8th Grade Graduation

Last night was Max's 8th grade graduation. First photo is of Max and Jaz, the class speakers.

Classmates looking handsome.

Max and Tess. Next year Tess will be a sophmore and she tells me she can keep an eye on Max in high school. Tess is a family friend and I'm sure she'll try but I think I'm a bit scared...I hope LCHS is ready for Max.

I Fell Over

I promised more party pictures but I fell over and slept this afternoon for 2+ hours. Anyway, these two aunties deserve a prize for driving from Seattle and George, WA for the party. Thanks Laura and Marie.

Thank you to Shella Flora, this is just an example of the flowers, they were gorgeous and everywhere.

Notice Max in the reflection, he avoided the camera all day and then in the evening when I am try to snap a few pics of the flowers I can't get rid of him. So junior high. He better get over that behavior, since he will be considered high school as of Wednesday.

What is a party without cake? It does need to be gone though because it is temptation on the counter. I love cake! We had chocolate with vanilla filling and a white cake with strawberry filling.

Graduation Week

There were many parties yesterday and lots of guys coming and going. Should be a fun week for us. Max's 8th grade graduation on Tuesday and Sam graduating from high school on Thursday. We get to go to lots of parties and ours is done. We have some leftovers so I am just going to coast right through the week...

I'll be posting more party pics later!

Grad ParTAY on Sunday

Lions,and tigers and bears, OH My! It is a whirl wind here. My hubby did floors and windows today. Huge job, beautifully done, dear. I did Dr. Yeh with Max, got groceries, made 5 batches of chex party mix, 3 batches of artichoke dip, 3 batches of PW's Chili con Queso Dip Amped Up, made more lists, did laundry, went to class this morning, ran around forgetting what I was doing. Tomorrow Costco and Trader Joe's, then more cooking and cleaning. Attend a wedding in the afternoon and then gear up for Sunday's graduation party.
I can't complain, my hubby has helped, I am getting two for one as Sam graduates from high school and Max from 8th grade, and I have Shella Flora lined up for Sunday morning. Some people in our area call Bella Flora in Bellingham to do flowers for events, I call my friend Shelly. I brought her numerous vases to fill and she will. It's great, I have done it for her and will do it again. It's a good trade and just makes the house look so nice. Last year I did the flowers for my nephews' party. It is just one less thing for the hostess to think about...and that is a good thing.

Desperate Housewife?

Went to class this morning, my quads are screaming, and then came home to some heavy duty parenting shmarenting. Teens will try anything once. All before 7 a.m. Lovely.

My hubby got my bike ready for summer yesterday. I like to ride to work. I wore a skirt today and was fine unless I went against the breeze. So, I zig zagged home.

Our wisteria popped this week, love it! Now, I'm wondering if I am a desperate housewife living on Wisteria Lane? Don't answer that. My hubby is home tonight. I think we'll grill a turkey breast, some asparagus, toss a salad and open a bottle of wine. The End.

Shade Garden

This little shade garden between our house and garage is happy this spring. I have several hellebores, four varieties of ferns, four or more varieties of hostas, solman seal, white violets, lily of the valley, lady in the bathtub, two different trilliums including the one pictured below. The only thing missing is my jack in the pulpit, I loved that plant. Always later than everything else so I just kept hoping my jack in the pulpit would show up. Definitely a no show. I usually plant white flowers in the box because we can see this garden from the patio and I like to have white for at night. I think the dreary, cold Spring we had got to me and I went for the color this year.