Showing posts with label Graduation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Graduation. Show all posts

Friday, May 30, 2014

graduation (times two)



the youngest o'polka siblings have graduated. 

they are incredibly amazing!

and i am officially old.

here is a brief summary of our fun weekend celebrating in photos.....


it is always so fun to get the cousins together!  blaire now sweetly says 'weise' (for annalise) and has been talking about her nonstop!









many hands make light the work......setting up for the open house was a breeze with all the helpers!




and i thought that the littles did surprisingly well for the chaos of the weekend ;)



yummy cake balls!





these two are seriously the coolest graduates i know.  and i have to admit that a part of me is jealous that i didn't have a twin to share my graduation with!  ;)












after the party my kids enjoyed their first bonfire out at my brother's house.  it was a blast!




oh my, he loves his uncles!






so proud!!







the last high school graduation for my parents.  what an accomplishment!!




weekends like this make me slow down and think about our life's journey and all the people who make that journey so great.  i am thankful for my family and so, so excited to see where the next bend in the road is going to take hannah and josiah.

happy graduation!!


Saturday, June 2, 2012

happy graduation



seems like there were a TON of graduations this year!  


my sister-in-law to be (this august) graduated from coe college,


and my little sister graduated from grinnell college!  

we are so very proud of both of them ;)


and since we were unable to make it to either one of their actual ceremonies, we had a nice little family celebration last weekend.  


it was a gorgeous day for a barbeque, and hendrix had a blast hanging out with all his aunts and uncles.  
he gets so much attention and loves every second of it!


as is becoming the norm, we are grouping special events together to celebrate at one time as it is just impossible to all get together for each big day; so rachel, jake and mom all got to open some birthday presents as well.







the day was full of celebrating, sun and food.  

how perfect!




hendrix discovered his new love for pasta salad, as he climbed up onto the picnic table and started eating 'noodles' right out of the bowl.......i was glad to see something a little bit healthier than the huge amount of chips he was consuming before that.....




he played baseball with a bat for the first time - thanks to papa and nana.  he has a glove at home, and he likes to play catch with gabe, but swinging the bat was obviously a new and exciting adventure!



oh, and don't forget the cake!  



yum, yum





while some relaxed....



others were full of energy!!!




what a fun and special day!



happy graduation, ladies! ;)