This weekend was full of celebrations!  We spent most of Saturday sharing happy times and meals with family members who were passing all sorts of milestones in their lives.

We celebrated grade school, high school and college graduations, an anniversary, and scads and scads of birthdays  We participated in a bridal shower.  I met the newest baby in the family and his mother, and I spent some time this weekend working on a baby quilt for the first of three who are still on their way.

And, there was a wedding this weekend, too.

I have four siblings, so there are five of us in the oldest extant generation of my family plus four spouses.  Counting children and step-children, there are eighteen in the second generation with ten spouses.  That generation has TWENTY SEVEN kids and three spouses.  There is a fourth generation of three babies with two more imminent, and the third generation will increase by one in October.  We are peopling the world, so you can see we have a lot to celebrate.

Of all the celebrations, I’m proudest of those who have graduated from high school and college.  I know what it takes to get through college, and I want these kids to know how proud I am of them!  Congratulations, on a job well done!