Valentines Girl

This Valentines Day, Andrew had 2 very appreciative recipients of his floral gifts! This was the first year that Ieva was really old enough to grasp the concept of this special day of love. She & her babysitter made us a card & the word LOVE in Lithuanian (MYLIU) in playdough letters for us to find when we came home from work. Ieva loved that she got a special rose that was all her own & I loved my gorgeous red & white tulips! We're thankful to have such a great daddy/hubby to take care of us!

daug myliu (lots of love)


We've also had a good bout of snow in the past couple of days, so Ieva & her Daddy made a mini snowman on our balcony wall!

Ieva's first balcony snowman was a success!


Such a happy valentine!

Fabulous Florida

Kim's trip to Florida was a fantastic one! The Institute on College Student Values was a very insightful and educational conference experience. We were happily surprised to discover ACSD colleagues from Taylor University there, including past LCC Study Abroad student Kyle who is now in Taylor's master of higher education program. It was also exciting to see Arthur Chickering, a very well-known researcher and author in Higher Education as he was there with his wife. The topic of the conference was creating moral conversations and it was very interesting to see how diverse the spectrum of morality could span. Casey & I presented on the topic of developing programming to foster moral development in college students using LCC as a primary example, and in general it went very well. We also had fun wandering around Florida State University's campus where the conference was held.The 2nd half of our trip was spent in St. Petersburg with past LCC colleagues Tim & Barb Wolter and their kids. It was wonderfully refreshing to spend time with the Wolters, visit the Christian school where the kids go & where Tim teaches, visit the different campuses of St. Petersburg College where Barb works and attend their church, Living Hope Community Church of Pinellas. We were blessed with great weather, and lots of challenging, encouraging & enriching conversations!American Cheeseburgers & IBC Rootbeer with Barb - yum!