Our Big Weekend

Thursday- We headed out to Ft. Pierce. Uneventful trip except for the service plazas changing their restaurants..have you ever taken a 13 yr old boy to eat and only find "Nature's Table"? Health Food is not his thing. We arrived at Mom & Papa's and promptly took over their lives. Later that evening, Jennifer was baptised by Papa in the swimming pool.

Friday was spent running around trying to get everything together for Jenny's graduation on Sat. Jim went with to me order the cake. NEVER AGAIN!!! He doesn't do grocery shopping, so he had no idea what specialty cakes and deli meats cost. Needless to say, he went into shock in the middle of Publix.

Saturday was the big day. Graduation. Everything went beautifully. Nice thing about private school homeschooling is that you can have your graduation any way you want it. We opted for casual and relaxed. Jenny wore her cap and gown, we played "Pomp and Circumstance", and she walked to her Dad who gave her the diploma, followed by Papa giving a wonderful talk and prayer. We then proceeded to PIG OUT!!! The only hitch in the day was Jim running around trying to shove cake at everybody. He wanted to make sure that none was wasted.

Sunday it was up and off to church. But not before Jim got his biscuits and gravy. He whined all weekend because mommy hadn't made them for him yet. Then it was back home to eat lunch and pack for the trip home. And Jim was still shoving cake at everyone!!! The trip home was fun. Boys in one SUV, girls in the other. We brought Garry home with us and he is living it up being the youngest here. I can't close this out without a big hug, kiss and thanks to my wonderful inlaws (although I don't consider them inlaws, they are Mom and Papa) for letting us take over their home and lives and even re-arrange their furniture. We are blessed to have such a close family.

Construction Again

Two posts in one day. What is the world coming to? We are having more work done on the house--both upstairs and downstairs. Everything we own is shoved into 3 rooms. Jim and I kept our bedroom out of the storage business so we could have somewhere to go that was finished. Having the last 2 bedrooms upstairs replastered along with the ceilings, hallway and stairwell walls and ceilings. HUGE mess, but luckily sometime back, we found a wonderful drywall guy and he takes care of every, even cleaning.

Nothing much for me to do since I can't even walk around downstairs, so I loaded my Kindle and surf the internet when I'm not in the kitchen (also usable). Guess this is my downtime before my part of the work comes in. Painting, varnishing doors, unpacking, hanging curtains, etc., fall to me, so I guess I better enjoy the idleness.

She's 18

Well, it's official. Jenny is 18 as of the 30th of May. Little late posting as lots of other things are going on also. Had family dinner, cake and presents. As you can see, she got the suitcase as promised, she just won't pack. Now we get geared up for her graduation. Too much, too soon. She should still be running around begging for ice cream....oh wait a minute... she still does that!! She went shopping yesterday and bought a new dress, came home and showed it to her dad and me. He asked what that costs him and her reply was that she paid for it herself. He told her that was the prettiest dress he had ever seen!!!! I have a feeling there is a little sadness going on there too with her newfound independence. Wait until he gets home today and finds out that she had her ears pierced a second time and didn't need anyone to sign for her. Hopefully, tattoos won't be next.