We've had a wonderful

busy, not-so-healthy, week...

We headed to Auburn Thursday for a BIG CELEBRATION.

 We are so very-VERY proud of Matt 

and all that he has accomplished as he has 

graduated from Auburn University this past weekend! 

THRILLED!!!

But the truth is that both Craig and I have been a little under the weather 

for most of the week 

so our goal was to head down and celebrate and 

not ruin his special weekend with our sickness - 

and, for the most part, we succeeded. 

I think. 

We didn't spend as much time with these two as we'd hoped - 

we didn't want them to get our germs, 

and, turns out, Craig needed to rest as much as possible.

Still -- it was A BLAST to share  our traditional campus walk 

and photo-op day 

[such beautiful weather!!] 

Matt was a willing participant - 

[although, I think he DID get a little tired of us telling him to 

'jump' in the attempt to get the perfect shot -ha.]

But, you only get your under-grad degree once, right?!?

We enjoyed seeing the places that have 

meant something to him these last four years...

And we had dinner at a couple of fun, local places - 

The Irish Bred Pub one evening and 

an Italian place we'd been looking forward to trying for a while now. 

[Sorry I can't remember the name -]

Both were DELISH.

We had Mexican at a local favorite after graduation

[knew the 'special' places would be extra crowded - 

so we ate at those earlier in the weekend.]

Loved seeing him sharing the excitement with his senior design team! 

And a good friend that he's hung out with since Middle School 

graduated in the same ceremony!

Fun!

So, my body's been flirting with the flu all week - killer headaches and back pains and nausea  [no sickness or temp though!] And Craig has respiratory YUCK that has progressively gotten worse.We almost ended up at the doc in the box before the ceremony - but he was a trooper and made it until we got home [and we live 4 hours away - ] 

 

THANK GOODNESS for our local american family cares clinic that was willing to see a patient 3 minutes before they locked their doors -- after x-rays and examination it turns out he has pneumonia - with lots of meds and rest he'll [hopefully] be good as new in a few days!

And me? Well, I still have some sick moments - but thank the Lord that He took away the worst of it on Saturday so I felt like driving home!

We spent Sunday watching the marathon of NCiS - 

and resting, of course.  

So, Cheers! to a great week ahead!

[But, I'm still working on a couple of PINTEREST ideas -

 be on the look-out for another one this week!]

Oh, and here's another challenge for you - 

12-12-12

is THIS WEEK!

Find something special to do to commemorate it!