Friday, May 29, 2009

Washington DC Celebratory Trip




All Samantha wanted for graduation was to be able to take a weekend trip with just Mom and Dad..................consequently, Washington D.C. here we come!


Going for Seafood in D.C...................

Samantha and her Dad were ready to go out on the town. She looked so beautiful.............hard to believe she was that tom-boy of a girl when she was in elementary school!

Our great friends.......the Bailey's

Posing with a pic with our good friends, Ethan's classmate Andrew and his mom Melodie, following graduation.

Kindergarten Graduation

Not only did we have college, high school, and pre-school graduation----we had kindergarten graduation. Ethan did great this year and is posing with a picture with his teacher Mrs. Vickery. He is ready for 1st grade.............

Spring Elementary Music Concert




Along with the end of the year comes a final music concert. Hannah sang and played in the band and Ethan sang. Special guests were Aunt Anita, Aunt Betty, Granny Robberson, Grandma Small, Dad and Cousin Daegony.
Oops.....brother Noah and mom were there as well.





We were exhausted when the day was over, but we had a wonderful time and thank Harold's sister, Mary Lochmann, for catering the dinner for us. All the food was delicious and we enjoyed spending the evening at The Lebo Diner. Above are our graduates......Arryn, Sarah, and Samantha. Finally, Harold, Sarah, Samantha, Tracey. We are so very proud of our daughters and love them very much!!!!!!

We were blessed to have Arryn's parents with us to celebrate. Dr. Roger and Brenda Stacy came and met all of the Small's and Robberson's that made the trek to enjoy the blessings of family and friends...................

Family time...............











We were surrounded by family and enjoyed being together.....................
Airyn Lochmann and Grandma Small----Uncle Larry, Uncle Matt, Aunt Kimala, Uncle Mike----Uncle Mike and Aunt Anita----Aunt Peggy, Granny Robberson and Scott............











We had three graduations in our family...............Sarah from Lebo High School, Samantha from the University of Nebraska, and Scott's girlfriend, Arryn Stacy, from Oklahoma State University. We celebrated all together with a combined reception. It was a lot of fun and we have many happy memories of all their hard work..............

More grad photos...




It was a great ceremony and we were all glad to be there to celebrate with Sarah..................

The High School Choir


The choir sang during the grad ceremony.....

Sarah's High School Graduation

Yeah!!!! We were all celebrating when we saw Sarah walk through the door during the processional......

Monday, May 11, 2009

More precious pics.......

Samantha and Grandma Small and of course, little brother Noah!! We are so proud of you Samantha and love you very much.......


We are so proud of our girl graduating from UNL!

We enjoyed watching Samantha cross the stage...................pictured here is Samantha and her Uncle Mike. She's in the center of the group pic.....can you find her???









Ethan's 7th Birthday

We celebrated at school and then in Nebraska as we were attending sister Samantha's college graduation. Happy Birthday son.....we love you so so much!









More pics from the concert at the Lebo UMC.


Aunt Betty and Fran singing in the choir.....


Fran playing the chimes.


Popcorn and Lemonade Concert at the Lebo United Methodist Church


Hannah playing "What Do Bears Wear?" Samantha and Sarah both played this same song when they were younger.

More prom pics.............





The kids
were
having
fun....

Sarah and her date, Trevor...................


We took pictures at Grandpa and Grandma Smalls home......
They looked so great!

Sarah's Senior Prom

Dad was the chauffer for the prom..................Sarah and her date, Trevor, were whisked away to the dance......in Dad's new toy.....his green volvo. (Notice the chauffer hat on Dad)

Sarah and Grandma smiling pretty!!








Sunday, May 3, 2009

The "grad" group

Grandma Small, Uncle Matt, Cousin Airyn, Granny Robberson, Cousin Sam, Ethan, Cousin Daegony, Aunt Mary, Noah and a friend...........

We are truly blessed...........................

Wow, Noah!!


We are so thankful he is our son.............what a blessing he is to us and the entire family. We thank the Lord for all our children and pray that we will be able to raise them as He sees fit!!

Granny and the boys................


These boys never get spoiled by Granny.............
ha ha ha!!!

Celebratory SUGAR...................

There's nothing like a peanut butter cookie with a kiss on top.................except a kiss from our little buddy!

The Graduate

Here is our little guy getting his "diploma". We were all so proud of him.

What a cutie pie!

Our sweet Noah......they were singing a song about going to sleep. The rest of the kids are "sleeping".
Not our Noah............he's the night owl!

Here is Noah's pre-school group

Cousin Daegony is on the right side in the white with striped shirt...........blonde hair, next to the podium.