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High School Graduation

This summer has been a whirlwind.  Since I last blogged, the girls graduated from high school, we went to Costa Rica, we went to Crescent Bar one last time (as renters this time) and moved them into WSU.  For this post I am going to focus on the graduation.  Seems so weird to be blogging about it now with everything that's happened since, but oh well. The ceremony was on June 11th at the ShoWare Center in Kent.  Paul's mom came over to our house and then we all rode together to The Cheesecake Factory for a very early dinner/very late lunch around 3:00.  Then we got to the venue a little before 5:00 and they went in for all the pre-game stuff and we just waited around until the doors opened at 6:00.  None of my family could make it (they all live an hour and a half away and my 91-year-old dad only drives locally) but my best friend since Kindergarten and her son made the trip down, so that was great. Olivia and her best friend Nyla Kayley (r) and her best fr...
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Senior Prom

Last Friday was the girls' Senior Prom.  A whole group of them met at a nearby park for photos, then they broke off into smaller groups and went to dinner and Prom.  Olivia and her group rented an Air B&B for the night, and Kayley spent the night at a friend's house with another friend or two. Olivia and Gavin (just friends) Everyone Just the guys Just the girls Olivia and Kayley
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LAST Last Day of School

Last Thursday was Olivia's LAST last day of K-12!  I can't believe it! Kayley is in Running Start so she still has a week and a half or so to go. Their high school has a cool tradition where every year after the final assembly the seniors all board buses and go back to their elementary and middle schools.  It's really fun for them to reconnect with staff and take a trip down memory lane.  
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Senior Stuff

This weekend was full of senior activities for the girls.  Saturday evening was the annual Senior Car Parade.  This is a fun tradition that started during Covid. Since there was no graduation ceremony, this was a safe alternative and then it just stuck. It ended up being a beautiful night for it which was so nice. Olivia and two of her friends rode together in one of the friend's dad's pickup, and Kayley rode with 3 of her friends in someone's Jeep.  We actually somehow missed Kayley when she went by, but luckily I was able to steel this photo from the school district's IG. Olivia in the middle with her WSU gear on Kayley 2nd from right Then, today was Senior Sunday at our church, so they did a slide show of all the seniors and then they went up on stage and received a gift and were prayed over.  I remember having something similar when I graduated way back when. 11 days until graduation!  
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What's Up Wednesday - May 2026

                                        It's the last Wednesday of the month which means it’s time for What's Up Wednesday, hosted by Shay and Sheaffer . What We're Eating I am typing this on Monday, and it's a holiday and I'm busy with cleaning/errands/projects (because what else are work holidays and weekends for?) so tonight we are keeping it very simple with frozen pizza and salad.  Tomorrow and Wednesday we have some Hello Fresh meals, Thursday will probably be spaghetti or tacos, Friday we will probably go out or get Thai take-out, and Saturday is game night at our friends', but it's also the Senior Car Parade, so we will miss the dinner portion of game night and probably just eat leftovers before heading over there. What I'm Reminiscing about The girls graduate in 17 days (15 when I publish this) so I've been reminiscing about them being little. What I'm L...
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20th Anniversary Trip to Seabrook

May 13 was our 20th anniversary!  We were originally planning on going to Fiji but the girls' graduation trip plans fell through, so we ended up cancelling that and we are taking them to Costa Rica instead.  So for our anniversary celebration, we went to dinner at Alder and Ash and then saw Phantom of the Opera.  This was my third time seeing the musical.  It is my favorite. The next day (Thursday) we left on a little get-a-way to Seabrook--just us and the dog.  Seabrook is a little town on the coast with a cute little town center and most of the homes are Cape Cod style and have names like "Seas the Day", "Sand in the Toes", "Rain Oar Shine", etc. We actually stayed in a tiny little one-bedroom cottage.  It was so cute!  We got there Thursday afternoon, settled in, picked up a pizza and salad for dinner, then took a long walk with the dog down to the beach. On Friday we fixed a nice breakfast in our house then went to the town center and walked around...
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