Well, Hello again! It's been way too long since I wrote last so this post may be a bit lengthy. =)  Dad & Mom celebrated their 20th Anniversary in August and for fun, we all drove over to the church where they got married. We children had never been inside so they had fun explaining and showing the building to us! And of course, we had to grab a few pictures!                                                                          ~~1998~~                                                               20 years and 6 kids later!                                This picture was taken in the sanctuary where they were married. In early September, our family packed up and drove down to South Carolina to see my Grandpa Bradford who was dying. We got to visit him in the hospital and sing to him to cheer his last days! (He died just a few days later)  From SC, we drove on out to Missouri where we stayed at our house and did some fun activities as a family!  On

 Graduation Day Part 2   I can't believe how long it took me to send out part 2. This is getting embarrassing!!  I shall endeavor to stay in better touch now! =)                              The next part of the ceremony was the handing out of diplomas!!! Uncle Elon was the only father that had graduated a child before so the other dads elected him to go first! Each father said a little something about their daughter and her life and then handed out the diploma!                                              Uncle Gabriel had two daughters graduating!   After the ceremony, everyone was dismissed to go down to the church basement for refreshments and fellowship. We had tables set up down there and finger foods such as cheeseballs, crackers, cookies and drinks. The four graduates with our speaker, Brandon and Heather Byler and their two children. They had given us each a lantern as a graduation gift.  Pearl's cap accidentally got left in the

  My highschool graduation came and went over a month ago and I haven't blogged about it yet but I hope to amend that at once. =) I was so happy to be able to graduate with my three beautiful cousins! All three of us are first cousins, attend the same church and were homeschooled so it was perfect that we could also all graduate together! I loved spending time with them planning, practicing and getting ready!! Our Graduation was May 26, 2018 and early that morning, we graduates met at the sweet, historic church right around the corner from us, that we had rented for the ceremony. When we had been planning the whole graduation, we realized that all four of us graduates were musical so we decided to combine the ceremony with a senior recital where we would each share a solo or two as well as a couple group songs. So that morning, we set up and practiced at the church while Mom, Dad and a friend, Jessica, set up the refreshments in the basement. We all rushed back to ou