Bryn graduated from Menomonee Falls High School this past Saturday. The weather was unpredictable to say the least: forecasts said it was to be 90° and muggy, but it ended up being 65° and overcast. The stadium gates opened at 3pm, with the ceremony to begin at 4pm. I had fun texting my friend, Carrie, who was on the other side of the field while we were waiting. Then tragedy struck – my camera battery went dead! Me, without a camera? We brought Bryn's along as a backup... memory full! Oh yeah! I also packed Paige's just in case – no memory card! Thank goodness for sisters. Kristin let me snap all I wanted on hers and delivered a CD to us Monday morning. All the senior class speakers were wonderful, and I kept a dry eye until the song. Two graduates sang a beautiful song about believing in yourself. My parents, Maggie, Terry, Kristin, Carlo, Bella and Lucy all came. Now it's party time for the next 2 months! We've all sure had fun reading autographs in the high school yearbook, grad grams and looking at lots of pictures. Bryn was awarded a Senior Athletic Award for earning a varsity letter all 4 years of high school.

Before the big graduation, Paige had an early Little League game and it was grandparents day! Paige is on the Cardinals for the 3rd time in her Little League career.

Paige has been watching Bella and Lucy whenever Kristin needs to put in extra hours. They sure have fun here on the trampoline!

June 4th & 5th Abby and Bryn took a road trip up to La Crosse for the State Outdoor Track Meet. Bryn had a couple teammates qualify and wanted to support them. Abby was able to contact her landlord and the carload stayed at Abby's new house she'll be living in next schoolyear. Nice that it was a free place to stay, but nothing's been moved in yet so it was pretty barren. They still had a great time.

Jeff went with Paige to her softball banquet on the 7th where the Freshman coach complimented Paige on her achievements, with her at the top of the stats for batting, pitching, runs and steals. I designed yet another t-shirt honoring their freshman team's unofficial Conference Championship status.

Last night, Abby and Bryn went to finally spend their JCP gift cards from Grandma Maggie for their birthdays. They called home shortly after they left. As any mother would do, you think the worst – they got in an accident. Not quite. They were stranded in the middle of a road because the muffler fell right off! Jeff drove off to the rescue and was busy googling the part when he got home.