Well, I do believe this is the last of a year long celebration of the class of 2024. Each graduate was limited in the number of guests they could bring to the ceremony, so we gathered with the extended family to celebrate John later that evening! It was my dream to have this dinner with… Read More
Gosh y’all, graduation day was a month and a half ago and I could shed all the tears again just starting to recap our day here on the blog. I could barely sleep a wink the night before, so I was up bright and early to prepare John’s (current) favorite breakfast. We had Mother and… Read More
Cornhole is one of our favorite yard games and something the boys drag out nearly every time they have friends over. Honey built our set about 15 years ago and it served us well. But, it was made of wood, had been left out in the rain a few times and had definitely seen better… Read More
It hard to believe we celebrated John, Michael and Carl six weeks ago! It was such a wonderful party that we still chat about often. I shared videos and little details from the party, as well as my season decor in the posts below. Today I’ll share all of the photos from my camera roll!… Read More
One of the biggest hits at the grad party was the candy board! It was absolutely wiped clean by the end of the event. I used the long 6′ board Honey cut for me many years ago down the center of our island. Down the center of the board, I started with white dishes to… Read More
I’ve been making these sugar cookies since the boys were born. They are a labor of love, but are truly the most delicious iced sugar cookies I’ve ever had. If you love almond flavoring, don’t lose this recipe! Mother and I made them for John’s grad party. We wanted to include something he’d grown up… Read More
I’ll wrap up grad party videos today with the inside set up! Again, we had to move a lot more inside than we thought, but it worked out well and really did spread out our guests. In the kitchen we served desserts both on the drink bar and the island (the candy board was a… Read More