Updates

The past few weeks have provided bushels of food for thought.  There's a lot to ponder, but in the meantime, after weeks of empty calendar boxes, we suddenly had a week full of milestones and celebrations.  The week began with a small farewell dinner party for people from my husband's work, and ended with a celebration of Confirmation on the first day back to Mass in California.  We also marked a birthday, watched awards ceremonies, had 3 car parades, an eighth grade promotion, a tumultuous high school graduation, and a couple events accompanying that occasion. Also, our oldest son is setting up his first apartment on his own in Arizona. And the world is in upheaval.

I've been relieved that because of the protocols around social distancing, we didn't feel obligated to mark these events with big party.  Here are some photos of our celebrations:

We celebrated an anniversary

The kids made the sushi

Someone lost a tooth and her brother wrote her a book.

Masking for a baccalaureate. They are smiling, maybe.

Picking up cap and gown

Eighth grade drive through graduation

Goodbye, middle school

This cutie had another birthday

We cut 12 inches of hair and donated it for wigs for children. So much easier to brush!

New pet - it actually hatched into a pretty sulfur butterfly.

Online college graduation

pie for dinner

Ceramics class projects were picked up. I'm sad I wasn't the beneficiary of more projects since the class was cut short from corona.

Whose tallest now?

My daughter's boyfriend's mother buys her flowers.

Pentecost cake

I'm having difficulty getting photos to upload, so that's all for now...