Graduation Recap...

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I apologize for not posting sooner!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I think I am still recovering </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">from all of the house guests </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and Graduation festivities...</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtFJhAfutBmu6b1kOOBdC1OWwhyphenhyphen4-5b1PMFpcm2AkIwPn37mzva76ZOmmtdiLQSHcZZwnV921Qo_brdYRv_lryKeVAXyHqnUsqL5AhFW8CV_EhKO0s2S5Fo2G5cdjqS1_K4cHfyXfJ6CTm/s1600/IMG_1715.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtFJhAfutBmu6b1kOOBdC1OWwhyphenhyphen4-5b1PMFpcm2AkIwPn37mzva76ZOmmtdiLQSHcZZwnV921Qo_brdYRv_lryKeVAXyHqnUsqL5AhFW8CV_EhKO0s2S5Fo2G5cdjqS1_K4cHfyXfJ6CTm/s1600/IMG_1715.jpg" width="282" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was a flurry of activity </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">from last Thursday until Tuesday </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">of this week when </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">the last of the family (my mom) </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">was off on a jet plane.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I want to share some of the things </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that we did for Miss Beaux on her special day.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSSpp4Nppx270am1DbGgZVoovehnD-PWRydQNDYTKv6geKVtzw9qjokUkX5InXwL4Va5Oe2-C52FmeXq5ojT-Rfu-h5CIj2GNsbLOorWBfylyF3onjGJCsKhABhpI389LErZW_QeKJhiZU/s1600/IMG_1588.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSSpp4Nppx270am1DbGgZVoovehnD-PWRydQNDYTKv6geKVtzw9qjokUkX5InXwL4Va5Oe2-C52FmeXq5ojT-Rfu-h5CIj2GNsbLOorWBfylyF3onjGJCsKhABhpI389LErZW_QeKJhiZU/s1600/IMG_1588.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She didn't want an Open House Party... </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She wanted an intimate dinner </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with family and friends instead...  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She is SO my daughter!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We celebrated at Lidia's in Kansas City.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Chef <span class="purplebodyText">Lidia Bastianich has her own cooking show </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">you might be familiar with.  </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">Wonderful food and great company!  </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText"><br /></span></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinqTcCJSpO0iIHhNloSaFN9gEl99pnhAaY54QNTLJ1mQMfW1K8bti2WsadJOtFB7PFAARD4NxbwSFONVgD04T2pGQBO6aKNxGOnE644Q_tGf7BDBMB0aGe8K_fWs8CqM6c7QPWsx9t9DIK/s1600/IMG_1751.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinqTcCJSpO0iIHhNloSaFN9gEl99pnhAaY54QNTLJ1mQMfW1K8bti2WsadJOtFB7PFAARD4NxbwSFONVgD04T2pGQBO6aKNxGOnE644Q_tGf7BDBMB0aGe8K_fWs8CqM6c7QPWsx9t9DIK/s1600/IMG_1751.jpg" width="287" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">I created a poster for her </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">that everyone signed at the dinner.  </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">I plan on framing it for her later.  </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">I am so proud of my baby girl!  </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText"><br /></span></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibifauWkJpsTW3nVGRvUqqfOPJLWcleAIj8_Z6_KM3D6RTvJRpdeZmBmN4XNHNrtSj33vhLJHXN48NGv86oBIGG50mEme6d2tfMb40VWRhC7KbaiYyQbnQdQ6cnbnmO0BgwHyA2NZCcCyk/s1600/IMG_1669.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibifauWkJpsTW3nVGRvUqqfOPJLWcleAIj8_Z6_KM3D6RTvJRpdeZmBmN4XNHNrtSj33vhLJHXN48NGv86oBIGG50mEme6d2tfMb40VWRhC7KbaiYyQbnQdQ6cnbnmO0BgwHyA2NZCcCyk/s1600/IMG_1669.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">Here is her banner that we all put together </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">and held up as she walked across </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">the stage that night.  </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">You can see even the dog got into the shot.  </span></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9QnUtreu-1LBuyasjIArMAMDIklkzWhnArK2z1K5ZSFgTDWV_KCkJIlN6mRA9dMXmPz8r-WNWYtxwUKiAQKu0Hly2kGo0CrSI-iBxUa3hxYY4l4kn2y-G-ELtU5ikl4zUIDGvSre99xM/s1600/IMG_1636.