SWPA

SWPA Outstanding Chapter Award

Last weekend was the South Western Association for the Psychological Association (i.e., SWPA) yearly conference. UCA had 31 students which must have been a record high. They had a wonderful time (some definitely too much fun & paid for it later) and brought much success back to the department. Shawn has been the faculty sponsor for the Psi Chi/Psychology club. He has put much time and effort to shape into an organization that the students will be proud of. This year his hard work was honored (as well as his students). UCA won the Psi Chi regional award for outstanding chapter and a check for $500 dollars. In addition, his students did a great job representing his research lab. He had 7 students who had presentations at the conference (more impressive all but 1 were undergraduate students). There was seen in success with 1 student receiving a Psi Chi Research award and 2 students were finalist for the SWPA research competition. He his an outstanding mentor and it is reflected in their respect and definitely by their accomplishments!

Meanwhile we decided if Daddy was going to play in Dallas. We were going with him. We spent the weekend with my Aunt. She had an easter egg hunt set up for us when we arrived. The kids were absolutely thrilled. We spent the rest of the weekend taking a tour of the parks in Keller. We enjoyed just relaxing and spending time with family.

We ended our visit with lunch and a trip to the park with my Grandpa David & Grandma Katie. We had a wonderful visit and our very grateful that we finally got a chance to visit with them.

One of my favorite moments of the trip was on our way home. We opened up the letters on the computer that I had wrote to Nana & Papa while they were on the mission (the intent was to keep them for a journal). Wow, I was amazed about how much detail that I gave them. The kids loved to hear their funny stories about themselves as babies! It was nice bonding time and kept the kids occupied on our long drive home. My hope is that I can attempt to once again keeping a better record of our life's events. You forget how quickly the little things can fade away.

We are hoping life will slow down a bit, big wish considering the end of the semester is approaching. The last 4 weeks have definitely kept us on our toes. We have had 2 trips to Texas, 3 cases of strep throat, 2 rounds of minor stomach flu, an allergy shot, a visit from my mom, kindergarten testing, organizing & attending the Psi Chi annual banquet, daily life activities, and did I mention allergies! So here is to a little rest and some cute stories from the kids to journal about!