Sister Gloria, Lynn, Debbie 
CondosMonday: Curtis got the laptop back working so will write to catch up Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I'll do some photos later. You will have to come back to see them as I work on editing the pictures. But I have to wait until I get back home to put the Adobe Photoshop Elements back in.
Betty said she was really sick by now of that apple tree photo! She also asked if I was ready for a Mac. I said "It had occured to me, but I'm already heavily invested in HP it seems."
Let's seeeee. You know I can't remember anything for 10 minutes, so this is going to be difficult to go back three days. I know Debbie was working like a dog for the graduation party that was Saturday. Still a relatively cool day for here.
Well, I asked but no one else remembers much either about three days ago. Except that Thursday was the day of Baccalaureate. Tayler had long practices for that and the graduation ceremony. We left early and drove quite a ways to Tayler's school where it was held in the gym. I never realized she had so far to drive to school every day. The school buildings are quite magnificent, all with top of the line classrooms Curtis says. It's up in the Summerlin area, where I haven't been much, all new huge, high end development. Very exquisite desert landscaping - most beautiful I've ever seen (no pictures to show you). There are condos over there that cost $$$$$$$$$ 8 or 9 million . Golf courses with big waterfalls. Fancy shops.
Tayler has been going to a private school since eighth grade - Faith Lutheran. Their school name is The Crusaders - a knight on a horse. All this time I knew it was a church school but didn't realize how religious it is. The students all wear uniforms, plus they have a dress code for other events and no piercing or tattoos. There were 150 seniors graduating. Close to 100% are going to college or military academy. I only saw one student listed who said he was undecided. Half of them got the Nevada Millenium Scholarship ($10,000 and renewed each year if they keep a 3.0 gradepoint average) and many other scholarships. Most had at least one scholarship. There were five valdictorians. I was surprised how few black kids there were. They have also excelled in athletics. Tayler was on the swim team, and other sports too.
Baccalaureate was very nice. It started at 6:30, and we had to be there an hour early to get the seats. Debbie took some cushions for the bleacher seats we had. It was early enough we went without dinner afterwards.
Tayler wore a pretty black and white skirt and jacket outfit. The students and teachers all did presentations, with music, several bands, choirs, a hand bell ensemble, and speakers, hymns, bible verses and prayers. There was a lot of humor. The ceremony lasted about an hour and a half.
There were several verses, but their class verse was "The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Deuteronomy 31:8". It seems very appropriate for going out into the very scary world.
Afterwards the four of us went out to eat at the Cheesecake Factory. I love Reubens so had a Reuben that wasn't. I.E. strange - turkey and coleslaw. Yes I did have strawberry cheesecake, brought it home and it kept calling to me when I woke up in the middle of the night. So I ate half of it then, and the rest the next day.
This was the night I tried to watch the movie "Click" on TV, but fell asleep before the end - hate that - after Debbie went to bed, so she didn't get me up - and slept sitting in the recliner until about 3 a.m. - hate that. Then couldn't go back to sleep for several hours - hate that. That's when I ate the cheesecake.
