Graduation, Family and Fun...pictures top down: Greg and his siblings (Stephanie, David the graduate, and Lisa); Greg and our nephew; Greg and I; Greg, his mom, and I.
This weekend was FUN! I got off at noon on Friday, as my company allows us to work four nine-hour days, and be off by noon on Fridays. I don't always take advantage of it, but this time I did! And since Greg had to work till 5, I got a ton done...I watered my plants, packed for our trip to Iowa, got the cats ready for the weekend, and made a graduation card and a cake for this weekend. When Greg got home we took the motorcycle out for spin (after a month of trial and error attempts to fix it, it is running!!!) around the lake, then hit the road. We got to Iowa around 11pm and hit the sack right away. Saturday morning, we got up and helped get ready for David's graduation party. David is Greg's little...ummmm...younger brother, and he graduated from
high school this weekend. Greg's dad lives out in the country on an acreage, and that was the perfect place to invite everyone to for the celebration. A ton of family and friends came out to enjoy the wonderful (although windy) weather, good food and relaxing conversation. There were lots of kids there and it was fun to watch them play...something about the sun and their playfulness and the country was nostalgic for me. A ton of David's friends, teachers, coaches, and his friends' parents came out to celebrate...it is a true testament to his character that all these people wanted to 
celebrate him! Later than evening we had a bonfire, just as it started to cool off! Awesome. Sunday morning, we took Greg's mom out to brunch as a belated Mother's Day celebration, and his sister and her family joined us. We went to Granite City where they have a really nice all-you-can eat brunch that includes a carving station, fresh fruit, several choices of breakfast meat, eggs, and casseroles, and an eggs benedict bar. If you ever get a chance to try Granite City (it's a chain) for Sunday brunch, give it a try. After than we checked out Greg's sister's new apartment and then went to David's ceremony over at the school. He not only graduated with gold cords (greater than 3.5 GPA), but he also was in the National Spanish Honor Society (placed highest in the state on the Spanish exam out of the kids who don't speak Spanish as a native languag), and was an Academic Letter recipient all four years. Besides this the kid is an amazing athlete, handsome and kind. Just an all around great person. We were so proud of him this weekend. And, even better, he'll be coming closer to us for college this fall! Yippee! After graduation we grabbed some ice cream with Greg's sisters then hit the road only to get back in enough time to go to bed. Overall, it was a great weekend.
high school this weekend. Greg's dad lives out in the country on an acreage, and that was the perfect place to invite everyone to for the celebration. A ton of family and friends came out to enjoy the wonderful (although windy) weather, good food and relaxing conversation. There were lots of kids there and it was fun to watch them play...something about the sun and their playfulness and the country was nostalgic for me. A ton of David's friends, teachers, coaches, and his friends' parents came out to celebrate...it is a true testament to his character that all these people wanted to 
celebrate him! Later than evening we had a bonfire, just as it started to cool off! Awesome. Sunday morning, we took Greg's mom out to brunch as a belated Mother's Day celebration, and his sister and her family joined us. We went to Granite City where they have a really nice all-you-can eat brunch that includes a carving station, fresh fruit, several choices of breakfast meat, eggs, and casseroles, and an eggs benedict bar. If you ever get a chance to try Granite City (it's a chain) for Sunday brunch, give it a try. After than we checked out Greg's sister's new apartment and then went to David's ceremony over at the school. He not only graduated with gold cords (greater than 3.5 GPA), but he also was in the National Spanish Honor Society (placed highest in the state on the Spanish exam out of the kids who don't speak Spanish as a native languag), and was an Academic Letter recipient all four years. Besides this the kid is an amazing athlete, handsome and kind. Just an all around great person. We were so proud of him this weekend. And, even better, he'll be coming closer to us for college this fall! Yippee! After graduation we grabbed some ice cream with Greg's sisters then hit the road only to get back in enough time to go to bed. Overall, it was a great weekend.
2 comments:
Congrats! How wonderful to have that over with! And a great recipe too.
such great pics Michelle.. thks for sharing.. u look so happy!
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