One door closes...

This weekend marked the closing of another door in my brother Will's life. He is now a Winona State University alumni.

Family traveled from near and far to support him in his accomplishments. Mom and Dad threw a fiesta party for him Saturday night. We even had some of my dad's family come that we see VERY rarely! It was such a great night.

Here are some memories we made...

Here's our family---minus Tony. He was working, but he was there in spirit.

The aunts in attendance--Amy and MB

Jake gets the "drive the farthest" award! What great family to make the trek for Will!

 Fiesta cousins!

Tony made an appearance at the party briefly before he went to The Rep. 

The cute couple at the Fiesta!

All Grown Up!

After 4 years, 3 colleges, 2 cars and  1 associates degree later, Will is graduating from college with his Bachelors in Accounting!

Today is the day my little brother will walk across the stage at Winona State University and receive his diploma! He's one of the few college grads who already has a great job lined up for him! Will's next step = IBM!

Congrats little brother! I'm so proud of you!

Luna and more...

Tony and I have been having fun taking pictures of Luna and pretty much anything else we see! Our camera is LOADED with pictures. Here's a sampling of what we've seen:

This is my favorite flower. We have a whole field of them on the south side of our house! It's so pretty! I just wish I could smell them...apparently my body decided it was cold season again.

Luna's basket.

I'm growing catnip for Luna, and I gave her a little leaf of it. She went a little crazy! Check out the tongue on that kitty!

After she ate it, she rolled around on the ground for a while.

Tony must've taken this shot. When I uploaded the pictures, I found it! 

Soccer Star Take 2!

Last night Conner had a soccer game. He was very jealous when I went to Meg's game on Monday, so he made sure to secure my presence for his own game. He also requested that I bring my camera. Here are a few shots of my little Con Con.

Here he is as goalie. However, his favorite position is defender.

An inspirational chat with the coach aka Dad.

Every once in a while he'd do a little pose for me out on the field. What a ham!

Backwards kick!

Samuel Adam

Last night at 8:15, Samuel Adam arrived! The happy dad called Tony just a few short hours later! He told us to come up and visit if we are available. Today after work, Tony and I went to meet our new little friend.

Soccer star!

Tonight, Megan's soccer team, "Orange Crush", creamed the Lime team! It was a very fun game to watch! Megan did a great job on and off the field.

She was always running for the ball!

They took turns kicking the ball in. Now it's Meg's turn!

A nice cold drink after working so hard out on the field!

Meg's coach was praising her for her wonderful job out on the field. He told her she was a great defensive player!

Out of the 5 kindergartners sitting on the bench, Meg was the only one watching and cheering her team on!

Brother sister photo. I forgot to put the sun shade on my camera however....

The game is over! 

Just playing around...

As I mentioned earlier, Tony and I bought a new camera. We spent some time Sunday and today after work playing around with it. The flowers/bees are Tony's and the birds are mine.