Graduation weekend!!!

This is truly graduation weekend for our family. My daughter Kendle Ann will have her pre-school graduation on Friday night and I can't believe how fast this year has flown by. It seemed like I was just taking a picture of her walking out the door on her first day of pre-school, with her new back-pack and all.


She has loved, loved, loved, school and all of her little friends she has met. She is so eager to learn and is always excited to explain everything they did in class that day. I've watched her change and grow this year and I can't wait to see what kindergarten has in store for her. They better watch out!


Also graduating this weekend is my little brother Tucker Jack Tovey.


I've always thought that was the cutest name. He is nine years younger than I am, and his graduating makes me feel very old indeed. Tucker is quite a character and can bring entertainment and fun anywhere he goes. Everyone wants to be his friend, although at times he can be borderline eccentric ( like dressing up as a pirate to go see the new Pirate's of the Caribbean movie). Kendle is very fond of her uncle Tucker and loved cheering him on at all of his wrestling matches the last four years. It's strange though, how you can look at someone and still see them as a little kid with big ears and a big old grin. That's how I'll always remember him no matter how old he gets. Everyone out there with younger siblings can understand this I think.


I'm looking forward to seeing all of the family that's coming and the eating and relaxing at Tuck's open house BBQ on Saturday night. The three F's. FUN, FOOD, and FAMILY. What else do you need. And in true Tovey fashion we will all eat ourselves into oblivion and complain all about it the next day.

Graduations are always a bit sad, but exciting at the same time for what's to come. Hopefully our soon-to-be baby boy will let his mama get through this weekend alright and not try to make an early appearance when he hears all of the fun going on. I'll try to post some pictures of all the festivities after the weekend.

Who could do this?

I read this article this morning and it made me so sad. I have total disgust for people who live in our country and enjoy all of the hard-won freedoms and benefits of life we have here, and yet continue to promote hate and disdain for our country and the people who have served bravely for it. I looked out the window at our flag we have hanging outside, blowing softly in the breeze, and it's one of the most beautiful things I could look at early in the morning.




Flags Replaced With Swastikas in Wash.

Tuesday, May 29, 2007 1:54 AM EDTThe Associated Press

ORCAS ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — Vandals burned dozens of small American flags that decorated veterans' graves for Memorial Day and replaced many of them with hand-drawn swastikas, authorities said Monday.
Forty-six flag standards were found empty and another 33 flags were in charred tatters Sunday in the cemetery, authorities said. Swastikas drawn on paper appeared where 14 of the flags had been.
Members of the American Legion on this island off Washington's northwest coast replaced the burned flags with new ones Sunday afternoon.
The vandals struck again on Memorial Day after a guard left at dawn, the San Juan County sheriff's office said. This time, the vandals left 33 of the hand-drawn swastikas.
"This is not an act of free speech. This is a crime," Sheriff Bill Cumming said in a statement released Monday afternoon.
Investigators believe there's more than one culprit, based on the number of flags that were vandalized, Cumming said in a telephone interview. But authorities have no suspects, he said.
The sheriff said deputies were trying to lift fingerprints off what little physical evidence they were able to recover.

What I wish I was doing this weekend........

It's Memorial Day Weekend!

Here's some things that I wish I was doing:

-Having a BBQ

-Camping

-Finishing some project like our fence

-Hanging out at the beach

Here's what we'll actually be doing this weekend:

-Helping my parents with some yardwork

-Helping my in-laws move

-Getting caught up on the mundane tasks around the house.

Actually I should note that Riley will really be doing these things, I will just be delegating and bossing everyone around.

I hope some of you out there have some fun plans and are going to be soaking up the sun. In fact I really wanted to put Sheryl Crow's "Soak up the Sun" on here to illistrate my point, but I can't seem to get the music to work on my page, (also that's Kendle's favorite song). Have a great, safe weekend everyone and get some blog ideas ready for after the holiday.

I've been tagged

Ok, so Kim M. tagged me with these questions flying around, but #1 there arn't that many people left to tag, and #2 I just did the big old 100 things about me list last week, so I'll just answer the questions and leave the tagging to everyone else. Sorry if I totally ruined the chain.

What was I doing 10 years ago?
10 years ago I was 17 and playing in the softball state playoffs, looking forward to school being out for the summer, and dating lots of guys.

What was I doing 1 year ago?
1 year ago I was doing pretty much the same thing as now, minus being pregnant.

Five snacks I enjoy:
1. Chips and dip
2. Cookies
3. Caramel corn
4. Cheese and crackers
5. Mixed nuts

Five songs I know all the words to:
I know the words to a trillion songs, but anything by the Beach Boys and the Beatles (thanks to my parents) lots of oldies, pretty much anything on the radio since they play everything a million times over and over. The Star Spangled Banner.

Five things I would do if I were a Millionaire:
1. By a new car, since I've never owned one
2. Build a safe house for foster and other displaced children
3. Pay off my parents' house and our house and build our dream home
4. Set up funds for my kids that they only get after finishing college
5. Take many lavish vacations, first class

Five of my bad habits:
1. Nagging my husband
2. Procrastinating
3. spending too much time on the computer
4. eating a lot and thinking I can excercise it all off
5. waiting until Kendle has worn every outfit she has before doing her laundry

Five things I like doing:
1. Reading
2. Watching sporting events
3. Something special that's a surprise for someone else
4. getting my hair cut so I can get that great scalp massage
5. Shopping on ebay

Five things I will never wear again:
1. Acid wash jeans/jean jacket
2. High side pony tail, a la Deb from Napolean Dynamite
3. Designer imposter perfume (so junior high)
4. Short shorts
5. High top sneakers with neon laces

Five of my favorite toys:
1. DVR
2. Bread machine
3. shop vac
4. swivel sweeper
5. Ipod phone