Busy, busy, busy

Times have been busy for us Cunninghams, particularly over the past few weeks. Last Friday, I graduated high school from Geneva Christian Academy, and Seth received the award for Most Improved Student. After the ceremonies, I was whisked away from the food table and from socializing to take a million pictures. Then, Seth and I went to a friend's house to party. We played ping pong, billiards, and some card games before we left close to midnight. We ended up spending the night at the Greers' (some church friends of ours). There was a large grill out the next day and then a family dinner celebrating Grandma Linda Cunningham's birthday.

But, things would only get busier for us. On Monday, we attended the annual Memorial Day picnic at the Howland's farm. We had a good time in the boats on the pond, going fishing, playing some games, and enjoying fellowship with our church family. We left early so that we could drive up to Ellijay, North Georgia. We arrived just in time for dinner with Grandma Gail and Grandpa Tom from Arizona. The next day, we went to the Rec Center to go swimming and to play some free miniature golf. We discovered that Mandy is actually a mermaid when it comes to water, whether it be in the hot tub in the cabin or in the Rec swimming pool. On Wednesday, Grandma Gail, Mom, and myself went to Dawsonville (a long trip that took over an hour because of a sloooow truck in front of us) to get Mom's much in- advance Christmas present. She received a lovely set of crystal goblets. We also looked around at some clothes stores and ended up buying some cute shirts. After our return to the cabin, everyone went to Blue Ridge for bowling. We had a blast, and the alley was quiet. Grandma Gail beat us all, and Dad came in second place. On Thursday, everyone went to downtown Ellijay to browse around some antique shops. It was fun just to look around. We went to the library as well, which was under the ever- watchful eye of the hawk... I mean, librarian. She insisted on absolute silence, which meant no talking above a whisper and absolutely no cell phones, even if you're just listening to a voice mail. That night, we went to the Pink Pig, a local restaurant, for dinner. On Friday morning, we spent the time packing up everything and taking pictures. All in all, it was a lovely trip. It was nice to have the time to relax and not worry about graduation speeches, rehearsal dinners, and the like.

And now, we enter summer vacation.