The Graduate

SO much has been going on in my little world that I haven’t gotten a chance to post anything on here in a while. I won’t go into all of the crappy stuff right now, instead I will let this post be about my dear little man celebrating a milestone in his school career.

On Tuesday, May 26^th I had a wonderful excuse to take the morning off of work. That is right, I am talking about Kindergarten Graduation!

I love how Liam’s face completely changed once he saw his cheering section which was comprised of his daddy and I, Grandpa and GrandNettie, his Bubbe and Sara, aaaand Janelle. He had quite the support crew.
First the little ones came out with their little heads all bedecked in crowns that were supposed to make them look like either bugs or flowers, I’m not sure which.

This is his friend from the Kingdom Hall Lahuana. She did a very good job with her little alphabet haiku.

I think they put him on the front row because he was so short but that unfortunately didn’t make it easy for us to see him since we were all the way in the back row.
Before the kids came out, the teachers had some problems with the sound system. Let’s just say the whole auditorium was bombarded with the extraordinarily loud sound of static. Fortunately they got it fixed before the kids came out…that is until the little guy with the letter “V” decided he was going to yell his haiku directly into the microphone. {{shaking head sadly}} NOT a good idea. I have to say though, the resulting reaction of the kids was quite amusing to behold.
They couldn’t get the mikes working right after that but those kids were well trained and they went right up to the (non-working) microphone anyway and said their parts loud and proud.
After a few cute songs the kids learned, they shuffled their way out of the auditorium to remove their “costumes” and reenter ready to accept their little certificates of graduation.
You see how he is all tucked in and nice and neat here right?. . .

. . .yeah, what happened in those few steps?!




With daddy.
Aunt Sara.
Aunt Janelle.
Absolutely LOVE this picture of Liam with his Bubbe.
This is another one of Liam’s friends from the Kingdom Hall named Austin.
Three buddies.
The two magnificent women who put up with the kids all year.
This woman is the greatest. She is so understanding with Liam because she herself is talkative. Couldn't have asked for a better first teacher for him.


And finally a shot of me and my baby boy. So proud of him.

Long absent

I know that I have sadly neglected my little blog for some time now and I want to apologize profusely for doing so. SO much stuff has been going on in my little world with the majority of it being negative that I have not had the time nor mental clarity to do much on here.

I do have a blog post in the works, so stay tuned for that and I wish all of you in blogland well.

Belated

Gold. A precious metal and still a valuable one despite the appearance of platinum on the market. This metal comes out of the ground with so many natural impurities. But with repeated exposure to fire something so pure and so sought after is born.

Three years ago today, Spencer and I were on our honeymoon in Savannah, Georgia. In the years that have followed, we have had some craptastic times but considering how much we have grown as individuals and as a couple, it was ALL worth it.

Dave Matthews Band is pretty much our favorite band of ALL times. We saw them together one time before we were dating, but that's a long story for another time. :) I personally think that he is an amazing lyricist. In fact, I had some lyrics from the chorus of "Rapunzel" engraved into his ring.

I think the world of you
All of my heart I do
Blood through my veins for you
You alone have all of me
I give my world to you
To you Ill be true

This year, Spencer kept asking me if I wanted to go see the Dave Matthews Band Concert and I kept saying no because with him being unemployed up until a few months ago, we really didn't have the extra funds.

Flash forward to April 22nd and I realized I was only a few weeks away from our anniversary and had not even given my gift for Spencer a passing thought. No idea how I had let it slip by like that. Then, it hit me, I would get him tickets to see Dave Matthews Band because they usually don't tour until June or July....right?

WRONG! Found out that they were coming the very next week. YIKES! So the mad scramble began to find tickets on Craig's List. Success! However, obviously, I had to ruin the surprise and tell Spencer about it before our anniversary.

I don't think he minded too much.

Gotta love having my iPhone with me when no cameras are allowed.

It was SUCH an awesome concert. The very first full length song that he played was "Rapunzel". It couldn't have been more perfect.

Whereas I wouldn't say that Spencer are to the point of refinement as gold, we have definitely gotten so much stronger and our love so much purer for all that we have been through.

I love you, dear one of my heart, and I look forward to many many years to come.