast!! Padre Island, TX. The weather was not the best, but we had a good time. We went and met a few of Shawn's fishing buddies and were joined Friday by Shawn's step-sister and her family.

We wish everyone a prosperous New Year with lots of blessings!

Holiday Season

I hope that this message finds you all well. Christmas was great! I hope that it was for all of you too. Christmas Eve I went to a Christmas Eve service at Community Bible Church, which was beautiful. I saw a beautiful service and celebrated the true meaning of Christmas with some of our friends, Calvin and Seneca. Shawn was busy finishing up Christmas gifts for me (our website) and making a custom rod for a friend of his dad.

Christmas Day was spent with Shawn's family. It was a fun day filled with wonderful food and lots of people that we care about. We had a great time with a game of White Elephant Christmas. The gifts were interesting to say the least. Memories made that day will last in our minds for years to come. Shawn and I left the event with a Christmas homemade movie of our extended cousins and two games!!!

Saturday was our Christmas event with Shawn's family. We got a chance to see our niece Kylie and Logan open their Christmas gifts. It was a nice evening and it is always fun to watch children open gifts. Kylie had a great time opening her gifts and helped her brother open his as well. Being around family during this time of year makes all the things that happen throughout the year worth it. Family is the most important thing we all have, our gifts to each other each day. While my family, for the most part, is far away from me I still carry them with me everywhere I go. This includes my immediate family and the family that my wonderful husband has given me by our marriage.
Merry Christmas and best wishes to all of you in the new year!!! We love you all :)

New to the blogging scene

Shawn and I are new to this blogging thing and I thought that it would be a good way to keep our family and friends up to date on what is going on in our lives as well as give us a "journal" to look back on. As most of you know, I am in a master's program in Midland, TX and Shawn is in San Antonio, TX keeping our house in order. It is not easy for us to be separated from each other but we know that in the end it will all be worth it.
I have been in Midland for about six and a half months now. It has been a long road full of tests but it is coming to an end for this semester. This is the finals week of this semester and home is right in my reach. I am excited to go home and spend time with so many people that I rarely get to see anymore. Being separated from people that you care about really makes you realize how important they were to you and how you may have taken them being there for granted. I will never take any real friendships for granted again. Friends are so hard to come by and it is always nice to know that someone is there for you when you need them.
Shawn is doing well in San Antonio. He is working for a door company called Trinity and they seem to be good people. You do not always get an opportunity to work for people that you feel comfortable around and that have good morals behind them also. It is a different job and Shawn has been given a lot more responsibility, but as you all know Shawn is good at everything that he does!!!
I hope to posting more things on here as time goes by. Next semester is said to be one of the hardest, so I will check in from time to time. August 2009 is when clinicals start so I am sure that I will have a lot of interesting stories from my trials and tribulations with clinicals. Shawn I am sure will keep all of you updated on his latest fishing adventures and rod buildings also.
We hope that you all are doing well and will check in periodically....

Much love,
The Queeney Family