I can't believe my cute little Meagan is a High School graduate. She made it! Actually, I knew she would. She is a good student and a very intelligent girl.
We had a family party before her graduation and I ate WAY too much food. It was all really good, but I ate too much! Now I’m eating ginger chews to calm down my stomach. It was fun, though. Most of her aunts and uncles, several of her cousins and her grandparents and adopted grandparents came. It was nice to see everyone.
We left kind of late for her graduation and traffic was crazy. Most of the way it was almost a standstill. I was beginning to think Meagan wasn't going to make it to her own graduation. She was supposed to be there at 6:30 and got there about 6:50. Apparently a lot of graduates made it there after Meagan did, because they were in order of their arrival and Meagan was about the middle of the girls.
We almost didn't find a seat. We had to sit near the front by the curtains. It was a good thing we got seats, because David ran out of oxygen about half way through the program. He did make it home ok. I even backed out the suburban without smashing into any cars in the crowded parking lot. I was soooo proud of myself! Thankfully mom and dad searched for Meagan after graduation and brought her home so I could get David home to some oxygen.
I couldn't believe how many leis some of the Polynesian students had on. One of them, you couldn't even see her face. I told David we'd have to start our own tradition. I'm just not sure what...
Meagan's friend Radley (she had her Dental class with him) gave a very random talk about perserverance. One of the examples he gave was the Black Knight from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." I'm not sure he's really a good example of perserverance, but people did pay attention. Ray would have been proud that he quoted Harvey Dent from "The Dark Knight." Too bad Harvey ends up being a bad guy...
Whew! It's over. Now I can breathe! I have no idea how I'm going to survive my kids’ weddings, mission farewells and so forth. I told David we're hiring a caterer for the weddings...at least we can have the receptions at the church...
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you guys did a great job on meagan's graduation party. did you know that you can paint a carpet w/some kind of carpet paint? you paint designs or something--i heard it somewhere.
I'm glad you liked the party. We sure had alot of food left over, didn't we?
Are you telling me about the carpet paint because of the dalmation spots on our carpet? I think I'd just get new carpet, but I don't want to have to move everything in the living room and two upstairs bedrooms. Maybe after the kids move out, huh? With either carpet painting or new carpet we'd probably have to move everything out, wouldn't we?
have you guys eaten all the food yet? do you have hardwood under your carpet?
kara anderson just had a scoop of vanilla ice cream at her reception.like you did at meagan's seminary graduation. rachel youngs just had cinnamon rolls at hers. someone had root beer floats. receptions don't have to have elaborate meals. and it's good to have them at church houses.
cameron, jarom and amber could paint the floor around the furniture or the super strong cameron could move all of the furniture out except the piano. one day while we were gone, christopher cut up the carpet in the back bedroom and thru it in the garbage when he lived here. then when he left, larry painted the hardwood floor. the front room and hall have never been painted. i just wax them once or twice a year.
they could paint pretty designs subject to your approval before had as to what they were going to paint. you are a great artist yourself and so is david. meagan will be busy w/people's teeth and roller skates.
Sorry I missed Meagan's graduation party. :( I really wanted to be there. I am glad everything turned out well though. I can't believe she's already graduated from high school! Holy Cow!
I think it's gonna take us forever to eat all that food. I think I'm going to have to freeze the rest of the chicken.
We do have hardwood floors under the carpet. I'm just afraid if we pull up the carpet, the flooring will get scuffed. Plus, the hardwood flooring in the hallway is warped, thanks to a major toilet overflow several years ago. We'd have to replace that, or something. Amber having bare hardwood flooring in her room is just too scary...
I think we'll keep the floor as is until I have more energy! Maybe that will be this summer, but who knows.
Bek - too bad you couldn't make it, but I understand. How are you feeling these days? Your baby's due pretty soon, isn't it?
Yeah, Meagan being that old is quite amazing to me. Today she started her dental externship at Dr. Ferre's. I hope she's having fun!
I think it's gonna take us forever to eat all that food. I think I'm going to have to freeze the rest of the chicken.
We do have hardwood floors under the carpet. I'm just afraid if we pull up the carpet, the flooring will get scuffed. Plus, the hardwood flooring in the hallway is warped, thanks to a major toilet overflow several years ago. We'd have to replace that, or something. Amber having bare hardwood flooring in her room is just too scary...
I think we'll keep the floor as is until I have more energy! Maybe that will be this summer, but who knows.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HEIDI!
how did the combining of the 2 wards go sunday? bet it was confusing.
i love you and your cute family including jetta and thor. you are very loverly people.
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