2 nieces, 2 graduations, 2 states, 1 day

So both Emily and Dhyana had their graduation ceremonies on the same day. Luckily they were at different times of the day.
Friday, my dad, stepmom and I drove to Kansas City to stay with my stepbrother and his wife for the night. My sister, other niece and brother in law, flew into KC also. Dhyana picked them up. On Saturday morning we drove to Lawrence for Dhyana's graduation, and then stuck around for a while for a party given by Dhyana's boyfriend Shane's parent. At 3 we headed back to KC to pick up our stuff, and then off we went to Columbia for Emily's graduation at 7. It was a very long day, but I was so glad I was able to go.
The following are videos of both girls' ceremonies and their name being called. And then there are pics of everyone after the ceremonies.

2 nieces, 2 graduations, 2 states, 1 dau

2 Nieces, 2 Graduations, 2 Different States, 1 Day

A trip to the Ozarks with some BFF'S

My friend Margaret decided that all of us that used to work together needed some girl time, so she got this condo down at Lake of the Ozarks. We all came and went on different days, but she was there the whole time. It was very nice. We had 3 bedrooms and 2 full baths. We ate, we drank, we dished about men and played some games. It's so nice having girl friends to do this with.

These are pics of the

walk we took along a

stream. It was gorgeous. It is below where the mansion was. You could see the mansion when you looked up. Everything was so green. You can see turtles on some of the logs.

These are some pics of a burned down mansion. The very last pic shows what it looked like when it was complete.