School ended way back in May (I can't believe it's already July!) and it was so very hard and emotional for me. Huston graduated from his sweet preschool, St. Stephen's, and for months leading up to the last day of school, I would cry about it. Watching the final episodes of The Office especially seemed to trigger my emotions. Every time there would be a song about saying good-bye or an especially poignant moment on the show, I would cry about Huston graduating from preschool. I would walk past his room during school and see him happily building block towers with his friends, and just get all teary-eyed about how his preschool years are over and now he's entering big kid school and on and on. Maybe I got all of my tears out in the days leading up to the end, because I managed to not cry at his actual graduation.
The end of school was made even more emotional by the fact that I also had to say good-bye to my job at St. Stephen's because I accepted a job at Covenant Classical School teaching kindergarten in the fall. Huston will be going there, and there are so many reasons it will be amazing and wonderful, but it was incredibly hard to leave a job that I adored and coworkers that I love.
The last day of school
Our little graduate
Arden with her teachers - me and Ms. Ashleigh!
Post-graduation ice-cream social and picnic
Sweet coworkers and dear friends
This is Huston with his beloved teachers, Ms. Baxley and Ms. Torrieri. He just adored and loved them so much. Truly, this past year has been such a joyful one and I am so very grateful for it.
Enough tears now! On to something happy. In June my littlest brother, Benji, got married to a sweet, wonderful girl named Tracy. It was a beautiful day! The kids were ring bearers and flower girls and could not have looked cuter. I got to see lots of aunts and uncles that I hadn't seen in forever and it was just so fun. I'll just share a few of the 400 pictures I took that day. :)
The bride and groom
The cousins
Sweet flower girls
More sweet flower girls
This picture just kills me - he is so adorable
Sweet Arden
Our family
The Pauketats - Mom's family
The Isleys - Dad's family
There was quite a bit of waiting around between getting-ready-time and ceremony-time. I love this picture of Arden and Huston waiting around in the in-between time.
I promise more catch-up posts soon on the rest of our summer fun!
