Friday, May 31, 2013

Happy Birthday, Paw Paw

Tomorrow would be my Paw Paw's 85th birthday.  He will be celebrating it in Heaven with Jesus.  Can't think of a better way to celebrate if he can't be here with us. 

Happy birthday, Paw Paw!!  I miss you so much!! Hope your birthday is fantastic!!

I love you!!




Also, if you see Debbie, tell her that we love her, will miss her and we will take care of Mindy and Kim. 


Debbie Gilmore, 2nd from left, back row

Debbie Gilmore, 2nd from right, back row

Our sweet friend, Debbie, went to Heaven on Tuesday, May 28.  Rest in Peace, sweet friend.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

May = Graduation galore!!

Morgan graduated on May 16, our niece, Haley (a.k.a. Wormy) graduated on May 17 and our third child, Allison (a.k.a. Fred) graduated on May 20.

Seeing Morgan graduate was absolutely fantastic!!  She worked so hard to get that diploma.  She made A's and B's all year.  Generally, I would say that that is normal for her.  But, the kicker is that she made A's and B's all year...in honors classes...while raising a baby. We are so proud of her, the person that she is and the mom that she is to our sweet grand baby. 


Morgan about 4 years old.


Receiving her diploma.




Kaitlyn is a proud sister!


We didn't get to see a lot of Haley's graduation because of the rain.  We got there right as they called her name to receive her diploma.  It was a bittersweet night for her, as well, since her dad was not here to see everything that she accomplished.  She made the thank you speech since she was president of the senior class.  However, I missed that.  Graduation was scheduled to start at 7pm, but Mary sent a text saying they moved it to 8pm because of the weather.  We got there at 7:57, and found out they actually started at 7:30.  I heard it was a great speech, though!!


Me and Haley at my wedding.


Haley and Kaitlyn


The graduate.

Allison, or Fred as we like to call her, has been Morgan's best friend since they were in the first grade.  She has been called Fred since then.  Not sure why, or where, Kevin got that name, but it stuck like glue!!  She and her boyfriend, Forest, come to the house and hang out with us even when Morgan isn't there.  They are truly like family to us.  She graduated from Hillcrest exactly 20 years to the date that I graduated from Hillcrest.  



Fred is a graduate!!


Fred and Forest

One of our very good friends, Andrea, also graduated from college with her Bachelors Degree in Social Work.  Two of my student employees graduated and have moved on to bigger and better things.  We are extremely proud of these three as well!!  

Now, in about 6 years, I will post my OWN graduation blog!!