May 29, 2016

My son's graduation cap and tassel.

May 28, 2016

We went out to start working on the garden.  They got 3 rows marked before a thunderstorm rolled up on us.

May 27, 2016

I took some high school senior pictures of my niece today. 

May 26, 2016

My son had his career center graduation today.  He's all done with high school now, hooray!

May 25, 2016

Today was my oldest son's last day of high school.

May 24, 2016

This was the last day of school for my younger two.

May 23, 2016

My oldest attends a career center that pulls in kids from several schools from around the county.  They remain a member of their 'home school' while attending the career center.  Today was the graduation ceremony for his home school.  Today I had a similar nervous feeling as what I had his first day of kindergarten.  It's strange sometimes how everything seems to come full circle.

May 22, 2016

We got the yard rolled and mowed today.

May 21, 2016

The hall is in desperate need of a paint job.  First I have to patch and sand all the dents and holes.  Between three kids growing up and a husband who likes to rearrange furniture the hallway has taken a beating- I could hardly believe the amount of patching I needed to make.  There was one section with dozens of little dents that were the same size and shape and I kept wondering what toy was used to make those.

May 20, 2016

We bought a lawn roller. 

May 19, 2016

My daughter's grade had their poetry cafe today.  The kids recited the poems outside for a group of their parents and grandparents.  She and two other girls chose a poem called The Sleepover by Betsy Franco, about not sleeping at a sleepover.  They dressed in pajamas, brought sleeping bags and lots of props.  My daughter also made this sign.

May 18, 2016

This is the small milling machine my husband bought at the school auction last week.

May 17, 2016

I put together some hanging pots for my deck.

May 16, 2016

My husband and oldest unloaded the rest of the benches.  Two are going beside the barn.

May 15, 2016

I enjoy the pink baby grape leaves every spring.

May 14, 2016

We bought some blueprint filing cabinets at the auction.  My husband moved them downstairs today.

May 13, 2016

May 12, 2016

My husband went to the career center annual auction today.  Among other things, he got 7 of these concrete benches.  We're putting 5 around the fire pit, and two by the barn.  They're surprisingly comfortable to sit on despite being concrete.

May 11, 2016

May 10, 2016

I had my oldest pose next to 'his' dogwood tree.

May 9, 2016

May 8, 2016

My younger son made this for me for mother's day.  It's for a grocery list.

May 7, 2016

I got the teapot quilt done for my mother-in-law.  I wanted to make a wall hanging, but it ended up around lap quilt size.  Three or four teapots would have made a better size.  But, it's a good size for a wall hanging quilt rack, so I'm making my husband make one for his mom for Mother's Day.

May 6, 2016

My microwave broke.  The new one came in today so the old one had to come down.  It was surprising how much I missed having a microwave.  My primary use for it seems to be heating leftovers.  Warming leftovers on the stove just creates another dirty pan to wash.

May 5, 2016

The last of my apple trees has started blooming.

May 4, 2016

My oldest got this dogwood tree as a sapling in preschool (2003).  A year or two after we planted it, the dog decided to spend the winter chewing it and trimmed it down.  It was a somewhat sad looking bushy tree for a few years, then started having small, pathetic flowers.  This year, however, the blooms on it look good.  It's finally a nice tree, just in time for my son's high school graduation.

May 3, 2016

May 2, 2016

My younger son is running for class president.  He made posters today.

May 1, 2016

Working on the broken belt.