Graduation Season - Congrats Adrian & Ashley

Our 2011 Graduates!
 Congratulations Adrian and Ashley for both working hard and getting your Master's Degree.
Both of you are hard workers and well deserving.  Now go and make some money!

Uncle Joe pouring shots to cheers the graduates.
I have never had a shot of Champagne before - have you?  It was a little strange.

Our guests - Jayce, Emily, Adrian, and Ashley.

My Hawley Boys - Gotta love the cousins.
Adrian, me, Jayce, and Rory.

Katelynn's new best friends for the day - Jayce and Emily (or the girl in the green dress and Jason).

We had a great BBQ/Graduation Party on Sunday.  It was hot, hot, hot and so enjoyable.  Dan made a great pork loin on the grill that he rotisseried for about 4 hours, it was really good.  We had a great time visiting with my cousins and their girlfriends and my aunt and uncle.  We played a little lawn golf and drank a few beers to pass the day.  Lindsay and Nikki sang a song for us and then a few decided (or maybe it was Katelynn) we should start showing off talents.  Jayce did a yoga move, Katelynn did her dance that she is doing at her recital and I showed that I still have a little cheerleading left in me and at 32 can still kick well above my head.  Of course someone snapped a picture of me doing this and I told them they were dead if it showed up on Facebook, seriously people - don't do it!   

I love having family over.  Its always a good time and you can just sit back and relax.   My cousins that were visiting went to the same school growing up that I did.  I watched out for these boys like a hawk growing up.  Apparently I will never live down the stories of the poor little boys that I used to beat up that picked on them.  It never fails, it is always brought up.  Some days I feel bad, but not really - don't mess with my boys.  I'm sure all three of them would now have my back if I needed.  Now that 2 of them live out here maybe we will see more of each other and have a few more family bbq's.  Slowly one by one more of them are moving to Colorado.  I wonder who will be next?

Again - Congrats to Adrian and Ashley - our entire family is so very proud of you!