Old Friends, New Kids

When I had Zoie, I was living in Texas...five weeks before Zoie was born, my friend, Amy, also had a baby girl and then moved from Nebraska to Colorado...and back here in Nebraska, my other friend, Wendy, would soon be finding out that she, too, was going to join the ranks of motherhood. We were all so excited to be having children around the same time - but here we all were in 3 different states!! Not what we imagined once we all (sorta) settled down and embarked on our journeys of domesticity! Well, as we all know, I ended up moving back to Nebraska when Zoie was about 6 months old...just in time to be here when Wendy had lil' PCJ a month before Zoie turned 1. So, Ms. Amy was the one holdout (not on purpose, of course)...well, no longer! She and her husband and daughter moved back to Lincoln and we all finally got together with our kids! It was a little surreal, but truly awesome. I have a few other friends around my age who either just had children before I had Zoie or shortly after. And here I was worried that none of my friends would have kids around Zoie's age! Life can be pretty cool sometimes!


From L to R: Heather w/ Zoie, Wendy w/ Marty & Amy w/ Sawyer


Sawyer, PCJ (Marty) and Zoie in Marty's cool wagon...

Pomp & Circumstance...and SNOW?!?!

Our family had yet another milestone reached...the first of the next generation, Mitchell, has graduated from high school!! Wahh!!! Mom was at my brother's for a few days prior to help get things ready then Zoie & I came along the Thursday before and then things really got rolling - decorating, cooking, stressing out...all the good stuff that comes with these kinds of events! Ha! And, yes, in true Nebraska fashion - there was SNOW flurries the day of his graduation in May! That is one way to have a memorable occasion made even more so!

We're all so very proud of Mitchell...he earned and received I think like 10 or 11 scholarships! I know he'll be a success at whatever he does...he's a very driven young man with an excellent work ethic and he's also an all-around good guy!

Here he is receiving an award at the Jr-Sr High School assembly...

This is the table he made out of car & other parts that he won an award on...

Zoie got all tuckered out over the excitement!

My 3 very handsome nephews!!