2017 Homeschool Graduation

 This picture above is an 8th grade graduate but she was also Hannah's team mate this past Bible Quiz season. We didn't know she'd be graduating there so it was a nice little surprise to see her.

Hannah & I went to the AFHE graduation on Friday.  With the 8th graders & seniors, there were nearly 200 graduates. The seniors here were all in Hannah's MoezArt casts over the years & will be missed as they start a new journey. I've always enjoyed that homeschooling allows my kids to be friends with kids of all ages but no one warns of the downside-when your friends graduate 1-2 years before you & how much you'll miss them. Or for the graduates who will be missing the juniors, sophomores, & freshmen they leave behind. It's hard to believe this is where we'll be this time next year. It was a beautiful ceremony.

Joshua's 14th Birthday

 Baby Groot cupcakes.

Joshua's party was a repeat of another birthday a couple years ago. Peter Piper Pizza with his best friend (& his friend's twin sister) followed by a movie. Since we were seeing Guardians of the Galaxy 2, this was the simplest cake idea I could come up with.

On his actual birthday, we went out to eat at red Robin but I forgot to take a picture. It was just the four of us. Todd took a vacation day for it.

Up next, graduation pics.

Zoo ~ Part 2

As promised, here are the rest of the zoo pictures. Up next will be pictures from Joshua's b-day.

Zoo ~ Part 1

It takes a long time to upload pictures so I'm splitting up the zoo pictures into 2 parts. Here's part one with plenty of giraffe pictures for "you-know-who".