Wayne County

We went to Wayne for the weekend. I got a lot of great pictures, but they are on my other camera. We went to the park where I pulled hammy in a competative game of kickball. Then we went swimming at the pool.

Where Miss Tori took a jump off of the high dive (it is super high so I am very proud of her) She wasn't so sure at first-trying to get a little closer.

But she did it! She is a brave girl and so much fun!

We had a great time. We came home and I shed a few tears when we sold our trailer-another story-another day-maybe when I am up to it!

High School Graduation

All of my kids graduated last night. I have been working with them for four years. It is exciting to see them accomplish this goal, but also hard to see them leave. We will have to start with all new students next year. I got some pictures of some of my favorites (because yes I do have them) Daniel Catalan.

Who created this video to apply for a scholarship and trip to San Francisco: He was selected. I am so proud of him.

Fatuma Sheikh: She is so sweet and loves Grace.

Gaby Rodriguez: so willing to work hard She applied for every scholarship I gave her, no matter what.

Clara Simbe (hands down the saddest history-but she is so strong) and Nancy Santino. These are amazing ladies!Amy Novoa: Loves her culuture and sharing it with others.

Emmanual Quiah who taught himself guitar and played and sang daily outside my office-I will miss that! He wants to go to college, but also wants to be famous-he cracks me up!Glesier Escarate: So determined and hard working! Very committed to his family.

Diego Sanchez and Juan Echeveste. They spoke at the graduation. Sometimes they were a challenge (espcially Deigo) but this was a huge accomplishment for them to be here!

Some of my others that I didn't catch afterwards: Preston, Soni, Nancy, Lizbeth, Michael and Baqir. I am so proud of them all and it was great to see them finally accomplish what they have worked so hard for. Congrats class of 2011 and thanks for letting me a part of your life!

Last Day of Daycare

Today was the last day of daycare for Grace. I let her play for a little while with her friends. Gio, Jane and Eli. Sh loved her teacher this year (and so did I) We will miss Ms. Ilisa.

Food Show

We went to the Food Show yesterday. It was so fun. Grace ran around with a pickle (and no shoes-because I found they were rubbing sores.) She had fun with Papa.

And made him sit in the chairs with her. We had a great Time. I didn't get a picture of Tori but she was there too. Good times and Good Food!

Kittens

On Tuesday morning I woke up to find that our "spayed" cat had kittens. They are about a month old. (she looked a little fat for a while, so I guessed, but I didn't know she had them) She had them in a doghouse in our neighbors yard. This one we call Shadow because it looks just like it's mom. And this one is a little spit fire. It makes me laugh.

Grace loves them.Tori and Grace have fun with them.

Water Day

It was water day at school today. I forgot so I didn't have a swimming suit for Grace, so she wore a onesie that I happened to have in the car. She had a lot of fun with her friends.

I love that I am here so I can just run down and be a part of all of these times.

Fun with Family and Friends

Tori came into town. Grace is just having the time of her life. We went to the zoo on Sunday. We met my cousing Lori and her daughter Jessica. Frank, Becky and Jacek were there too.

We had so much fun as usual!

Grace didn't want to ride in her wagon unless I did too, so I folded myself up and in. Jessie even pulled us up the hill. Grace got tired and fell asleep.

We went to Red Robin for lunch. Grace did some dancing. And Jacek laughed a lot at her.

We then came home and ran through the sprinklers to cool off.

My sister came up with Leah. Grace loved her and wanted to hold her.

But when Leah tried to go to her mom, Grace made her stay. Surprisingly Leah was okay with this and didn't even cry. We had to have a talk about being soft-and then she was better. They were so cute together.