Our Kindergarten Graduate!

Carson had a rough day today, waking up with pink-eye, with a tooth/gum ache and now an ear ache.  He did make it to his graduation (barely).  Despite feeling tired and not quite himself, he seemed to enjoy himself at the graduation and looked adorable up on the stage with the other kindergarteners and pre-kinders.

The students were really cute, singing songs with their music teacher, reciting bible verses, sharing a few songs and words they learned in French (taught by a parent this year), and giggling and shouting out each other's names during a slide show.

Happy Retirement, Grandma Joanne!

We all had such a fun time celebrating Grandma Joanne's retirement with her collegues and friends.  Many of her collegues pooled together and got her a weekend away to a casino at the coast and she recieved some large beautiful potted flowers.  "We" made her a bag and got her a bottle of wine.   Her party planner even had a Finnish phrase on the cake.  We think Grandma enjoyed every minute of the party and was pleasantly surprised throughout.

 Congratulations, Grandma!  We love you!

Oh, how we miss you, Mr. Sun!

Here we are in the last week of May and it's raining and pouring and there's even been some afternoon snoring! (Ben and I actually fell asleep this afternoon.)

We sure had some fun when the sun was out a couple of weeks ago, so thought I'd post those in hopes of the golden ray return.

Children's Museum Playtime

Mother's Day Tea

Mother's Day was last weekend, but Corrine, Zoey, Mom, and I got to celebrate again at a retirement home by "adopting" grandmas for an afternoon tea.  We chatted it up with some lovely grandmas, sang some songs, listened to a former "Survivor" contestant speak, and checked out the wildlife in the "hidden lake" outside.  It was a beautiful day and very relaxing after a very busy Mother's Day weekend.

Lions, Monkeys, and Elephants . . . Oh, My!

Happy Birthday, Daddy!