Silly Cousins!!

 Tucker's graduation ceremony was held at Wells Fargo Arena ASU...Nice and cool.  This is a photo of the jumbo-tron of him coming down the tunnel.  (4th up from bottom - left side)

 Finally, receiving his diploma - a copy of which was immediately sent to the Missionary Department...hee hee...

 Finally, we get a smile out of Tarrik...looking at a letter of congratulations from a State Senator.

 Saturday evening - Eagle Court of Honor...Tucker here with little Chy.

 The cousins...

 The grandparents...

 With Brother Airdale.  (May have been there for the ice cream--hee hee)

 The presentation...

 Mom's pin..

 Dad's pin...

 Tucker's pin...

 Bishop Nevins pin...

 Scoutmaster---he had an arrow-head engraved with name and date---very cool!!

Tucker was also presented with a flag that was flown over the US Capitol in his honor...very special moment in the program.  (Don't know why there isn't a photo of that moment...)Very nice weekend.

Grandpa is so smart.  The drip hoses we had in the flower gardens just weren't working anymore.  Soooo----Grandpa built these handy dandy sprinklers...they will be so much more efficient and much easier and the watering will take much less time.  I can just hook up the hoses to these, let them run for a little while every couple of days and be done with it...

Things are really starting to grow and green up....keep your fingers crossed that we don't have a late frost...hee...hee  The iris flowers smell absolutely divine!!!

Seminary Graduation---Sunday evening.  A really nice event.  Very different from Grandma and Grandpa's graduation ceremony.  Tucker's was a Stake event with just the young people from their Stake being honored.  Great youth speakers and a nice musical number.  There were probably about 35 graduates and so it was hugely different from the class Grandma was in at Mesa High.  Our service was held on the Temple grounds in the evening.  For the Stake graduation the Young Women's presidency and the Young Men's presidency provided refreshments at a reception and served cheesecake that was really quite delicious.  Grandpa's Seminary Graduation was with all the graduates at Snowflake High also - not divided up in Stakes either.  It was really very nice in a smaller group, but Tucker was missing his friends....

 And this little doll is Student of the Year!!!

Talya is such a little sweetheart.....her teacher said some wonderful things about her - but, we already knew she was just the best!

Here is the video we took of the ceremony...we kept saying, "hope another airplane doesn't go over..."  But, sure enough here she comes.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-gQLqv9f4o

We had a really darling recently called Sister Missionary speak in our Sacrament Meeting on Sunday and she mentioned this little "pep talk." We like it!

Such a lovely program and pic-nic at the Queen Creek School.  We are so impressed with the teachers and their programs.  

Great music, fun company, beautiful weather and relaxing evening!

Talya with her class...

 Trinley is looking forward to being in the program next year...

 Most of the little lizzards don't have any tails---that darn cat!!

 This one still has his tail, but he's keeping it pretty well hidden these days...

 These beauties smell sooooooo good.....

 Hoping the chipmunks don't find these little treasurers.

 hum, hum, hum---lion or dog?  The game and fish guy isn't sure either...dug up the carrots and spinach---the knot-head...

 Scratched around and dig up a bunch of the peas, too.

 Such a fun time for the Seniors---Prom for Tucker...

 Tyanne sang a solo at the program....Jr. High is coming up fast....She has been to Las Vegas for a gymnastics competition and really had some great scores ---all above 9.5 - excellent!!

 Planted a few flowers - sure hoping it's not too early---last year we had frost on May 27th...