The teenage years

thanks, thanks, thanks on K's behalf for the kudos. She was very, very excited to get the news. She'll be close enough to take a train home but far enough away that she'll be on her own in the city.

In the meantime, she's started shopping for stuff to overhaul her room when she gets back. We made a deal with her last fall that we would convert her room to a guest room once she leaves but that she could be the designer/decorator and the primary first guest. She's got bedding picked out/purchased and on it's way here from FL. She has color schemes for the walls and ceilings and we'll be pulling up the carpeting and replacing it or not, depending on what we find underneath. We'll replace most of her furniture and she's contacted a local Pier One about a job when she returns. Can you say employee discount?

It's good to hear her sounding so upbeat, particularly during the late wintertime.

(you can say "employee discount" - just quietly - ssssssssh) :wink:

HURRAH!!!! (whew!)

Congartulations!

There's a lot of happiness and energy in that photo! Congratulations.

Congratulations JPB! That is a pretty little girl!

Glad to hear she is happy and doing well...

OH JPB - just how proud are you a?

and how proud we are of you and yours.

K is beautiful - she is a star - and just look at her shining there -

SO SO SO SO PROUD AND DELIGHTED FOR YOU ALL.

Especially your beautiful girl

Yay!!!

My oldest just graduated too.... b..b..b..b..b..but just barely. First thing wife and I did was check the diploma. Yes, it's real.

Here she is at this year's Swirl event. I don't have her pics from graduation online yet.

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Oh Cj - she is stunning too..... all these beautiful kids - and look at her smile - certainly the proud dad a? Good for your little girl and so glad the diploma was real :wink:

How lovely to see all you very proud parents. Hey, y'all gotta be doing something right.

Look at your children's smiles.

Great photos, too! No wonder you're so proud of them!

Congratulations!

Thanks, all!

Hey, cj -- Congrats to you and your daughter too.


It was brutally cold here yesterday. A freak cold front came through the night before and the outdoor graduation ceremony was held with temps in the upper 40s and howling winds (hence, the armor-all under most of the girls gowns.

They'll probably shoot me for posting this one, but here's one of M and K together after the ceremony.

Aw, they're gorgeous!

They look a lot like their mom too, don't they?

(We had that freak cold front too -- Memorial Day was HOT so we'd changed out our down comforters and put on the air conditioning and everything -- then yesterday, back went the heat and back went the down comforters. My hands are still freezing as I type but supposed to warm up today.)

K looks more like me, but M has my height. Although they look enough alike that it's obvious they're sisters.

Good looking kids, JB and Cjsha. I'd post some photos of my kids but then they might track me down and all that nasty child support business would surface.

Congratulations, JPB and cj!

gus and jes -- thank you both.

Thank you one and all. Now, any suggestions on how I can get her to move out ?

ive seen threesomes in churches. then hung out with her her sisters and her family and the guy for hours just thinking, wow, if ur parents only knew.

psh you are naive if u think nothin goes down in churches, you know when the kids and teens do their own thing?

yeah, they arent doing what YOUR doing at church.

What's the next step for both our graduates???????????????