What a weekend

3 graduations in 2 days....whew! Lots of time on the road, but we made it!!!

It all started on Thursday morning at 8:15 am - W's kinder graduation. Bittersweet for Mom, but an awesome celebration for W....

Then, on Thursday night, one of my gorgeous nieces, Loo, graduated from 8th grade. Yes, I realize most schools don't still have 8th grade graduations, but Loo lives in a small town and they still do...and it's important. So we went. She looked beautiful, even though my mom couldn't believe she paid money to get her hair to looked all messed up. :) It's the style, Grandma, it's the style.

TuTu and Loo, my graduating nieces!

Sorry about the closed eyes pic, Loo!

Finally, on Friday night - the main event. My oldest niece, TuTu, graduated from high school. I've written about TuTu before here and here. She is a beautiful, tenderhearted, amazing young woman who I have lots of fun with and love with all that is in me. I was only 16 years old when she was born and have LOVED being her aunt..she'll be attending college at South Plains first and then on to Tech, so my hope is we will see LOTS more of her. :)

This is K'Did, TuTu, and Loo - my 3 oldest nieces. I have one more, Kylee M, who is not in this pic!

Throw in a couple of end of school party's (A Luau for A and a good old fashioned cook out for W) and it was one celebratory weekend. I, unfortunately, had to work during the school parties, but Dear Hubby pinch-hit and managed to come out looking like Dad of the Year, I'm sure. :)

Oh, and today is promotion Sunday, W moves up to the elementary class...and then Dear Hubby and I get to sponsor a pizza party at Mr. Gatti's for the elementary girls children's church class for beating the boys in a class contest. Does the fun never end?

Facelift

My blog got a facelift!! Thanks to Becky at CheeseMyHead for the new look!!! She is one very talented momma! :) I told her I needed it to not be too girly, since the blog was about W, too, and that A is a future "save the world" kind of gal, not really all fru-fru and lace. Becky did a fabulous job.

On to another kind of "facelift", I suppose....God has been really hammering and convicting me lately for not finding time to just "be" - for me to get away and just spend time in his presence. So many distractions!!! My husband claims I suffer from what he likes to call a "martyr" complex - trying to be all things to all people all of the time and then who I am gets lost in the shuffle somewhere, along with just being a child of God. I mean, it's not easy being wife, mom, daughter, sister, attorney-at-law, aunt, pastor's wife, friend all at the same time. I'm not complaining - ALL of us have so many different roles we fill...I just have let my role of "daughter of the King" kind of slip in the priority rankings. SO - a few things will be a'changin' in my life...I hesitate to even explain or write out loud what I'm doing because I am afraid I'll fail. I'm a wienie, I know, but I'm going to be a wienie who finds some "God" time. :) As I progress in this new little venture, maybe I'll share more.