Ohio University Graduate Graduation-- June 8, 2012

 COMS faculty and Ph.D. graduates

 Brittany and Christie before Britti graduates with her master's degree-- June 8, 2012

 Christie with her advisee, Abbey!

 Christie with her newly minted doctoral advisees/graduates-- Shirley and Abbey

 Christie with OU-COMS doctoral graduates-- Anne and Abbey

 Britti walks across the stage of the Convo!

 "We did it!!"-- Abbey, Christie, and Britti!

 "FINALLY done!!"-- Britti after commencement

 Christie with Abbey and Anne after graduation near the OU Visitor's Center

 Ellie-Kate, Britti, and Ramon at Olive Garden after graduation

Britti, Chelsea, and Emmy at Olive Garden after graduation-- June 8, 2012

Troop 1150 Court of Awards-- June 3, 2012

 Christie and Chelsea Meagan

 Elena, Chelsea, and Sierra show off their Gold Awards-- June 3, 2012

Elena and Ellie-Kate

Graduation Sunday at Albany Baptist Church-- June 3, 2012

 Pastor Steve, Emmy, Madison, and Jeff during the Sunday morning presentation of Emmy and Madison's Timothy Awards, the highest award available in AWANA for elementary school students. We are so proud of our Emmy!!! To earn this award, she finished two books as a Cubbie (pre-schooler), three books as a Sparkie (K-2), and four books as a TNT member (3-6 grades)!! Literally, she memorized hundreds of Bible verses and completed numerous activities during her eight years in AWANA thus far!

 Chelsea Meagan was recognized for graduating from high school, and Britti was congratulated for earning her master's degree from OU.

Emmy and Madison pose with their Timothy Awards after church-- June 3, 2012

Chauncey-Dover Festival-- June 2, 2012

 Catherine, Wes, Brandi, and Chelsea at the Chauncey-Dover Festival-- June 2, 2012

 Chelsea, Wes, and Ellie-Kate-- June 2, 2012

 Tiffany, Wes, and Chelsea Meagan-- June 2, 2012

 Brandi, Catherine, Chelsea, and Wes before the luncheon-- June 2, 2012

 Chelsea, Wes, Catherine, and Brandi before the parade.

 Dru, Caitlin, Wes, Chelsea, and Catherine before the visiting royalty speeches.

Last day of preschool-- May 31, 2012

 Ellie-Kate and her best friend, Jack, pose at the end of their last day of the school year -- May 31, 2012

Moonshine Festival-- May 28, 2012

 Catherine, Caitlin, and Chelsea Meagan

 Catherine, Chelsea, Tiffany

 Catherine and Chelsea check out some moonshine.

 Chelsea makes her speech at the Moonshine Festival!

 Chelsea poses with some tiny royalty :)

Chelsea and Catherine get ready for the Moonshine Festival Parade-- May 28, 2012.

2012-- the year of graduations...

We began our week of graduations with Emmy's graduation from sixth grade at Morrison-Gordon Elementary on May 23, 2012. As Student Council president, she led the pledge of allegiance, welcomed the crowd, and gave a speech. Even before those duties, though, she played "pomp and circumstances" on her cello, with her friend, Douglas, on the violin. The sixth grade ceremony was capped off by a powerpoint that Britti constructed, featuring all of the graduates. After the ceremony, we snapped pictures, and the students celebrated for the rest of the day with lots of food, a visit from the ice cream truck, inflatables, and water games. They were all so happy :)

We concluded the week of graduations with Chelsea Meagan's graduation from Athens High School, with honors and an Ohio Honors Diploma.The cousins and Grandma B. arrived on Friday, May 25, joining Grandma A. who had come in time for Emmy's graduation. Everyone got along great, and we had a fun cook-out. Early on Saturday morning, Christie, Grandma B., and Chelsea headed over to the high school to save seats and snap pictures. The ceremony was very nice, and Meelim, Katie Wight, Anne, and Lauren Pach all did great jobs on their parts. What a great group of kids!! Following the ceremony, we took lots of pictures, and we were among the last people to leave the high school. We had a family party before Chelsea headed out for some friend parties, and we left for Ruby Tuesdays and a quick celebration of Roger's 50th birthday. The day ended with the Graduation Celebration at the rec center. Christie chaired it so she had to be there for set-up through tear-down-- what a long night! However, the new graduates had a fun time, and we gave away lots of cool prizes :)

On Sunday, May 27, the grandmas left, but the cousins stayed for Chelsea's friend party. We had around 25 guests during the afternoon, and, in spite of the heat, everyone seemed to have a good time :)

What an exciting (and exhausting!!) time of celebration! Both girls are headed for new adventures next year at Athens Middle School and Baylor University, respectively :)