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9QnUtreu-1LBuyasjIArMAMDIklkzWhnArK2z1K5ZSFgTDWV_KCkJIlN6mRA9dMXmPz8r-WNWYtxwUKiAQKu0Hly2kGo0CrSI-iBxUa3hxYY4l4kn2y-G-ELtU5ikl4zUIDGvSre99xM/s1600/IMG_1636.jpg" width="472" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">Our family shot right before </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">we left for the ceremony!  </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">She went separately on the bus </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">with her schoolmates.  </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">On the bus, each child received </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">a handwritten letter from their parents.  </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">I thought that was a wonderful touch.  </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">I remembered that we did that for my son also.  </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">Makes me cry just thinking about it!  </span></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhANQ0Sab1uGBBSe0bihLsgRVf4jHak55LjRwy0C49n0nVFytbmqvPSNxS6PSTzuvUKJkQd-18z-npoRG6a8LkVZTbbjgInvUSZMXHXr1btMBW43VhilItFB92dCvaMV-YpKg5Jjfu8aFES/s1600/IMG_1753.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhANQ0Sab1uGBBSe0bihLsgRVf4jHak55LjRwy0C49n0nVFytbmqvPSNxS6PSTzuvUKJkQd-18z-npoRG6a8LkVZTbbjgInvUSZMXHXr1btMBW43VhilItFB92dCvaMV-YpKg5Jjfu8aFES/s1600/IMG_1753.jpg" width="502" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">Another fun thing that we did </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">was decorating her Mortarboard.  </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">It seems to be a trend </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">that I had never heard of until recently.</span></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></i></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmOSRWkoCDPBqrpEPufYrnYTWPLArzl5_Bs5k2qDXCZIzktOFP7u1Ny5EwW1sOpTZNAw7rM29GHC5X9wDHwst05sw-FHDbVH0HFpLcaZaGrYyyWvwgPgMZGAxSpyOv8bvLLuQIFV-labVR/s1600/IMG_1721.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmOSRWkoCDPBqrpEPufYrnYTWPLArzl5_Bs5k2qDXCZIzktOFP7u1Ny5EwW1sOpTZNAw7rM29GHC5X9wDHwst05sw-FHDbVH0HFpLcaZaGrYyyWvwgPgMZGAxSpyOv8bvLLuQIFV-labVR/s1600/IMG_1721.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">You can see a lot of the decorated caps here.  </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">She also put one of her favorite quotes </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">on the inside of the cap.  </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">We packed a LOT into the weekend!  </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">My oldest son said </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">"Look out folks, Mom is like a hurricane right now, </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">the best thing to do is board up the windows </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">and wait out the storm".  </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">Yep!  </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">That pretty much describes it!  </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText"><br /></span></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8jI8VXHeUvyhcMCtsnbvL5nTzQjSouFNopDKrCcE-9l0pLppFVHd2qlt9tmSbqZyVF8U8nRRIVdYO-m8XVFz1uOyUG0VQB9Uau8nVABoU63UhkXM6hbgAhBlLKucQBCwykjTaJta8bBi/s1600/IMG_1688.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8jI8VXHeUvyhcMCtsnbvL5nTzQjSouFNopDKrCcE-9l0pLppFVHd2qlt9tmSbqZyVF8U8nRRIVdYO-m8XVFz1uOyUG0VQB9Uau8nVABoU63UhkXM6hbgAhBlLKucQBCwykjTaJta8bBi/s1600/IMG_1688.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">But we had a lot of laughs too!  </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">These are the memories that will last a lifetime!  </span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">Until Next Time,</span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="purplebodyText">Beaux R'eves,</span></span></span></i></span></div>

Graduation Recap...

I apologize for not posting sooner!   I think I am still recovering  from all of the house guests  and Graduation festivities... It was a fl...

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