Rollerblading through Suburbia

Hopefully this entry finds you enjoying what's left of Memorial Weekend 2010. If you've followed my previous blog entries or know me at all you'll know that this was Graduation weekend for Cecily. Although I was very nervous about the whole affair (mainly surrounding the family drama going on between my parents) everything worked out as well as possible. My parents worked things out amicably, they stayed away from each other and they had seperate graduation parties.

I took Friday-Sunday off from Bakers and then have Mondays off so it worked out nicely. My grandmother and Aunt came from Denver on Thursday and went to West Point to visit my Uncle and Cousins while they were out since my mom and Cecily were busy on Friday. I drove out then and met up with them. It was really nice, got to catch up with my cousins who I rarely see and then spent some time at the Farm which is full of...CATS! 12 kittens and 3 adult cats, needless to say...great success!
Although this neighborhood, with its midles of identical houses painted different colors maybe the future playground for a serial killer or other horror movie villan, the new sidewalks were fun and it was a blast to get out int he nice summer night!
We went into West Point, got some authentic Mexican food for lunch and then headed home to help put the finishing touches before the rest of our company arrived that evening. Saturday, the day of the ceremony, everyone was here. I was so happy that my family from Colorado came. We've done so much stuff with them over the years it just wouldn't have felt right without them. Graduation went well, the speakers were much better than mine (well we had one good one...), and then Cecily finally got her diploma after more than an hour of name reading. Cecily made the rounds all weekend to parties before hers on Saturday. Her party was wonderful, lots of friends and family came by. My mom and all of us worked so hard and it really showed when everything came together perfectly.

After the party we just kind of hung out, spent some time with my Colorado family before they headed out and then cleaned up.

Today, we went to my Dad's parents house for a graduation/memorial day celebration and then tomorrow begins the normal schedule. I go to the Attorney Generals office and then work the rest of the week.

Upcoming events include: My Grandma is staying until thursday so I'll hang out when them tomorrow and then Hebron with Brady on Thursday. Then next week is the great Nebraska Road Trip adventure... look for countless updates!

I got rollerblades tonight. Spent about 15 minutes breaking them in around my Dad's house...great success!