Congratulations, Amy!!!

Amy got her diploma from the State of Pennsylvania. I know she and her sisters were very hard working homeschoolers. Amy is such a cute girl and she has such a lovely singing voice....music runs in the family for sure!

This cake was a combination chocolate and yellow cake. It was yummy!

Older sister, Carrie looks stunning in her new shorter do...love the highlights, too!

Katie and Josh do some dancing...

Jeannie and Michael do a little dancing, too

Jim and Jerry provided some great music for us.

Check out the wood Jerry has cut. They have some land and he goes and cuts this wood himself. The wood on the porch is about 1/5 of the wood he has cut for next winter.

Aunt Amy with Carrie's Hannah and Katie's Grace.

Hannah playing in the yard.....she and Michael ran around the yard the whole time. Why can't older people have that kind of energy? I think I can vaguely remember this ability....kids can go a long time before their batteries run down.

Oldest sister, Katie got a workout bringing Michael back into the yard. I think he was trying to escape so he could avoid the long ride in the car back to St. Louis.

Granddaughter, Amy has graduated from High School. She was home schooled her whole life. Each year ALL her work was evaluated by someone from the state and she also had to pass the state tests. Each year when we have gone we are always impressed by the huge notebooks full of reports, projects, math home work, tests and art work. I was always impressed with the quality of work they produced. I am sure their evaluators were also. I remember asking Jeannie how she got her girls to work so hard....sometimes parents are the last ones to be able to motivate their kids, but Jeannie was a tough teacher and she didn't let them cut corners.

Jeannie always took her job as teacher very seriously. She woke up early and the kids got busy. I was always confident in her ability and her dedication. Looking for great curriculums and materials was her past time. Amy is the youngest of three girls and now Jeannie's job is complete! I thought the celebration was probably for her, too! She said she was glad it was all done. I know they both feel a sense of accomplishment.