Our First Anniversary ~ North Carolina

I can't believe that one year has already gone by!  So many memories and fun times that Ben and I had this year culminated in our first anniversary trip.  We went to Asheville, North Carolina and spent some time in the beautiful mountains there.  In flat Florida, we don't see any mountains, so it was wonderful to revisit the mountains we had seen as children.

Mountains on our way into Cataloochee

Ben recorded a lot of the trip with our GoPro

We had a picnic lunch when we got into the old historic town of Cataloochee ~ one of the last of the old settlement towns.

Our picnic was in front of the old schoolhouse

We went on a hike through the old mountains.  It was beautiful!

The Caldwell Place

We had a wonderful time celebrating our first anniversary in North Carolina.  We hope to go back someday and revisit these beautiful mountains again!  

Rebekah's Graduation & Party

My sister graduated high school!  It's hard to believe that my little sister is a graduate and is heading to college in the Fall!  What??? Ben and I flew up for this special event and got to see a lot of my family and some friends!  All to celebrate our wonderful Beksy!  Here are the photos from her graduation and party.  We all had a great time!

My mom, Aunt Becky, and Uncle Buddy ready for the ceremony!

Fife and drum players from Colonial Williamsburg

There's my dad walking in!  He's the one in the cap and blue and red hood!

The band played a Highland song.  Not sure why it was a Highland song lol.

My dad got to give Rebekah her diploma!

Our graduate!

Tiny and Larry came all the way from PA to see my sister graduate!  It was nice to see these old friends!

The whole gang! (minus Grammy and Pop)

Me and my daddy!

The West Virginia gang

A little later in the day we headed over to have a party for Rebekah.  We listened to cool music, played Apples to Apples, and took Photo Booth photos!

It was Pop's idea to put pictures around the tables.  We had a lot of cute pictures of Rebekah to share! ;)

My pretty mommy!

The graduate!

Our gift to Bekah!

Mrs. Pfeiffer got her a beautiful purple journal!

Madison and Rebekah are both going to Liberty University in the fall!

Rebekah's high school friend group

We got Bekah a lip gloss stylus for her tablet, birds on a wire picture holders, and banner sticky notes.  All from Fred & Friends.  They have some super cute things that are great for all occasions!

Mom and Dad got Bekah Bose headphones!

Happy Graduation, Rebekah!  Good luck in the fall at Liberty University!  We are so proud of you and know you are going to be great in all you do!