FABulous Evening

May ... another time of remembrance.  For many years the days on the May calendar filled with field days, spring sports, awards ceremonies, Mother's Day, banquets, final exams, Commencement ceremony, graduation parties, yearbook signings and locker clean-out days, final grades due, and then Memorial Day - another time of remembrance.

While this May's calendar will be filled with different types of events, it will still be full of times to remember.

One such time ... our Commencement Celebration.  

After months of planning, coordinating, and scheduling, the night had finally arrived, and everyone donned some fancy clothes and remembered their dancing shoes as well.  Across the fields to the next village and up the hill to the Parsberg Castle, we took a few moments to digitally record all the family's finery before we commenced.

Upon entering the banquet hall, we were able to enjoy the fruit of our afternoon labors -- many thanks to all the hands who volunteered with the set-up of tables and chairs, with the washing of dishes and the precise placing of flatware, with the untangling of decorations - it was a gusty afternoon!, and so much more.

Congratulations to Emi Patterson and Micaiah Lopez

The evening was filled with feasting family-style, musical performances by students from our homeschool community, heartfelt speeches delivered by proud fathers and by their lovely soon-to-be-graduating daughters, memory-packed slideshows, singing ...

and dancing!

a FABulous evening

Another blessing lavished upon our family while here in Bavaria is the wonderful community of fellow believers that God has provided ... family while we are far from our own.  And within this community, our children have had the privilege of developing friendships with a great group of young men and women.What an incredible evening of celebrating with our family here in Germany!