Ranger!
A big shout out to Matt’s brother, Michael, who graduated from Ranger school three weeks ago. After a very long and challenging journey, he managed to time it just right to graduate on his very own birthday. What a super-special day!
Congratulations, Michael! We’re really proud of you!
UNLV Class of 2010
It’s finally done. The third masters’ degree in this household is finally complete.
It’s the UNLV version of “Where’s Waldo?”
On May 8, 2010, I graduated with my M.Ed. in Higher Education Leadership. I’m so very glad to be done with this program and ready to get to doing the work without having to go to classes. Also, I’m very, very grateful for all the support that made this whole thing possible.
Mostly, these two…
On graduation day, I had a whole cheering section. Both sets of our parents were here to help celebrate as well as help with the baby wrangling during the graduation ceremony.
And, now, finally, that it’s done, I can hang my hard-earned piece of parchment on the wall and get back to the things that are a lot more fun to spend time with in the evenings than the books.
Step right up!
Get your tickets! Welcome to the carnival!
We had such a lovely time celebrating Grace’s fourth birthday at a wonderful carnival lovingly created by her parents and Mimi. Sadly, we forgot to take a camera with us, but thank goodness for the iPhone! I got a few cute shots in spite of my forgetfulness.
Ava got her face painted and LOVED the popcorn.
Also, the Hoffman’s hired my clown to help out with one of the games. 
Love these two.
Happy 4th birthday, CeeCee!
Super Bowl XLIV
We were delighted to host a little get together for Super Bowl XLIV last week. And, by we were delighted, I mostly mean that I was thrilled to have an opportunity to cook way too much food for the number of people we were having over.
Let’s be honest, I show my love for others through piles and piles of unhealthy food and chocolate sheet cake. (Thanks, PW for the recipe!)
Matt got in on some of the cooking action, too, and whipped up some super-yummy pico de gallo and guacamole to go along with the massive amounts of chips I had brought home from the grocery store. I’m pretty sure that, just after this photo was taken, he began sobbing at the freshness of all the onion he was chopping that day.
The adults at the party really did sit and watch the whole game. Can’t say as much for the little girls running around here. They preferred to pull every toy from the playroom to the TV room and then snuggle up in a butterfly chair to read a book. Super sweet. But, next year, we’re going to have to do some football watching prep work before the big day.
