Monday, June 15, 2015

Another bunch of milestones


It's starting to seem cliche but there are so many milestones lately, I can hardly keep up. Friday was Ciara's 18th birthday and to celebrate we took off for the weekend to Seattle.  While we were there we went and saw a good friend graduate from UW.  Christine Gregoire the former governor of Washington state gave a great commencement address and we watched nearly 6,000 people graduate with bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees. The atmosphere was great, the weather was perfect and the venue at Husky stadium was amazing. Such a wonderful weekend.

Of course it started off with the customary birthday pancake


She took the boys to school in a car that just cried out " birthday"


Then at UW we spent some time tailgating...


Then a tour of the campus.....


Waiting in husky stadium.....


The graduation...


A photo with the graduate...


Then off to dinner with friends, yes all my children are coloring in...


Ciara went to the college after party....this photo totally cracks me up.


Phew, next weekend it's off to Bozeman.  I think I need a vacation!





Monday, June 8, 2015

Graduated


Nearly 13 years of schooling have culminated in this.
















  So proud of you Ciara Maria.  Now off to Pre Law at MSU. Thanks to Terry, you have the hat for it




Tuesday, June 2, 2015

You know it's summer when...

...the boat comes out of storage.















Oh, and we have another driver in the house. Max got his boat license.