Sarah's Final SCC Concert 2025

Sarah had a solo in "Fields of Gold."  It was a beautiful concert!  

 

Grad Party!

 Okay, so I had way too much fun and put way too much effort into the grad party. 

It was my first kid to graduate.  So I went all out!  Haha.  I wanted it to be fun and memorable. Clark and I looked through her photobooks and found her favorite foods from over the years.  We did some practice runs and decided to make brown butter and mizithra cheese pasta, cheeseburger sliders, pizza bites, and pbnjs.  I also had kid cliff bars, Nutella & go (sadly they didn't have any Nutella be-ready bars at Costco).  We also had ice cream cups.  And because I thought it would be fun for Sarah and her friends, as well as fun for the participants, we had a mocktail bar.  We ran out of grenadine, so that sort of shut down the bar early.  Live and learn!  

But it seemed like everyone had a good time.  They loved seeing the pictures of little Libby, and even asked to see the photobooks.  So I brought them down for people to look at.

I took zero pictures during the party.  But just know people had fun.  Haha.  Thankfully my friend Cindy took some pics of the decor before it all started. (She was also a rockstar in the kitchen.  She and Clark kept the food coming!)

Also fun news, the boy in the back that isn't Carter is Sarah's new boyfriend.  They made it official earlier that day at her concert! 

Libby is a Graduate!

There were some amazing highs and some pretty low moments this year, but we did it.  We made it to graduation.  She walked, she got her diploma.  She's heading to Indian Hills in the fall.  She's already gotten 2 scholarships, an art scholarship ($1500) and a scholarship from the SPOG ($2000).  Amazing.  She's going to do great things.  

Some of the biggest cheerleaders! 

I got to hand her her diploma.  It was so awesome.  Although I was FREEZING.  It was a super hot day, but once we were in the shade (I thought they were giving us robes to wear, so I didn't even bring a jacket!)

Lots of pictures of the cap because it was a very expensive cap!  She spent a serious amount, then realized it didn't look good, and had to redo it--but that required buying another cap.  Ugh.  And, it doesn't say HI.  It says IH for Indian Hills.  It was pretty spectacular (lots of gems!)  She also rigged it up on a headband, which was good because it was breezy!

After several months of not talking, the dymanic duo (Chip and Dale) are back to being friends.  I couldn't be happier about this.  

 

The support team. We couldn't have done it without them!  And look how beautiful the sky was!  Our Stormray is ready to become a Warrior! 

Happy Birthday Ben!

We had Ben's Birthday Party early, since Libby's grad party was going to be on the closest Saturday to his actual birthday. We planned for  water balloons & pizza, but it was cold and rainy.  They ended up having a great time anyway.  Note to self--4 pizzas was WAY too much haha.  They wrestled, went to the park, jumped on the tramp, and had a nerf gun battle.  The basketball players were a little puzzled by the wrestling, but weren't afraid to pile on Ren. 

Jed has gotten SO tall! 

Actual birthday morning was the day Mimi and Papa left after graduation.  I woke Ben up with his favorite breakfast, the Breakfast Jack! 

 I can't believe he's 14.  The years go fast! 

Memorial Day/Prom Weekend

 It was such a weird Memorial Day weekend.  It was a lot of Trish alone time.

Sarah went to Victoria on a choir tour.  She had a great time. (I should let her write about it, but I'll post a few pics.)

Libby went to Prom with her friend Natalia.

Ben went to two birthday parties, one that lasted most of the weekend.

Derek worked Folklife.  

Trish baked cookies and tested other recipe's for Libby's grad party. She also cleaned, worked on school stuff, and did lots of yard prep for the party. 

(Pics all mashed up together, since things were happening at the same time!)

Anyway, it was a busy weekend for everyone!  (But actually kind of a restful busy for me!)