We
flew to Houston over Memorial weekend to attend our grandson’s high
school graduation. It was a busy weekend with us arriving late
Wednesday night and then taking granddaughter Ivy to the Department
of Motor Vehicles twice on Thursday to get her drivers license
(she forgot an important piece of paper the first trip).
Then
it was time to go to Matthew’s graduation which was held in a very
large facility owned by the school district which all the schools use
for events. There are so many high schools (eleven) in the
Cypress-Woods District that the ceremonies are scheduled every four
hours throughout the day. Matthew’s was at 8 PM on the first day.
It took a long time to get into the arena and we ended up sitting in
the nose bleed section up high. It turned out alright as we could see
Matthew march in and he was facing us when he received his diploma.
There
were 781 in his graduating class. He graduated Suma Cum Laude. Quite
an accomplishment. He has been accepted to attend Texas A&M
University in the Engineering Department in Aerospace Engineering.
On
Friday we all went out to dinner at a very nice restaurant in fact it
was at this same restaurant that we celebrated our 50th
wedding anniversary.
On
Monday Daughter-in-law Diane suggested that we attend a Memorial Day
service at Bear Creek Park. It was a nice service with a color guard,
a bugler playing taps and a few short speeches. Oh… and they served
cookies and lemonade after. Loved the cookies.
Tim
had me help him with a few projects around the house but I don’t
think we actually completed any of them. We did get a good start on a
few.
We
flew home early Tuesday morning and were back at the house shortly
after noon.
I
spent the last few days working in the yard cleaning up some areas
and replanting in other areas. It never ends.
Here
are a few photos from the garden.
Boysenberries are looking good.
Yellow squash and zucchini.
Cucumbers climbing the trellis.
California poppies in the iris bed.
One of our three Lions Mane plants.
