Oh Hail!

Whew-wee! We've had some whacky weather around here lately! Let's see - a tornado warning and power outtage Saturday night, severe thunderstorms two or three more nights and big ol' hail the last two nights. Yesterday, there was a high of 87 degrees; today it was lucky to reach 65 degrees. Crazy!

Hail in my flower bed. It was way bigger than this, but I had to wait to get out there and take a picture.

It would get really sunny in between downpours!

The kids enjoying a break in the weather. High heels and Daisy Dukes - nice look Taylor!

Mooommmmy, I can't go out there. I'll melt!

Yay, it quit raining! Now we can take a walk!

Who could resist this face?

I had to take this picture for all of my friends and family who have not made the trek to Wilmington. This is diagonal from our road, about two football fields away. Back in the day, nobody would have believed that I'd end up living really, really close to the country. (Those are sprouting beans, by the way.)

We had one last graduation party for the year. Kirby and his family are such awesome people! We wish him the best in college and I sure hope his parents and kid brother still hang out at basketball games next season. Taylor gave him a few hundred hugs at his party. :)

Kirby, Mike, Pear.

Taylor loves getting girlied up for parties!

Guess how Michael stayed amused?

Future OSU tailback?

Wow, it's late and I need to get some sleep! Have a good one!

Until next time,

Mommy Kel

The Graduate

Well, my baby girl has reached another milestone - preschool graduation! Yikes, she's going to kindergarten next year! I told myself that I wouldn't cry, but I, of course, got teary-eyed during the slideshow last night. I'm so proud of her. She really is a great kid.

Here are some pictures from the evening. Her school picnic is today (which is why I'm home and not at work) and we're all looking forward to that, as well.

Posing before we left

Because of the caps, we had restrictions on how we could fix her hair. I came up with this.

Mike wasn't home, so here's our self portrait.

Doesn't she look cute?

Performing on stage.

The Three Amigos and their favorite teacher's aide.

Taylor LOVED her teacher this year. She told me that in all of her years of teacher that Taylor was one of the most loving, caring children she had ever been around. :)

Taylor and her buddy from the babysitter's house. She's known him since she was 1!

Taylor, with her beloved babysitter, Susan.

She loves snuggling up with Grandma T! Michael, of course, wasn't too thrilled about sitting still.

He's hard to get pictures of these days!

I did catch him on video though. :)

Gotta run now. I have a date with 90 preschoolers - make that kindergartners.

Until next time,

Mommy Kel