Graduation

Yesterday was a busy day!  Robert had a scout meeting first thing in the morning, and Catherine got to attend a field day for the local minor league team.  Andrew took her and she loved every minute!  After lunch we made an appearance at a grad party for the daughter of some friends, and then we traveled home to gather things together for our late afternoon and evening plans.

We headed north to attend the graduation party of a cousin.  I am SO very blessed to have such a wonderfully large and gracious extended family.  Riley, the graduate, is my second cousin once removed.  Yep...I've had the wonderful blessing of growing up with not only first cousins, but also my second cousins and watching their children grow.  I had to laugh as I watched my kids play with their third cousins...how often does that get to happen!  I loved how excited my kids were to see some of the various cousins they have remembered from gatherings and visits in the past.  I am so absolutely grateful for the relationships with these people, as well as the generosity they have shared with our family over the years.  We ended up being there for six hours, which changed our evening plans in that my sister volunteered to take Catherine to the ball game we had tickets for last evening.  I thought it was very cute that both of the boys were having so much that they didn't want to leave the party...even for a baseball game!  I'm sure we'll make it to a game somewhere along the line, and I'm very grateful that my sister was so willing to take Catherine so she wasn't disappointed.  So many laughs and good times were shared last night!