Sunday, May 13, 2007

IJ, DC, and FSA

The last few days have been very busy for our family! We traveled to our nation's capital so I could official receive my FSA designation ("Fellow of the Society of Actuaries".) It has been a long journey for me as I passed my first exam during the sitting of November 2001! (And 6 years is actually a pretty quick time to fellowship in the SOA!!!) It was always my goal to get through the exams quickly so that we could start our family. :)

We chose to attend the D.C. seminar because, obviously, we could then see my adorable niece Ida Jane! Yay! Mike and I drove from our hotel to see her and her parents on Thursday and it took us over an hour to drive less than 20 miles! It made us very thankful that we live in a lower populated area! Of course, the trip was so worth it! Here are a plethora of pictures for your viewing enjoyment:


The cousin reunion (Ida Jane was cracking up when she saw Evan! It was so cute):


Uncle Benny propped them up on the couch (he's to the right, if you wonder who they are looking at!):








Evan and Uncle Benny:


Ida Jane and Uncle Mike:


Checking out Aunt Amy and Ida Jane in her beautiful hat:






Girls versus boys:


Evan also LOVED the hotel we stayed at. It was very big with huge glass elevators running up the center. The hotel had waterfalls, a big pool, and lots of people (we think we counted three different languages!) Evan never fussed the entire time we were there as he had way too much to absorb!

Enjoying the big glass elevators at our hotel:


Evan swims in the hotel pool with mom! (There were three little children in the pool with him who he adored. They were playing peekaboo with him... atleast that's what we think since they were speaking french!):


The big payoff! Hurrah!!!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

thanks for sharing the cousin reunion photos. They're great.
I'm glad they had fun together.
Congratultions on your achievement, Sarah.
Love, mom and dad aka grandpa and grandma Z

Unknown said...

Congrats on the FSA! You've given me quite a record to shoot for...

Give Evan a hug for me!

Anonymous said...

loved the videos, Evan really looks like his daddy, but you can tell Evan and Ida Jane are cousins; the Gerber genes are strong. Congratulations, Sarah, it's quite an achievement...your fellowship and Evan. Take care.
Love and Hugs.

Anonymous said...

Ida Jane had a good time meeting Evan! Thanks for stopping by. Next time tell the Actuary Overlords to hold their conference in Maryland so you don't have to battle that crosstown traffic!

Love,
Uncle Ben, Aunt Amy and Ida Jane