CONGRATULATIONS HALEY!

Last week the kids and I got to go celebrate Haley's graduation with The Herren's and family.  They live in Pine Mountain Club, which is about 3-1/2 hours north of us, and we have luckily got to go the last three years to celebrate Taylor's, Ryan's and now Haley's graduation. 

Here's Haley receiving her diploma.....

Haley and her proud parents, Gimi and Paul......

All of the boys that were there to support Haley -- her brothers, Ryan and Scott, Scott's friend, Haley's cousins Matthew and Christian and Cameron.....

Peggy was there to celebrate also and, of course, brought the kids goodies.....

The day after graduation we stuck around for a party for Haley.  The kids are helping Taylor make the veggie kabobs.....

Maleah helped make the cupcakes and Rena helped frost them.....(Cameron helped eat them!).....

The kids LOVE the dogs that are there.  Gimi & Paul have three and Taylor has one.  I'm not sure which one this one is, but Maleah liked it......

The party was held a little farther up the mountain at a camp site.  Cameron was having fun helping the guys with the set-up of the big stuff -- like the barbeque......

Peggy is wearing this hat because the party had a pink theme -- Haley and Taylor had to keep telling their friends that their grandma doesn't usually dress this way.....

The party.....

The cook -- Taylor.....

Maleah and Christian (Haley's cousin from her dad's side of the family).....

Rena carried this little dog around ALL DAY LONG.  It's name is Tinkerbell and it belongs to Haley's cousins, Christian and Matthew.  Rena really wanted to bring it home with her.....

Matthew and Cameron.....

Time to cook some marshmallows.....

Paul and his dad were master smore makers!......

Maleah and Peggy (still wearing her pink hat!).....

Still carrying around that little doggy.....

We stayed two nights and rented a cabin, The Whispering Pines.....

Peggy was jumping back and forth between our place and Gimi & Paul's.  We luckily got her to spend both nights with us at our place......

Before heading home we stopped back at Gimi & Paul's to say our good-bye's.......and to water Gimi's garden.  The girls thought her little garden was so cool and had a good time watering everything while we were there......

I sure am glad that we are close enough to celebrate with The Herren's.  There is only one more graduation left (Scottie) and we have to wait 2 years for that one!  I'm pretty sure we'll find some other reason to get ourselves up there to visit between now and then.

For now, though.......Congratulations Haley!