cousin Cooper's graduation

Cooper graduated in May and we got to attend his graduation dinner before the actual ceremony at his school.  It was very special, and yummy and delicious!

Nana and Papaw with their 6th grandchild graduating from High School.

He doesn't look to happy to be there...but he was! ;)

school district fish fry

My school district put on a district wide family fish fry--a) I love some catfish b) I wanted to go to meet some of the people I work with's...families c) this was especially important because most of them live in the community they work in, where I don't...but going to "family" stuff like this just me and R is HARD.  But I signed up to go...so we went, and I was glad we did! 

Hopefully it is something that Ryder looks forward to going to each year!

purple cow after school date

I guess me and R go on lots of after school "dates"! ;)

This day was to Purple Cow!  

He went with boring ole ice cream with M&Ms and I had to go with a Purple milkshake! ;)

blue sail date with R

My then boyfriend at the time gave me a Blue Sail gift card one weekend while he was traveling...which I thought was one of the most thoughtful things!--Of course me and R had to put it to good use on a lovely Friday afternoon!  BS is not Ryder's favorite place to go...but there's nothing he can do about it! ;)  I put up with him, so he can put with me!

It was one of my first iced drinks of the season...YUMMY!

AWANA cubbies

R was so blessed with AWANA Cubbies this year.  We tried it two years ago and it just didn't go so well.  We tried again this year, and R asked what night was Cubbie's night every night of the week.  He learned and said his verses like a ROCKSTAR!--way better than I was every able to do.  I hope his love for scripture memorization continues for the years to come...he challenges me and I'm so thankful for that.  

Next year...it is off to Sparks!