Mother's Day, Graduations, Piano Recitals, and Birthdays, OH MY!

First of all, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY COUSIN BRENDA!  

I know this photo is from Mackenzie's graduation back in May, but Happy Birthday to you and Congrats on raising 2 beautiful girls who will both be in college now!

 

We went to Omaha in May to celebrate graduation with the Thackers.  We helped set up the day before, and got to play cards in the evening.  Girls ruled!!!!

Mackenzie celebrated with a brunch open house the next day.  Pancakes, waffles, and a DONUT BOARD!  Yes, those are square donuts.

My Aunt Judy, grandma to the grad, made a t-shirt quilt for her graduation gift.  She was a competitive swimmer and lots of fun shirts.

She even used a shirt design to make the label on the back.  I love the phrase, "Smart Fish Swim in Schools."

And it was great to see Uncle Al and Aunt Judy.

 

Then, the first Sunday in June, we traveled to Iowa City for Zach's graduation party.  It was postponed from the previous day as his soccer team was playing in the state championships and won!  We had fun seeing cousins and family we hadn't seen in quite awhile.

Here is the Nielson group..........

Five first cousins there....  I don't know if Jeff is the rose or the thorn????

I spent Mother's Day weekend in St. Louis with Sarah.  She took me to a movie, the Tower Grove Farmer's Market, and to lunch at the Lewis & Clark in St. Charles.  We had lunch with Aaron's step mom and step sister.  Lots of good conversation!

And May started off with a very successful piano recital.  Don't let the fact that we can't get a good group shot fool you.............they all did very well.  Even the guy who came directly from a baseball game and still had his uniform and eye black on.

Yes, the 2 in the matching blue shirts are twins and that is their best friend standing between them.  I ran into the little guy at the movies Sunday afternoon and was amazed to see how much he has grown this summer.  Fall will be here before we know it!

Christi