Fathers Day camping

Rob wanted me to document that he had only 1 1/2 hours of sleep in the last 36 hours but he was driving the three hours to the Allen's while in the backseat after thirty minutes but kids were sleeping.

 

This is what happens when you forget important utensils at home.

We had a pick up game of baseball.

Emily spent a lot of time on her computer.

Jada shared her chex mix.  I'm not sure her mom made enough.

Our home away from home.

 

 Jeremy was acting crazy while he was putting on his suntan lotion and when I tried to snap a picture of him Jonah walked through the picture.  So, who is photo bombing whom?

 

 

This picture was giving me trouble so I left it as is.  We LOVE s'mores around the campfire.  We love the Allen's and that they open their cabin and property to us so we can have a fun fathers day weekend.  Hopefully next year the lake will be warmer.

 

 

It's GONE!

I wanted to cut Jeremy's hair long before it got to this length.  He asked that I wait until he got out of school.

Not long after the last day of school I got out the clippers and went to work.

This is the end result.  I took it down in levels three times until I got to using no guard.  Yes, this is how he wanted it. No, I'm not happy.

You've got the right to PARTAY!!

I made moustache suckers.  They were a big hit.

My sisters and nieces made all of these delicious cupcakes.

Our brag board.

Fun with moustaches. Jenny, Johnathan, Jason, Kiera and Alex

School friends Levi, Alex, Garrett, Cody and Zoe.

These are just a few of my cousins and me and my sisters kids with my grandma.
B: Tyler, Erin, Janna, Jenny, Jan, Joe, Me, Ryan and Yvonne
F: Sydnie, Emily, Grandma, Jake and Jeremy

The aftermath.  Lots and lots of dishes.  We had a sunny day, great food, lots of friends and family.  We are really blessed.

Graduation day

A sea of green and white.

There she goes.

Got it!

So proud.

Her besties; Jason, Johnathan and Kiera.

My baby girl is all grown up.  We are proud and excited for her future but we are also a little sad that soon she will be off and doing her own thing.  Love you Em!

Cute!

This showed up in the mail a few days after Emily got out of school.  It came with notes from each of her elementary school teachers.  This made me cry.

End of an Era

Ok, I had to include this pic.  This backpack was awesome!  It carried pound after pound of books and papers for 8th - 12th grades.  We retired it to the trash on the last day of school.

Not the best picture but as per tradition the drum line leads the seniors out of the school.

I don't know what Emily is looking at but I think she was searching the crowd for me.

This shows how they all hold the rope.  It is the same rope that they walked in to the school with on their first day as a freshman.  I was so proud of myself, I didn't cry.  The parents had a bar-b-que set up for the whole class when they walked out.  It was a great day.

Jeremy turns 15

Jeremy thought we had totally forgotten his birthday with all the running around we were doing for Emily's graduation.  Rob and I set up a plan and pulled it off perfectly.  I contacted the kids from his Sunday school class which is 1 boy and 10 girls and asked them to help me surprise Jeremy.  We all met at the local Taco Bell.  I had left Jeremy at home with Rob to help clean up the garage sale and Emily and I went to Meijer to get a cake and ice cream.  Jeremy's birthday is usually on a holiday weekend so only three of the girls could come and the one boy.  After a text from me, Rob told Jeremy that they were going to Taco Bell to grab some lunch.  He was totally surprised to walk in and see a table of friends waiting to have lunch with him.

We all went to our house for cake and ice cream. This is the first store bought cake my kids have ever had for a birthday.  I couldn't make one myself and pull off the surprise.

Lauren J. took this picture.  I think it's cute.

Savannah and Maddy made this poster for him.  I like #5.  All in all it turned out to be a great surprise and a fun time for Jeremy and his friends.  Love ya Bud.

Rochester Prom

Same dress, same date, more friends.

Johnathan has a best friend, Jason.  If one is at your house the other is sure to be there also.  Leslie was Jason's date.  All four of these guys like to hang out and have fun.

It was cold and raining for this prom and the lady who did Emily's hair the last two times was at the hospital with her husband so we just left it down.

Johnathan got an orange corsage for Emily this time.  He knows her so well.

Smarty pants

Senior Awards night was full of surprises.  Emily honestly went to this thinking she was only being recognized for her scholarships.

She was, but she also received four other awards.

I'm assuming you can read them for yourself.  We are so proud of her and her teachers had some really awesome things to say about her.