Happy Birthday, Susanna

Today is Susanna's 5th Birthday! She is very excited! Happy Birthday, Sweetie!

Graduation Preparation

For a big event, such as a graduation, senior recital, etc, lots of preparation and planning goes on before hand. You can't prepare for a senior recital in a short period of time......I worked for almost 9 months.
And with a graduation ceremony, and all that includes, you also have to have a reception complete with decorations, and an original menu.
Many ideas were presented, and the final results were absolutely amazing!
Here are some of the photos of graduation preparation-Watch for the graduation photos next week!

Prayer was a big part of the entire planning process.

Limes for punch!

We decorated about 300 chocolate raspberry brownie bites.

The graduate performs an "official" taste test

A cup o' tea and a delightful delicacy (we had to make sure the food was edible...smile!)
with dear friends-Perfect!

Decorations!

Table decorations in hot pink, lime green, and black.

My table with some special items!

Abilene Trip

In April our co-op group took a field trip to Abilene to see one of the copies of the Declaration of Independence. We had been studying about that specific time era in our history discussion, and thought it would be beneficial to go.
This particular copy was found on the back of a painting, which was bought at a flea market for $4.
A Hollywood producer ended up purchasing it for over $8 million dollars.
The Declaration of Independence was being shown at the Eisenhower museum, so we enjoyed seeing the attractions included in the area.
The 3 graduates (Andrew, Michael, and Elizabeth) also had a photo shoot together. Included are some of those photos.

(Also, I have decided to try and post once a week in the month of September---so get ready for some posts!!)

      Our Caravan-Espings, Woods, Finches, (and we were in the back!)

The Graduates!

                                           "Help!"

                                  "Whee!!!"

 

Practicing our Hitch Hiking Skills (it's an essential for graduating, you know.....)

                   Susanna writing her name on a pretend Declaration of Independence!

                                        

         Lots of Eisenhower memorabilia!

  Our whole group!