Kennedy's Graduation!!

My favorite niece is DONE with high school! The first time I remember meeting her was at her 5th birthday party at Chuck E Cheese 13 years ago. She couldn't even tie her shoes yet! Now she's driving.


Special thanks to Amanda for watching the kiddos. It would have been a LONGGGGG trip for them! And special thanks to Grandpa KC for the ice cream on the way home!!

Weekend wrap-up - Mothers Day and a Graduation

We had a low-key Friday night at the casa with Karl. "Low key" involved a few cocktails and one of us "falling asleep" on top of the covers fully clothed. (cough, Derek, cough).

Saturday morning we ran some errands. We had to run several and wanted to knock out as much as possible. So we found ourselves at the mall with 2 kids under 3 and NO STROLLER! We were exhausted when we got home. The bright side is that we got 3 pairs of shoes for the kids for $45 TOTAL! Grant's hideous awesome Lightening McQueen shoes were only $10 at the Stride Rite Outlet after our 20% off coupon. He LOVES them!

After naps we went to Andrew & Tori's baby shower. With the kids. Again - it was exhausting. But Shauna did recommend our kids, basically saying to the parents-to-be "When it's time to baby-proof, just have Grant and Abby come over and you'll see really quick what you need to do." Ha! Abby wore a pillowcase dress that my aunt Sandy made from my great-grandmother's (Big Mama) handiwork. Precious!!
In the car though the kids were amazingly good and giggly. I looked back to see what was so funny. Grant said "I hold Abby's hand."
Today was Mother's Day and my brother's graduation. He definitely didn't take the easy route - detouring to step into the family business when needed, then falling in love, getting married, and starting a family. I'm quite proud of him!
Steve's fan club:

After walking:

Post-ceremony pics:



After the ceremony, we celebrated at La Margarita. And my Mothers Day gift? A nap when we got home. YEAH!