Do you have some time??? I have pictures, pictures and more pictures for you. This weekend our third niece, Erica, graduated from Washington High School. Now she heads off to college at my Alma mater, The University of Sioux Falls. Our trip started on Saturday morning bright and early. After three trips back home for various things (batteries, lawn chairs that we ended up not using, etc.) we were finally on our way. Here are our girls, shades on and ready to go...
Our first stop was Erica's open house. Here are Gracie and her cousin, Emma...
The graduate, Erica, her sister, Jessi, Gracie and Ella...
My crazy, silly, beautiful little girls...
Open house festivities...
Gracie with the grad...
Ella with her cousin, Emma...Ella, Emma, you can imagine...
Gracie and Emma...
Saturday night was a grill out at Grandpa Al's house (Hubby's dad)...
After dinner and lots of talking we headed to our hotel room; actually, we headed to our hotel room after a brief detour back to Grandpa Al's house to retrieve Ella's blankie that had been left behind. Ella begged and pulled on the hotel door to go home, but after we got them asleep, all went pretty well. We woke up, had a really good free breakfast and were on our way. Gracie wasn't impressed that we didn't make it to the pool, but after much encouragment from me that soon it would be summer and the pool at home would be open everyday, she was okay. Sunday afternoon was the graduation ceremony at the arena. Here's Gracie...
Ella wasn't in the mood to "say cheese!"...PLEASE.
STOP.
TAKING.
PICTURES.
Sorry, Ella. I can't help it that you're so darn cute. Gracie was happy to oblige...
Jessi and their foreign exchange student, Jiwoo, from South Korea...
Family photo...
Hubby's sister, Marlene, her hubby, Paul, baby Emma, and our oldest niece, Amanda...
Hubby's Uncle Everett and Aunt Darlene in town from North Platte, NE, his step-mom, Lorna, and dad, Al...
Long-lost family! Hubby's cousin and wife who I had never met and he and his family hadn't seen in years...
Yay, Erica!
Hubby's mom, Becky and his sister, Brenda (in town from IL), with Gracie...
Are you tired yet? Only a few more, I promise. Today a HEAT WAVE. My thermometer is reading 96 degrees in the sun. I decided it was time to pull the pool out of the shed and fill that baby up...
Okay, that's it. I'm done. Thanks for hanging in there with me!
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