Congratulations to Our Graduate!

We couldn't be more proud of him. Homeschooling our son for the past 9 years has been challenging and yet rewarding. We are so proud of him even though he thinks he is nothing special, he is special to us.

He not only graduated High School but also is graduating from the Community College. We did not have a Homeschool Graduation Ceremony since he was going to walk in the Community College Ceremony. The music was wonderful. The music for the Instructors was performed by a bagpipe crew. It was so beautiful. I have it on video tape. :o) Here is our son in the procession....

Him in his seat looking at us, we have this on video tape also...


Finally he receives his Diploma. You will notice it is a little blurry, well, that is all we get. My Darling Husband was taking stills I was on video. We DON'T have this on video tape...


The story is...I am not the one to leave in charge of the video camera. At least when it is my kid graduating. I think the strap hit the standby button but I am also willing to admit that maybe in my excitement I accidentally hit the standby button. Or maybe it was because it was Friday the 13th! :o) After he received the diploma cover and was off stage I noticed the standby icon. Bummmmmer! But we did get some great stills. Here are a couple of them.

Proud Grandpa and Graduate!


Proud Parents of a High School Graduate and
a great start to a College Education...


There was a BBQ on Saturday with friends and family. No still shots or video of the BBQ. :o(
We had a great time anyway visiting and eating good food.
Congratulations Son, We Love You!
Mom & Dad

Busy, Busy!

It has been very busy around here. When is Not busy? :o)

I finished up with work until September. It has been an interesting transition from staying at home homeschooling to working. Hopefully next year it will be a little easier.

Josh is graduating this Friday! Here is a picture of him at the Homeschool Semi-Formal as King. All the Seniors get King and Queen status for the night. The guys this year got to wear "Burger King" crowns. Pretty funny!
My baby is all grown up and getting ready to move into adulthood. I am so excited for him but also know I will miss him.

I am a coordinating team member with a local Homeschool Support group and there has been lots going on with that. We are so blessed to live in a country where we can educate our children at home. :o)

Because I was so sick for so long I am still working on getting the house and yard caught up.

To keep from going crazy I have been knitting of course. Here is a baby blanket I made for a niece that is having a baby girl. I decided to put a scalloped crochet edge on it. I really like how it turned out. Although I am not happy with how the pictures turned out. Here it is before the crochet edge ...
Here is a closeup of the crochet edge. I think the edging gives it a finished look.The day I finished the baby blanket I casted on the Clapotis from knitty.com. I am using the Cascade Superwash Paints
I am so happy with this yarn and am enjoying the Clapotis pattern.

After this weekend I hope that things will slow down enough do some canning. I would like to do some jam.

Pictures next week of the Boy graduating!

Have a great week!!