Caden, the old man.

It's been a while since our last posting and some things have changed since then.

1. Allison's boyfriend Henry will start work this Wednesday as assistant to the Dean of Social Science at Fordham University. One of the perks of working there is "Free Education", and Henry will probably go after his PhD. Congrats to Hank.

2. Colleen - - here's an announcement that Shell sent out

"Effective May 1, 2009
Colleen Murphy-Smith, JV Formation Project Manager, will transition to the role of Wholesale Sales Manager - Northeast, reporting to Jim Deakin. In her new role, Colleen will be responsible for overseeing the day to day activities associated with the wholesale market in the Northeast region. Colleen joined Shell in 1992 as a Territory Counselor. Over the past 17 years, Colleen has held various roles including Sales Consultant, Marketing Program Coordinator, Marketing Implementation Manager and Wholesale Account Manager. Colleen has a Bachelors of Arts degree in Advertising from Texas Tech University. Colleen will be relocating shortly to the Northeast to begin transition activities with Terence Fitzgerald, who will retire November 1, 2009."

The blurb about "relocating shortly" is an understatement, as I am typing this Colleen is on a plane heading to Philly to get a feel for the area. Her new territory is Maine to Virginia but Shell "suggests" that she resides in New Jersey. We spent 12 years in CT living close to Meg and Allison while Colleen and Erin were in Texas, now we move back to Texas to be close to Colleen and Erin??? Maybe it's us??? I am just waiting for Erin to drop a bomb on us saying that she will be moving to CT.

Spent the last few days in Frisco with Caden and Sean. Sean flew down from CT with Meaghan and Allison to help celebrate Caden's first birthday. This "birthday celebration" will be the first of many, his real birthday is May 12 and the schedule looks like this, May 1st - birthday with Aunts, cousin Sean, Mimi Murphy and Pops Murphy. real birthday the 12 will be spent with his Mom as his Father will be out of town, May 16th - birthday celebration with his other Grandparents, May 29th - last celebration with Mimi and Pops Murphy.