Aaron graduates!!

I am so proud to say the Aaron has graduated high school. Here I am with him and his girlfriend Sandy. It was a very busy two weeks. The girls came over several nights to help out with getting ready for his party. Here they were decorating cookies.

And here they were painting banners that Sandy drew.

I made a cute sign for the cookies. They must have been good because this was all that was left. They made caps and diplomas.

Here is Cheyenne and Kim in front of some of the posters.

And here is Aaron in front of another one.
I made a scrapbook of Aaron's life. Here Billy and Wes get a laugh over some of the pictures.

Austin worked hard on the cake. Tevin and Tyler helped one night but that ended up in a powdered sugar fight in my kitchen. I will have to get some pictures from that. Austin made the cake to show the things Aaron was leaving behind and then the things he was going to....

Like he was leaving behind his beat up car, and his job at bilo and coins......
And moving toward dollars, a new car and a pharmacist job.

We played a game to see how well everyone knew Aaron. Here Sara is grading the papers.

Here is Aaron and Tyler. She graduated too.

The girls convinced me to buy a chocolate fountain. The kids really enjoyed it.

The party was a huge success and we had so much food. Later the kids hung out in the hot tub.

Then graduation day! Here are the two proud graduates.

Aaron's best friend Randy graduated from a different school. I am so sad I did not get a picture of them in their gowns together . Kasadie came too.

Here comes Tyler.

And here comes Aaron.

I loved that they threw their hats up! Most of the schools don't allow it. I missed some good shots but you can see one hat in the air.

Then they all had to find them!

They had a great celebration!!

Aaron and his grandparents.

Aaron and his brothers.

Aaron and his Aunts. I am so glad they were there.

Me and Tyler

Aaron and Randy wanted to go to Hooters afterwards. It was so much fun. The girls made the hats out of coffee filters and sang You are my Sunshine to them.

The whole place clapped and hollered for them. And the girls posed with them.

The following weekend Tyler had here party at the pool. Here is Austin mid air.

And a group jump in!

And a chicken fight.

It was such a busy eventful time but what great memories we made!

Easter Pictures

The Saturday before Easter we had a big get together at our house. We knew we would be busy at Church all day Sunday with our Easter program so we had our fun a day early. Austin made a huge deal or no deal game and we played for real money. Here Granny takes the hot seat.

And Billy takes his hot seat seriously. He really wants to win the BIG prize of 10 dollars.
And even Pap takes the hot seat.
At the end, Billy and Wes gave Austin a chance to play his own game. Funny how it was my money we were giving away, but when I played I only won 1 cent!

We had an egg toss.

Bridgette had an egg splat on her by ME! She couldn't stand it. Then she chased me down and put the egg in my shirt.
Sara ducks out of the way of an egg.

Billy and Wes wait to catch their eggs.
Good catch.
Nice catch again.
Sara and Wes took home the prize for this game. A big basket of candy. Oops don't tell those WW people :)
More egg toss fun.

The egg hunters wait inside while I hide all 70 eggs!! Sara is upset because somehow her name did not get put on her bag. LOL!
Wes finds an egg.
Here Bridgette and Granny had the same idea at the same time.
Wes is like a kid all over again.
Wes and Bridgette see one. Run guys, run!
Kasadie plays nearby. Such a sweetie.
We had lots of food. Steak and shrimp and baked potatoes. Later we had icecream, cake and smores by the fire.
Billy still gets his Easter basket even if he is 23.
And Wes too. I think I will always get them Easter candy.
Austin and Granny hang out.
A shot of the aftermath of dying 70 eggs. Austin and I had that job.
Later that night, Melissa, Tyler and Tevin came over. They just loved our confetti eggs. They were real dyed eggs, but were hollowed out and had confetti inside.

Late night basketball.
My festive table at night.
Tevin and Tyler enjoy the hottub.

Aaron and his girlfriend Sandy were not able to come. They were off at the beach for senior week. I gave them their baskets when they got home. They were both exhausted and Aaron had picked up strep throat.But they posed for pictures anyway. Here Aaron has his huge basket loaded with beef jerk

Austin's huge basket was loaded down with dvd movies.


I hope you all had a wonderful Easter.

ZACK TURNS ONE AND AUSTIN'S CAKE IS A BIG HIT!

Once again, Austin had a cake to make. My godson, Zack was having his first birthday. I think transporting the cake was the hardest part.He followed instruction on how Lynn wanted the cake and then made a smaller version for Zack to dig into.Here is a closer view. Didn't he do a fabulous job???
Zack thought so...
He didn't dig in too much. He wanted to eat it with a spoon. Except he loved taking off the fondant pieces and eating them.
I bought him a toy with a hammer!! LOL!!

He loved his little cars. He had such a full day. I can't believe he is already 1!!! Where does the time go?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET PEA!!