Where to Start?
I apologize for being such a lazy blogger! Almost two weeks since I last wrote and my only excuse is that we've had a lot going on AND I'm addicted to Farmtown on Facebook! So what's been happening?
Biggest event was Zachary's graduation on June 16th. It was a wonderful family time and a tremendous milestone for Zach. Daughter Laura came to visit from Montana so I got a day of girl time with her. She came along with me to my radiation treatment (1/2 way through...yeah) and then we met son Jim for lunch at Benji's, a local New York style deli. Great corned beef!
On graduation day we all met up at Renee and Tom's for snacks then headed out to claim seats at the graduation for our clan. We arrived 90 minutes before the ceremony and it was none too early. Evan was not real thrilled with the whole thing, nothing captured his attention. It "took a village" to keep track of him!
It was a short ceremony given there were 500 plus graduates. After the meet and greet on the field we headed to Renee's for a buffet and gifts. I have to say that I sometimes sit at these events and just marvel at my whole family. What a group! A few of Zach's friends stopped in and joined the noshing and singing.
The "DJ" selected Queen's Greatest Hits and suddenly the whole crowd is singing Fat Bottom Girls and We Will Rock You! Four generations enjoying the same song! I wish I had a video of that. Little Evan, stomping and clapping, singing all the words and looking around at everyone with a big grin. "Look at me! I'm doing just what the big kids are doing!"
Here's the lineup! Evan knew just what he was supposed to do....
Zach was speechless when he opened gifts. Top of the heap was a Canon Rebel SLR from Renee, Tom and Uncle Jim. Grandma and Grandpa Nehls sent a generous check to help him through first year of college. We contributed some camera accessories and the kids gave him a new cell phone. Lucky guy1
No more school events for us until Evan starts a couple of years from now. Let's see...I'll be 83 when he graduates. Probably we'll still be singing Fat Bottom Girls!