It's hard to believe that 2011 is GONE. Happy New Year to you!
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December was such a busy month that I didn't have time to tell you that our first-born grandchild, Lauren, graduated with honors from the University of South Florida (USF). Johnny and I are so proud. The picture below shows the three of us. Note that I have on a Blue shirt.
My daughter came to see the graduation and celebrate with two of her children--Caeli and Zachary. Here's a picture of them with Brittany, Lauren's sister. They're outside the St. Pete Times Forum where the graduation took place. Each one is showing off their Blue! Parts of the building is our color Blue.
Lauren's degree is in elementary education, and she already has a teaching position with some fortunate first graders. She's so excited!
The color for education is Blue, as you can see from Lauren's tassel. (She's holding Odi, her mini dachshund.)
Happy Blue Monday!
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Same here, thats the color for Educ as well. Congratulations to her! and happy new year Sally :)
ReplyDeleteYou have a beautiful family Sally. Happy new year!
ReplyDeleteawwwww...congratulations to her Sally! You must be a proud grandma....happy new year!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you, Sally, and a healthy one. All the best for 2012. xo
ReplyDeleteIt must be Blue Monday Grandchildren's day! I posted about little Romeo.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to your Granddaughter and of course to the wonderful & supportative Grandparents!
Happy New Year Sally. I'm wishing you a healthy and happy 2012!
blessings. Dixie
Congratulations are in order. She is so bright and beautiful. Happy New Year Sally.
ReplyDeleteMy Blue and Mellow Yellow Monday.
Happy New Year, Sally. You must be so proud of your graduate. It's wonderful that she has a job waiting for her. That is a real accomplishment these days. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and that the new year has only good things in store for you. Hugs and blessings...Mary
ReplyDeleteLauren is so pretty. Thanks for sharing those great pictures. Wishing you a blessed, Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteHi Sally, What a proud moment for all of you I love the photo of you and Johnny with Lauren. You look lovely and your granddaughter is very pretty too. Johnny is looking proud and happy. Congratulations to Lauren for achieving her graduation with honors. I am proud of her too. Love the photo of your grands as well. A very good looking bunch.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you and yours dear Sally.
Blessings and love, Jeanne
great photos! happy new year :)
ReplyDeleteHowdy Sally
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh you must be so excited to see another Teacher in the family tree ! What a gorgeous young woman she is ! Blessings to you and and a great big congratulations to her :)
Happy 2012 sweet Sally and a very blessed Blue Monday you have provided for us once again .
Thank you for being you :)
Until next time
Happy Trails
Congratulations on this happy news!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year Dear friend!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Lauren on her graduation!
she is such a pretty girl!!
warmest hugs..
Loui♥
Congrats to Lauren. Happy new year to all...
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congratulation to her. You have a very lovely family Sally..
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Congratulations, Lauren!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
Sally,
ReplyDeleteCongrats to your new grad!! And Congrats that she has a job!!
You are looking well and I hope feeling well?
Wishing you and yours a Happy and Healthy New Year!!
Thanks so much for hosting Blue Monday!!
Hugs,
Debbie
Hello, dear friend,
ReplyDeleteI can understand why you are so thrilled with your g'girl. Congratulations to her. We have 4 teachers in our family.....:)
xo bj
Congratulations to her! :)
ReplyDeleteHappy new year Aunt Sally, how are you? BTW, my link is up!
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Oh they grow up so fast. She looks happy and I wish for her a great Life.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you and your family. Glad you are still here for this New Year. Life is great for you.
I know you are a proud G'mama. Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteShe is going to have such fun.I retired from teaching and still miss my babies.
You look wonderful Sally! Congratulations to your granddaughter!! Wishes for a very happy and healthy New Year to you and your family.
ReplyDelete♥, Susan
such a lovely family..congrautlations to her!
ReplyDeletehappy new year and all the best for 2012!
i have a little blue in my San Remo entry
Congratulations, Lauren!
ReplyDeleteSally.... what a lovely family and photo. You are looking well, and I am glad to have you back posting/hosting our Blue Monday. Happy New Year...
Happy New Year Sally! Wow! You must be so proud! Lauren and all the other "grands" are beautiful! What a proud moment. I get teary about it because my first born son will be our first college grad this Spring 2012!
ReplyDeleteI love the pose in front of the graduation building! What sweet kids they are to help you out on a Blue Monday.
May this new year be filled with good health and more beautiful family celebrations! Hugs Anne
Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteAnd a huge congratulations to the graduate and to your entire family!
