Today,

my eldest niece graduated from the eight grade (she'll be 15 the end of Nov). We went up to my brother's in OC last night because we had to get there so early this morning. It was awesome, except for one thing......we sat in the HOT sun for about two hours (thank goodness i put a ton of sunscreen on before we left). Being that there were 803 (no, that is not a typo - bigger than my high school graduating class 18 years ago) graduates, they had to use a high school football stadium to fit everyone. It was a lot of fun though. After the graduation, we went to lunch to celebrate with just the family. She had her own pool party with her friends back at her house this afternoon.

Here's hoping everyone has a fun, safe and blessed summer.

Next year we'll have two graduates. My second eldest niece will say farewell to sixth grade (on to middle, which for them is only two years) and my one and only nephew will say "Peace out" to fifth grade (on to middle; for him its three years).