Ryan's Graduation

May 17-20, 2012

We made a very quick trip to Georgia for Ryan's high school graduation, leaving on a Thursday afternoon and returning home Sunday.  The drive went fairly well.  We did have to make a few more stops than usual, including one on the side of the road, to accommodate our newly-potty trained child. 

Friday evening we had a barbecue with some of his friends and their families.  It was a nice get-together.

Clayton and Jackson had fun playing with Uncle Bently and all the rest of the family.

My favorite part of being there (this time and every time we go) is just sitting around visiting at night.

Mom fell asleep on the couch while we were all talking.  Bently and Ryan helped her up and then she fell over again...ok, I guess ya had to be there, but it was pretty funny.

And the main event: Graduation.  Ryan was something special (help me out here, Mom...) so he sat up on the stage.

Congrats, Ryan...we were all worried, but somehow you made it through and graduated!

And the Ryan Fan Club:

Mr. Cole was my principal at LaGrange High when I graduated and was there for Jordan and Ryan too.  He's retiring this year.

Clayton had fun with his Grampa

Bently's 30th birthday was that weekend when we were there, so we got to celebrate that too.

Grandpa & Grandma West wanted me to take some pictures of them at the old building where we did our family pictures at Christmas time, so I did...

Grama with the boys, fresh from the tub.

I try on my wedding dress every time I go home...it was a stretch (literally) to get it to zip up this time...I know I've said it before, but I think that really was the last time :(

Story time with Great Grandpa West

It was a great quick trip! We're glad that we live close enough that we could be there!