Taylor finally had a playdate with her childhood friend, Lise.
They had such a good time together and are just both so big. It's so amazing to see the young ladies they've turned into.
Next it was time for the medival festival at school. The kids had to dress in costume and then perform skits. Taylor was the narrator for her groups performance. She did a great job!
Before I knew it, we were at the last dance/bbq. This year the student council (me and virginia) hosted a bbq for the entire middle school. The 6th and 7th graders got their yearbooks and they had a nice time signing each others books. Then the DJ started playing. The kids all started dancing and having a great time. Taylor got a chance to "spin" with the DJ.
The 8th graders just couldn't say goodbye to each other and ended the night past the dance time. Lights came on and they were all in a circle just swaying back and forth. It was adorable.
Next up came graduation. We went to the afterparty this year because our friend jillie graduated.
We don't have a pic of the graduate but this is a pic of my two tays. Her brother graduated also. It was a fun night. My daughter told me she couldn't wait for her gradutaion. I, on the otherhand, can totally wait!
So now school has ended and the first monday after I have to go to work , but I don't turn on my alarm clock and chill. Guess who shows up on my back porch?? Hermie the sweet stray cat who hangs in my back yard. He never shows up on a weekday morning, so I take advantage and pick him up, which he happily lets me do, and put him in the carrier and promptly take him to the vet. I really love this raggedy animal, but I have wanted to get him looked at for a year. If he's going to hang with my maddie he needs to be disease free. So, the vet tested him, fixed him and even gave him advantage so he would get rid of the fleas. I brought him home to the bathroom. Set up a lovely kitty area. He was happy and rested, ate and just allowed me to pet him and hold him for 2 days. After he was healthy enough to go outside, I let him out figuring that he would run back in, but hell no. He took off outta my yard like nobodys business and then didn't come back for a week! How's that for gratitiude.
Here he is looking up at me! Now he comes back once a week. BUT at least he's disease free, flea free and can't knock up any other strays. Sorry dude but the nuggets had to go!
After that excitement came sadness. My boss left his job today. I get to pick up the slack until they hire someone to take his place. Lovely. I wish him the best. I will miss his wit and charm. We had a good time with our picnic on the knoll today. I am sunburnt from it. I hope he and his wife join us for trivia and I'm sure I'll be walking with his wife sometimes.
This also means no vacations this summer for us. Just to busy with work. Oh well. It'll make our spring break cruise so much better.
Tay is getting ready to leave for sleepaway camp. Then she comes back to volleyball camp, then she goes to camp dad. I'm sure I'll be putting in a ton of hours while she's gone. Oh joy.
I'm headed down to Disneyland w/o the kid to check out DVC Hawaii. I can't wait to see what they are offering. It'll be a quick overnight trip with the hughes. Adults only, but we plan to spend the day at Dland and I am excited about that! I hope we have time to check out the new light show at california adventure.
That's the update for now. As the kids say H.A.G.S. (have a great summer!)
