Spring

Elizabeth was devastated on May 22nd, Voting Day.  Not because her candidates lost, but because she thought she wasn't registered to vote.  But I saw her name on the registry when I voted and that news made her day!  You're welcome.  Here she is, minutes later, running out in the rain to vote, like all good Democrats should.  Go Amy McGrath!
Elizabeth "finished" school a week ago - seniors' grades were due 7 days before school ended.  This week has been full of special senior activities, like a senior breakfast at Georgetown College and Field Day.  Here she is with her dear friend Emily.  Their beautiful friendship goes back at least 15 years.

Michael and his friend Bricen enjoyed (that might be stretching it) working on their Entrepreneurship: Shoes presentation for their business course.  Through their company, 2 Men N Sum Shoes (don't judge), they buy name brand sneakers, clean them up (with lots of elbow grease, according to one of their slides), and resell them for profit.  They provided advice on creating a catchy slogan, memorable phone number, and cool name (again, don't judge).  I loved hearing them practice and pretending to be their peer, asking thought-provoking questions.  They definitely earned that A.

And of course there has been basketball.  Michael's U16 Prodigy team won a tournament last weekend (left photo).  Prodigy also has a U17 team, which has struggled this year.  Last weekend they asked Michael to play up a level and be on their team.  He did, he rocked, and they won the entire tournament!

Mother's Day weekend activities sent us to multiple locations. I was selected by the GC seniors to give the faculty speech during the graduation banquet.  Michael was off to Indiana with Angie and her sons for a weekend of basketball.  Elizabeth worked each day.  And my three beautiful siblings arrived for hard work at Mom's.  Here we are, happily taking a break from the papers and piles and personal effects.  Life would be so much tougher across the board, were it not for my siblings.

Steven has taken on so many responsibilities related to Mom's estate, including the dreaded medical bill mountain.  He has done incredible work with her home as well, even recruiting Bricen and Michael to spend last Saturday in Morehead raking dirt and moving furniture.  Her home looks so beautiful.  The real estate agent posted 73 (!) photos on-line as evidence.  In spite of all the long phone calls he makes and physical labor he endures related to mom's estate, he remains enthusiastic, supportive, optimistic, and loving.  Always finding time for his family ... and our dogs.  Love that man.