We had a wonderful weekend in Naples, to celebrate grandson Tristan's high school graduation! Our son (Tristan's dad)Joey and daughter-in-law Darlene came down and Darlene's son Steve flew down from Pennsylvania to join the celebration too. It was great to see everyone together. We are blessed that our blended family can all get along and enjoy being together. Lauren & Tristan's mom is Kathy. Their dad is our son Joey. Kathy is now married to Jim and Joey is now married to Darlene. Hope you got that so the pictures will make sense!
Tristan walked in first because he is the tallest student. They filed in by height! LOL
He said it was extremely boring....
Proud Dad, step-brother and step-mom in the audience.
All over and walking back up the aisle with roses for the moms.
Tristan, me, Darlene, Joe and Joey.
Proud grandpa with Tristan.
Proud mom (Kathy) with Tristan.
Proud parents with their son.
Proud parents with their son and daughter.
Kathy, Tristan and step-dad Jim.
Joey, Darlene and Steve.
Steve, Tristan and Lauren.
Dinner for all, after graduation, was in Old Naples. Italian (of course).
Our table was ready when we arrived. The food was served family style and was delicious. There was too much food to even begin to list, with appetizers, salads, main courses and desserts. There was something for everyone and then some! Whew!
Back at Kathy & Jim's (home) Tristan opened gifts. He was blessed with lots of wishes and some wonderful gifts.
Tristan won an award, and it was presented a few days earlier at the awards banquet. Tristan was a mentor to a 2nd grader and he was voted Mentor of the Year. His "little brother" wrote the following letter, and read it at the banquet. Kathy said there wasn't a dry eye..... If you click the images they will enlarge so you can read what the young man wrote.
He gave Tristan this photo, in a frame he made for it.
Kathy had cupcakes on a tiered platter. They were delicious!
We left Sunday morning with a promise to return for Tristan's going away party, before he leaves for Dallas and SMU in August.
This coming weekend we are off to Georgia to spend the weekend with my sister and brother-in-law to celebrate their birthdays. Looking forward to it!
I can hardly believe it is JUNE already!! June! How did that happen?!
Speaking of June 1st....Happy birthday to my sister, Patti!! Today is her birthday! Patti, you are catching up with me!! :)
Speaking of June 1st....Happy birthday to my sister, Patti!! Today is her birthday! Patti, you are catching up with me!! :)
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