Senior Moments

Y'all. I wasn't kidding when I said life has happened in the nearly three years that I was away from the blogging world. It really has. There've been so many things, many of them being senior moments. And I mean that in a couple of ways. Now, I'm by no means old enough to be having 'senior' moments of the elderly variety, but it seems as though I am having more and more. I forget things. Lots of things. I ache all over. Lots of aches. I indulge in 'old lady' pursuits more and more. However, these are not the senior moments I will write about today.

My babies have grown up.

Lefty graduated high school and moved off to college.

 

Her first job, at the local SnoCone stand.

    

She won numerous awards...Young Person of the Year, Arkansas Scholar, and All-State Cheerleader

She led her cheer squad to Nationals at Disney, separate post soon!

A few college visits

Colors Day Queen

Even did a little modeling

Prom

Graduation

Temporary new home...OBU Frances Crawford Hall

Boo has two months left in her high school senior year.

Last event as a dance team member

Got an adorable new car

Went to prom with her then boyfriend (his prom)

Toured several colleges, accepting many scholarships along the way

Theatre became her main attraction, being named to All-State Cast in performance arts.

Colors Day Court

Senior pics

They are beautiful pieces of me. I can't believe that they are grown already. When I think of them, I picture them as this...

Forever.

Growing Up

 is what Lefty is doing. Right in front of my unbelieving eyes. I still see her as this little girl

But she has gone through many phases...

A little awkward phase

A major tomboy phase

13...the beginning of stunningly beautiful

The cheer phase

The first week of the braces phase

5 minutes before the braces phase ended

And the milestone that was referred to in this post...the braces are off!!! And I got to be there, thanks to a snow/ice storm that required my school district to close at early.

Isn't that smile gorgeous?!?!