Sydni graduated Kindergarten.. today. STOP IT. STOP IT. STAAAAAHP.
Already?!
syd & her class!
When I woke up and got ready this morning, it was hard for me to believe that I would have a first grader by the time the afternoon started. Rob and I met up with my parents at Sydni's school, followed eventually by Joe, his mom and Nikea.
We followed the crowd of parents and family outside [Sydni clearly had the biggest fan club], where Syd and her class had prepared this little number for us:
I mean... get outta here with all that cuteness!
action shots :)
The celebrating continued, family style:
her dad's side
my parents! [aka nana & pappy]
my world!
group shot
Syd's dad and mamaw had to leave, so that left us with my parents to enjoy the rest of family day and explore what Sydni's day looked like.
r: "what do you wanna do this summer?" s: "um..... boat. and swim. and play in the park!"
^^ Those two :) :) :).
making a tye dyed shirt!
playing on the playground
Pappy, the patient observer:
this guy... hahaha...
bubbles!!
The playground time came to an end, so we headed inside to show Syd's classroom to Nana, Pappy & Rob:
the book cover syd duplicated
the "clip" system - i love this!
My heart was so happy today, watching Syd accept her certificate of kindergarten completion. As much as her dad and I have our differences, and likely always will, she looked so completed, and so content to have all of her close family there.. and that, really, is all I could've asked: for her to be this genuinely happy:
my heart.
After the celebration, we grabbed lunch with my parents, then headed off on our own to return to our day at work, while my parents spent a few more hours with Syd. They eventually dropped her back off at her dad's before heading back north themselves, completing their daytrip. I am so thankful for them and for their willingness to make that journey.
Work finished with a big meeting, which was a great thing [I'll fill those blanks in later; it's a lot], before I finally made my roundtrip back to Rob, rendezvousing with him at the gym.
AND, we wrestled a Pinterest recipe into submission for dinner tonight, and it was pretty daggone good:
turkey & sweet potato skillet!
nom nom nom!!!
Whewwwwww! What a day! Life is good. Life. IS. GOOD.
1. Church.
I'm not really sure exactly what the direction is that our latest sermon series is heading; I'll have to weigh this one a few more times and see if we agree or not. It's basically entitled, What Would Jesus Say To....________________, and the blank is filled with the name of some A-list celebrity. Pardon me for saying this, but it was really hard for me to connect with a lesson centered around what Jesus would say to Kim Kardashian. Frankly, that's nothing doctrinally-centered for me, and I was left disappointed. Sorry to say it, but certainly not one of the stronger messages I've heard. At least Sydni and I had a little more quality time after church:
sunday selfies.. yep!
love her love her looooove her!
2. Kara's Grad Party!
So, Kalyn & Brittany's little sister Kara is graduating from high school. I can only imagine how fast they feel like this has gone; I seriously feel like it was just somewhere around last year, at the farthest, that I met Kara when she was in 6th grade. Holy whoa. Happy graduation, Kara!!
syd found the hammock!
she also found the horses :)
these two. ♥♥♥♥♥.
tree girl
with the powell girls
ladies! happy graduation kara! [aka, sydni & me with our blonde entourage!]
3. World Cup : USA v. POR!
After Kara's graduation party, we headed back home, where Becky & Mike meet up with us to watch the USA v. Portugal game. To spare you all from the ruckus that came out of that house, here:
this....
... followed by this.
Nobody's mad here!
Thanks again to Kalyn's mom & family for having us out today. Not a bad way to end the weekend!
