Zachy Graduated!!!

Late post, but, he did it :) My handsome nephew Zachary John Lawrence Koch graduated from Kennedy High School. He received three academic medals and will be joining the Marines.

Zach will be working for the summer at US Corrugated, a great summer job for him to save up a nice chunk of money before he leaves us. I'm so proud of this kid, he is truly amazing and has been through so much in his young age, to accomplish what he has and to have such big plans for his future is just monumental.

We love you Zach, and the your future is full of amazing possibilities!!

New Art

I finally got my birthday tattoo :) A lily flower representing my family with fallen petals for my grandparents that have passed, their initials are in the petals. I decided to get this one on my right side. Our artist, Jason Evans at Neon Dragon, is phenomenal, no joke! He free handed this piece and it only took him two hours with one break.

Zach and Carley were there with me the entire time, I think Carley may be rethinking getting a tattoo on her side once she is old enough ;) This was by far the most painful tattoo I have gotten, honestly my other ones didn't really hurt at all. I can fake it though, Jason was shocked when I mentioned how painful it was because I didn't flinch at all during it, I'm good at hiding pain.

Here is my beautiful piece of art, one of the most beautiful tattoos I've ever seen :)

Prom!

We get to experience a lot of "big" high school events having Zach with us this year. This past weekend he had his senior prom, it was an exciting event :) He was unhappy with the "cream" shoes that came with his white tux so he just had to get some blue and white Nike's instead, some blue sunglasses, blue earrings, a sweet new white watch, he was totally stylin ;)

The day was sadly rainy and chilly so we did pictures at the Marriott. His date, Carley, looked amazing in her royal blue dress. She is just the sweetest girl and they looked so darn cute together :)

It brought back quite a few memories, it really wasn't that long ago that I got to go to my senior prom :) I must say the kids are just as goofy and fun as we were, I'm thankful Zach has such a good group of friends! I'm just so happy Zach was able to have a really good time and truly enjoy his senior prom :)

It's GONE....

My hair that is :) After going back and forth, back and forth, I finally let David chop it off! I LOVE it, as I always do when it is super short, but I think I may have to keep the style around more permanently this time :)

I love that you can see David in the mirror :)

Ta-da! I'm soooooooo happy with it!