School is Out for Summer!

Last week was a busy week with the last days of school and Mary's graduation.  I'll let the pictures tell the story.

Last day of third grade and looking so grown up!  

Outside his classroom

There are only seven weeks of summer break for Eric and then it's back to school!  I've got him signed up for a couple of different summer camps and I'm giving him a couple of weeks off in between just to sleep in, play video games all day and have no agenda.  The first day of fourth grade will be here before we know it!

After dropping Eric off at school, Mary and I went to breakfast together

After breakfast, we did a pre-graduation photo shoot

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The graduate

Mary had a graduating class of over 700 kids and graduation was at Arizona State University. It was a bit tough to get any close-up shots, but here are a few after she received her diploma

After graduation celebration with family 

Ready to head out for some partying with her high school friends

Mary graduated with high honors and earned a full tuition scholarship to any of the Universities here in AZ.  She will be attending Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff and she is beyond excited to be getting out of the house! 

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and last but not least .....

JACK

Jack and I went out for a walk this evening and I stopped at this cool spot for a few pictures.  You can't really tell from the pictures, but Jack's face is 100% better.  It appears that my 12 ½ year old has acne - which has now resolved thanks to some creme his dermatologist gave us.  I'm so happy about that! 

Hilary is home from school and after much thought and discussion, we've decided that she won't be going back to RIT in the Fall ("we" includes Hilary).  As of now, Hilary needs to get a job and she needs to figure out what she wants to do with her life (and it doesn't involve living with mom and dad forever!) She'll likely attend a community college next Fall until she gets things figured out.  So, I get another kid out of the house and one comes back!  Oh well, I'm a long way from ever experiencing an empty nest, so it's no big deal.  

I'm leaving for Ireland next weekend. Not sure if I'll update the blog before I leave and I won't be updating when I'm gone.  So, catch you back here in no less than three weeks! 

Thanks for checking in!