Graduation Dinner

After graduation we all went to dinner at Casa de Luz.  It's an organic, vegan restaurant in Austin.  The vegetarians loved it.  The carnivores were somewhat adventurous.  

Oh, man!  I just realized I forgot to take a picture of the meal.  It was yummy!

Casa de Luz Menu

May 20th, 2011

Friday Evening
May 20th, 2011
6:00 – 8:25 pm. Close @ 9:30pm
Organic, Vegan, Gluten-Free Meal

Soup
Quinoa soup

Garden Salad
Sunflower mustard dressing

Entrée
Blanched greens w/raisins garlic & onions
Roasted mashed cauliflower
Green lentil salad
Pickled cucumber, carrot, cabbage & cucumber.

Prepared with love by Chef Patty
Markus, Nora, Melvin & Alfredo

Deborah was excited about the Montessori school.

Texas Dad shirt for Rob

The first ever Texas Brother shirt

More Texas gifts

Post Graduation Festivities

After we watched Sarah walk across the stage in the Liberal Arts graduation ceremony, we all met at her apartment for sandwiches and naps.  In attendance were Randy, Julia, Eli, Deborah, Daniel S, Daniel J, Sarah, Lea, Cheryl, Rob, and Sarah's roommate, Hayley, and her mother.  We like big groups and parties in this family.  :)

Hook 'Em Horns!

Sarah and "Godmother Cheryl"

Sarah and "Aunt" Lea

The Graduate!!

What to do now that graduation is over?!

#1 Eli's eyes closed

#2 Deborah's eyes closed

#3 Sarah's eyes closed

Fun times!!

UT Liberal Arts Graduation 2011

Today was momentous in our family.  Sarah graduated from UT.  It was a fun, hot, exhausting, exciting day.  Congratulations, Sarah!!

Shaking the dean's hand

College graduate.... now what?

very studious

The Many Faces of Emma

We love our granddaughter, Emma.  Words simply cannot describe her.  Maybe some pictures will help.

Garden Update

It's been a while since I posted garden pictures.  Here's some of what's going on in our backyard.

Second red hibiscus of the season

Second peach hibiscus of the season

Maggie - baby tree

Maggie now - 2 years old

BIG pile of lettuce for Mother's Day salad

Colorful Swiss Chard

Petunias, Begonias, and Morning Glories doing well

Two-headed purple cabbage

First Granny Smith apple that fell off the tree

FIRST POTATOES of the season

All from the garden - new potatoes, brussels sprouts, and snow peas

Being a Grandparent

Last weekend Emma brought Meredith and Steve over to visit and eat pizza.  Grandy and Emma (with Meredith's help) played nerf badminton.  Collin was a bit jealous and took the ball every chance he got.  Not being very good at fetching things, he would take the ball to the other side of the yard, leave it, and run back.

Meredith and Steve went to Best Buy for a while, so Grandy and Grandma got to babysit for the first time.  Boy, oh boy, that little girl has a lot of energy.  She played the piano with Grandy.  At first she played WITH him.  Then she decided she wanted to play by herself and pushed him off the bench!  We had a great time and can't wait to keep her again.

Please feel free to submit captions for the pictures.  I'll add them.

Taking a break from piano to read a book

Two-Way Adoration