Sally, what great news! Tell Lauren that I graduated in January, went straight into a classroom, and truly loved my career in elementary education. I taught 30 years, the last 10 teaching first graders. She is starting out working with my favorite age. Lauren is going to have such fun working with these little ones. I wish her much success. Congratulations to the new teacher!
ReplyDeleteAnd Happy 2012 to you and your family. All the best ~ Sarah
Congrats to her!
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for sharing;o)
I wish you all the best for the new year!
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Sally, so glad you are feeling well this year and can attend this wonderful occassion. She looks so proud of her accomplishment. Always proud of new teachers, my daughter is one also,
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year
Ann
Your grand girl is a very pretty and doing well. It is nice to learn things going on with your family. So proud to see you looking and feeling better. This is going to be a much better year for you health wise.
ReplyDeleteBravo for a lovely, numerous and merituos family! :)
ReplyDeleteThe best of blessings for you and your beautiful family dear Sally. May God give you lots of good health and everything your heart desires! Thank you for hosting last year 2011 and having me and thank you for today. Love you,
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Congratulations to Lauren! Love all the grad-related blues!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year and Congratulations! :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulation to your grandchild:) She really made her grandparents so proud of her!
ReplyDeleteHer's my share for BM! Hope you can visit too:)
http://www.loveablecassandra.com/2011/12/little-artist-in-the-making.html
Congratulations to Lauren! What a great milestone. She looks like a lovely girl and you, my friend, took a wonderful picture!
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Jane
Happy Blue Monday and Happy New Year, Sally. And, big congratulations to your Lauren. You are all blessed to have your loving family.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year! Happy Blue Monday!
ReplyDeleteYou're looking good in the picture with your granddaughter - hope your health is improving every day! I've always loved Sally in Dick and Jane, too. Did you have blond curls? I always wanted to be blond, but I did have auburn curls. Now, they are just gray waves. Guess I can never be our favorite Sally!! Sally
ReplyDeleteDelicious blue, congratulations to Lauren, beautiful photos.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to your family sally especially to your grand daughter...
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year Sally!
ReplyDeleteI hope you had a wonderful Christmas and holiday season. Congratulations to your grand daughter. I know you would so very proud of her! Yay for having a great job waiting for her also.
Your pictures are wonderful and you look so lovely. It looks like you are getting better and better.
have great week.
Judi
Congratulations! My hubs just graduated, so I feel your excitement. :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations over there. I was so happy to see you looking better than ever Sally. Happy New Year.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to your beautiful grand daughter, Lauren!
ReplyDeleteI came by to wish you a very happy and healthy 2012, Sally!
Best wishes, Pat
Congratulations to Lauren and to that first grade class of children who will have the pleasure of starting school with a well-educated, apparently brilliant, teacher. laurie
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful family! Wishing you a happy and healthy New Year!
ReplyDeleteHi Sally,
ReplyDeleteGood to hear from you, it's been a long time! Thanks for your visit! Looks like we here in FL are in for some cold weather, Brrrr! I was loving the warm temps!
Happy New Year!
Katherine
Love the family photos! And congratulations to Lauren for getting that degree -- and for having such an adorable doggie!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
So happy I found your blog. Blue Monday is so much fun. Thanks for hosting the party and sharing your pictures!
ReplyDeletehappy blue monday and happy new year too!
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Congratualtions to your granddaughter Sally! I can see she takes after her grandmother :>) It sounds like you had a wonderful Christmas with many things to celebrate. I hope you and your family have a very blessed and joyful New Year. That little dog is so cute! You have a very nice looking family.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to your lovely grand daughter, Sally.
ReplyDeleteHugs!
Congratulations to that lovely daughter of yours. Those first graders will be blessed to have Lauren in their very young lives.
ReplyDeleteYou my girl, are blessed with a beautiful family.
God bless and I hope you have a marvelous 2012 sweet Sally!!! :o)
Happy New Year and and congratulations for your blog! I have a post: http://acrilice-pointpen.blogspot.com/2012/01/pasiune.html Is good for Blue Monday? I am first time here, thank you for understanding!
ReplyDeletehi, sally i just grabbed your button and will link up as soon as i'll have something blue in my closet.. thanks
ReplyDelete"Lauren's degree is in elementary education, and she already has a teaching position with some fortunate first graders. She's so excited!"
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Lauren, you must be so proud of her. :) That's fantastic that she already has a position lined up and it just goes to show that all the doom and gloom about the graduate jobs market that we're getting from the media needs to be taken with a pinch of salt.
(On another note, Odi is adorable. I have a soft spot for Dachshunds. :))