She did it !!!

Last Friday was a busy one for us.  It was High School Graduation.  Yes, I had one this year.  Two down- two more to go.  We are so proud of her.  We had family here for the weekend, which made it even more special.

Her and I:
                                  

 My four beautiful children:

 With Grandpa Anderson:

 With 3 of her girl cousins:
   Left to right Stacy (Curly), Lindsey (Moe) and Rylli (Larry)

In less than a week she heads off to college.  She will be taking summer courses to get a jump start on her nursing career.  Way to go !!

Little Miss Post-it note

I think Alexis has a fettish with paper.  She is always making lists and always doing something that involves paper.  Whether it is drawing, cutting or papercrafting.  Next to her bed is her dresser.  On the side of the dresser you will find this:

These are cute little reminders for her.  Here is a sample of what you will find:

- Don't forget to read
- Call Ally (her best friend who is currently living in Oregon)
- The mutual theme for this year- (Arise and shine forth that thy light may be a standard for the nations)
-Don't forget to pray

and lastly

-a list of things that she can do to help make herself a better person.

There are several more but I won't bore you with the details.  I love seeing these and knowing that she has a desire to do the right things.

Sierra's "little" date

We have these friends who have 3 boys ages 17, 15, and 9.  They are just like brothers to my kids and they consider my kids their brother and sisters.  A couple weeks ago while the kids were at mutual, the youngest happened to be at the church for something else with his mom.  He was pretty upset when she said he had to leave and felt really bad that he couldn't stay.  Sierra told him that she would go get him sometime and they would do something fun - just the two of them.

Well, that time finally happened.  She went and got him after his soccer practice and took him to
Wal-mart for a little shopping.  She gave him $5 to spend on anything he wanted.  He picked out a big bouncy ball, two cars and some silly string (for decorating his oldest brother's room) with his money.  They also bought two cartons of ice cream and came back to our house to do some ice cream sculpting.  I'm not sure what the ice cream was suppose to be but they had lots of fun.

Oh what a cute date !!