The End

How do you end something that has been the biggest part of your adult life? Homeschooling is done, all four of you have graduated. Raising children is done, all four  of you are now adults. This stage has been winding down and so has this blog. Children naturally want less mom time and especially mom taking too many pictures time as they get older. We've had a lot of change and transitions over these last few years and change is hard  but it's a part of life.  This blog, which is a two parter, is YOUR Scrapbook Trevor, Hayley, Colin and Tristan. Of course I didn't capture everything but a scrapbook is about the highlights of life, some pieces of life, parts of your story. I hope you will enjoy looking back on these two blogs some day and fondly remember some fun times from your childhoods. Of course I have a million more pictures if you want them :-)!  This is the end of this blog. I may go back and add a few things into the appropriate date ranges at some point but this is the last post. The story of your childhoods is done and now the story of your adulthoods is your own to tell in whatever way you choose to or if you choose to. When my mom was raising me there were no blogs, there was no internet! These days parents raising young children have Vlogs or video blogs to utilize. I took pictures and blogged.

http://anothernaturewalk.blogspot.com/  -The younger years

http://mywildhomeschool.blogspot.com/  - The older years

I'm so proud of each of you.

Tristan graduates

How can it be, my youngest child has graduated high school and homeschooling. He's done! I'm done! What do I do now?! Truthfully I've been transitioning into more full time work all year so there is no big change but it feels different. Change can be hard, maybe that's why I waited until August to formally give Tristan his diploma! He graduated in April but I guess I wasn't quite ready for that stage of my life to end so I held on a little longer. It was time, I not only presented his diploma I then went on to clear out more homeschooling items (many I had already sold or given away) and I changed around our dining room, which was more library than anything else and made the focus more a comfortable sitting room/dining room. So proud of this young man for all he has accomplished in his years of growing up and homeschooling. You have done well Tristan!

A trip up north, job interview

Hayley had a job interview a couple hours north of here so we made a day of it. We visited the lakes region,  some scenic areas, a farmer's market, a craft fair, a church fair and Ben and Jerry's!

The Nifty Fifties!

Tristan's last play with co-op, his senior year play is a really good one! The Nifty Fifties is a musical set in the fifties, it's full of energetic song and dance numbers and plenty of great acting and sets. The cast ended each night with a performance of More Than Conquerors.