GRADUATION DAY! BUSY BUSY BUSY!

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I wasn't even sure I would be able to do a blog today. (But I couldn't stay away because I'm addicted to y'all!) The last few days have been so busy and today will be too. We had a graduation lunch and party for family yesterday.  It was fun but kept us busy and going all day.  Today will be no different.

Gwen just left, headed for a three hour long mandatory Graduation practice. (Boy am I glad I only had 78 people in my graduating class, our mandatory practice took under an hour!) When the practice is over, we all meet the grandparents at the car lot to pick up Gwen's car.  She is so excited and can't wait to go out in it with her father and get the rest of the practice she needs to get her license!

After that will be lunch and possibly a trip to the thrift store in hopes that the 'chair from heaven' is there so I can work in comfort and my hips won't yell at me quite so much. Gwen gets to head

home and try to sleep so she can make it through the night at the school sponsored all night grad party.

The Freshman and Miss Crazy still have to go to school today so after a stop home that will probably involve some cleaning, they will have to be picked up from school and then we will all have to get gussied up (do people use that expression anymore, or am I showing my age?) for graduation and then we will meet the in-laws for dinner.  The next step is the scary one. We will be taking our first baby girl to her high school graduation ceremony!

Her school has 400+ students in this graduating class so the ceremony will be loooooooooonnnnnnngggggg! And of course, The Freshman and Miss Crazy will have school tomorrow. (Have I already told you guys how much I love hate this school district, I do believe I have!) Should be a fun night/morning in our house. :/ I also wonder how loud my hips will be screaming when I wake up!

The good news is, my house was clean when the relatives and friends showed up, the kids behaved

and the dog didn't piddle on them. (Although he almost peed on Gwen's boyfriend, I wonder if The Hubs has been training him in the fine art of protecting his baby girls from boys)

I hope that now that the relatives have finally (after 8 years) had a glimpse of our lives, they realize that we are indeed safe, happy and healthy, and that moving away from Nevada was in fact the best thing we could have done for our family.

Until Next Time...When your child graduates High School either wear waterproof mascara or none at all. I know for sure I am going to be a giant, crying basket case.  My new nickname would probably be 'The Weeper' ;)

CONGRATULATIONS GWEN, WE ARE SO VERY PROUD OF YOU AND LOVE YOU VERY MUCH. MAY YOUR FUTURE BE HAPPY, HEALTHY AND FULL OF LOVE!

ADVENTURES OF BUYING THE GRADUATE A CAR

Gwen and Michael - Scholarship smarties :)

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Sorry the blog is so late today, but we were out car shopping for The Senior, who will no longer be known as The Senior because yesterday was her last day of High School!  She will now be known as Gwen. :)  The picture to the right is of her and the boyfriend after they received their scholarships!  So Proud!

So I'm sure you were wondering what kind of adventure the car shopping experience was.  I was ready for it to be awful with everyone fighting and getting on each other's nerves and each person thinking a different car would be perfect (and safe) for her to drive. But in all actuality it was pretty drama free and fun.

I, The Hubs, Gwen, Mr. Insane and Little Butt took off at about 9 a.m and had a quick breakfast at our favorite place.  Then we drove across town to look at cars. Nothing really appealed to us as far as the safety/price/overall feel went.  So we visited a couple more lots that we knew had good reputations and found nothing.  (Did you know that used cars have suddenly gotten way too flippin expensive!) So we went back to the place that The Hubs and I visited yesterday and decided to let Gwen look at the cars we'd seen the day before and really liked. We let her explore the lot and look at all of the cars and the minute she got into the GMC Jimmy that we (and her grandparents) figured would be the best for snow travel, size and safety,) she fell in love. Sorry boyfriend, Gwen has a new love - okay not really but you know I love to tease. :)  She and her dad took it out for a test drive and liked what they experienced so then it was time to get it checked by the mechanic.  All was okay and we decided that this one was THE ONE.  We called our financial helpers and they agreed it was perfect.  So on Monday, we pick up Gwen's new ride while she is at graduation practice.

Gwen's new ride - just needs a little bath :)

Now we just have to get her a license.  Yeah, she still doesn't have it, but you know how life gets in the way sometimes.  She should have her license very soon though and until then she just needs an adult with her and she can enjoy her new ride.

What shocks me the most is that there were no ego's involved, there was no fighting, there were no tantrums (Mr. Insane had a fit the previous day because he was tired of car shopping) and Little Butt didn't freak out when her Gennie left to take the test drive.

With all of the crap that has been going on in our house the last few months (come on, I have two hormonal teenagers, a stressed out graduate, and three little ones, there are bound to be bad times.) I thought for sure this would be the worst event of all.  It wasn't.  I think I'm still in shock.  We found a great car for our hormonal, stressed out teenaged daughter with NO DRAMA!!! Phew...Now on to the next hurdle - Graduation and family visit!

Until Next Time... If you think something is going to be a disaster, it might not be. Prepare for the worst and hope for the best. I do that pretty much every day of my life and boy does it feel good when 'the best' happens!