Memorial Day

Yep, a little behind on blogging - what else is new.  Memorial Day was chilly & drizzly. But we put up the flag (I found some Sousa marches to play while they did it :)). I fixed Grace's hair in a star (found on Pinterest here), I went to the American Legion Memorial ceremony at the FJ Cemetery, on Sunday we took flowers to all the family graves in the FJ Cemetery (and there are a lot) plus put extra flowers on some of the unknown graves. Saturday the kids and I had put flowers on the family graves in the Etna Cemetery.

Playing Star Wars with the boys

Supervising Daddy put up the flag



Cute little girl!!! She's wearing a poncho that her Great Grandma Donna knit for me a long time ago

American Legion Ceremony - usually my dad is one of the shooters, but they were in Utah this year



This is by the flag pole...this year I thought about how interesting it was that it was erected in honor of the soldiers "burried" there - and this was before the World Wars

My Grandpa Elwood (left) and his older brother Garland - both WWII vets. They died 6 weeks apart in 1996 while I was on my mission.



Grandpa Elwood and Uncle Garland - home on leave from the Navy in WW II

Graduation!!

After five years, Brian is officially a college graduate with an Associates Degree in Nursing - RN on May 17th.  What once seemed like a day very far off in the future has come and gone!  We were all so happy for him and so excited (and now so relaxed!!).  Nathaniel even took his graduation cap to school for sharing the last week of sharing :)

 Brian's dad flew up from Arizona to spend a few days with us. His sister, Stacy, and her youngest son Travis drove down from Washington and got here just in time to go to graduation - along with my mom and dad and Grandma Donna.  On Saturday we had a BBQ and were surprised by Brian's oldest brother, Terry, and his wife Theresa driving up from Woodland and my uncle Brian and his wife, Linda, drove up from Sacramento and joined all of us for dinner.  Here are some pictures from the two days:

Finally - all three boys are serious and Grace is the clown...

By this point, Grace wasn't happy with pictures.

Stacy, Brian and Dad Lee

 

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Joshua took this picture from right below the stage - this is right after I pinned Brian.
 

The happiest we could get Grace

After the RN ceremony and right before the actual graduation ceremony.

Joshua ran across the gym with Grandpa Val to get a picture of dad receiving his diploma (actually just the cover...he received the real diploma the other day)

Brian, Terry, Theresa, Dad, Stacy relaxing in our front yard the next day.

The RN ceremony

Blowing a kiss to Grace

Waving to us all as they finish the candle lighting part

Walking in to graduate

Stacy, Brian, Terry