par~tay with the cousins!

Amber, Arden, Naomi, Canyon, Celina, and River... LOVE THEM

saying goodbye to the Livingstons

nate's aunt jani threw him a "graduation bbq" and it was GREAT,even with the rainy weather. sidenote: we had THE WORST weather for graduation. it was ridiculous how cold it was!!! so the bbq'ing was done in the garage and we ate inside. i didn't get too many pictures but it was a great time. it was great for my mom and dad to meet and spend time with our cleveland family! there were LOTS of tears as it was a BIG night of 'goodbyes'! when we got back to our apartment i told nate i felt like i could just cry and cry for a very long time. even though all our stuff {beds, dishes, etc} was packed up on saturday, we still slept at our house on air mattresses, portable cribs, and cushions until we left tuesday. looking back i am glad we did. it was nice to spend those last few nights in our home of three years. we STILL cannot believe that chapter of our life is over. we miss the McWilliams clan tons!

SURPRISE!

we had a surprise visit from Celina and River! they are in school in Buffalo and we didn't think they could make it to the BBQ. we were bummed. then they surprised everyone {besides arden and amber who had ej during the graduation and apparently ej got to hang out with ALL four of them ALL DAY} and showed up at the BBQ. we were BEYOND happy to see them one last time!

they had to leave early so this is where the tears first started!

they love ej so much! she was one lucky girl to have all these cousins in cleveland!!!!!!!!!!!! we had weekly dinners {almost} with Arden and Amber and ej got to spend lots of time with them~ it was GREAT! amber was a MUCH better hostess then i was! what's even better is after ej would go to bed, nate and i got to stay up and chat with them even more! we love 'em and miss them SO MUCH!