The Graduates

What a week it has been! I cannot believe that Vanessa has graduated high school! I can still remember when she told me after kindergarten that she couldn't go to 1st grade because she still didn't know math! My how the time flies! She is all grown up and leaving for college. We are so proud of her and the great young woman she has become. She will continue to have great success in whatever she chooses to do, just like high school! We love you Vanessa!

And if that isn't enough of a time warp for you, our baby Madeline was also promoted from the eighth grade and will be attending high school next year! Before we know it we will be empty-nesters!! Not a stage we are looking forward to! We are so proud of Madeline and her hard work in junior high. But even more, we are proud of her choices. She is a wonderful friend to all those she meets, and the proof is in her Friday night parties (a different group every week!). We want her to continue to choose the right and make smart decisions as she enters high school! We love you Maddie and are so proud of you!!

So as customary for high school graduation, we celebrated with the grandparents. We went to dinner at Ruth's Chris to celebrate the grads, but also to celebrate my mom's birthday! Happy birthday again Mom/Grandma, we love you sooooo much! 

The whole group!

The Graduates!

Smile!

Happy Birthday!

 The next day was graduation, Madeline at noon and Vanessa at 7pm. What a day! Madeline got an emerald ring from us, and Vanessa received her dream car.... a Porsche Cayenne! We had so much fun celebrating all their accomplishments and love them all so much!

Oh lala!

Proud parents

The hair stylist

Congrats!

Friends

Grandparents!

Surprise!

Dad and daughter!

Mom and daughter!

Siblings!

Her hair sylist and makeup artist!

Her favorite walk ever!

It's official!

You did it!

Cindy Crockett, Ali Crowder, and Cassandra Sarmiento! Congrats girls

The Harries women...and one brown girl!

The family!

Grandma and Grandpa Tueller

Grandma Dorothy

Her proud mama!

Katie Baker and Stephanie Harris, her good friends

Dad & Nessa

Her sissys love her!!

Congrats you two!!

Almost There!!

The wall is almost done! After what has seemed like forever we have FINALLY got all the pictures ordered and framed. First we ordered some pictures too big and then when we reordered they were on the wrong paper, but the third times a charm!! With all the pictures framed and ready to go we had to figure out how we were going to organize them all. So Alex, my mom, and I measured the wall and taped it out on the ground and began placing pictures. Once we got going we realized we were going to have to move the couch to the other wall and put the pictures all around the window so they would all fit! We had to rearrange everything a couple times to get it just right but it is finally done and we are quite happy with the way it turned out! Next we have to hang them all! YIKES!!!

 Checking our measurements

The finishing touches

Exhausted...

but SO proud of OUR WALL!!!

Grandma Dorothy helped

Celebrating!!!

MEANWHILE...

The men slept!

Mowgli's New Do!

For those of you who don't know we got our dog Mowgli from the pound when he was just a puppy. He is the cutest sweetest dog with this beautiful golden fur. Over the years he has gained a little weight and it keeps him warm, especially in the summer. I always feel bad for him when it is hot because he has so much fur and is constantly panting as if he can't quite get cool. So this summer we decided to shave him! No one knew what to expect but he turned out quite cute! Hopefully his haircut will help him stay cool! Keep in mind he was afraid of the camera so I did the best I could with the pictures. Typical Mowgli. But here he is the new and improved Mowgli!! 

Before...

And After

Giving Goose the lip

I love the stripe! It is so dark now

His head looks funny because it is still furry

I gotta love those faces!!

I'll Do It Myself!

For the past couple of weeks  the mat underneath my family room rug has been sticking out. Every time I walked past it I thought I need to fix that. I knew the couch would have to be moved  so I asked Scott to ask Ben to help him fix the mat. Well I kept asking and of course he never did it. I couldn't stand it any longer so I decided to do it myself. Actually Vanessa helped me but we did it. Together we pulled the couch of the carpet (when we moved the couch Maddie found her DS she thought she lost) and rolled the giant rug  back, only to find that the mat underneath was cut into 3 parts and the part not under the couch had shifted. Using duck tap we tapped all 3 parts together so it wouldn't move again, rolled the rug back up and this time with the help of Steph and Maddie put the couch back into place. Maddie thought it was funny watching us try to move everything and got out the camera to take pictures, that is why it is going on the blog.

 The discovering of the spilt mat

Rolling back the carpet

Maddie got creative with her pictures, birds eye view!

Taping the mats together

Unrolling the carpet

Like mother like daughter

Team work

Planning our attack

The final touch

Happy Mothers Day!

I want to wish my mom a Happy Mothers Day and let her know how much I love and appreciate her!! She is my best friend and I love her so much. She is the type of mom that will do anything and everything for you, no matter what! The hours in my day I get to spend with my mom, is what I look forward to the most. I am grateful for her example of how to be a wonderful mother, wife, and friend. My mom is always there for me whether I think I need her or not and I know she always will be. I hope one day I will be able to be half of the women she is! You are the best mom in the whole world! I LOVE YOU MOM!! 

Love ~

  Vanessa