Our sweet little Dyl Pickle has graduated high school. When I met Dyl Dyl (I bet he loves all my nicknames) he was 10! At that time, he wanted to follow in his oldest brother's (Ryan) footsteps and go to NAU. He taught me to play some awesome songs on the guitar and in a few years, maybe he'll do the same for Cooper. We headed to Tucson on Wednesday to watch him graduate (middle brother Tyler is missing from the above picture, he had to take his baby girl home to get some sleep). A bunch of the family was there to watch him walk across the stage and get his diploma and we all cheered VERY loudly. We did all kind of wish that his last name started with a B instead of a W, but you take the hand you're dealt.
We spent the rest of our time with Ryan's mom and brothers. She got lots of Cooper time and I think we talked her in to coming to visit soon! It was cloudy when we got there and proceeded to rain for two days; I was in heaven. It's so rare to be able to sleep with the doors and windows open in May in Tucson. We got to see all the brothers and future sisters-in-laws, and we got to spend a bunch of time with Tyler and Vanessa's little girl, our niece, Jalyn. It was so cute to watch her and Cooper together. We'll see them again in November and they'll both be walking, I can't imagine the kind of trouble they'll get themselves into then!
We are very proud of Dylan and we are really proud of his Mom, Laura. She raised five beautiful boys by herself and got them all out the door (well, Dylan will be moving in August). She did an incredible job, now she can go have some FUN (right Laura??).
Hope everybody is having a happy Memorial Day weekend!
So cool that you got to spend time with family. Oh and I had no idea that you played the guitar! So cool. We should play some time, although I haven't played for quite some time now, but we could teach each other some stuff.
Oh yes, Cooper is so grown up I hardley recognize him. He is looking like a big boy.
Oh, I should have mentioned that he taught me the songs... but I don't remember them! I'm sure if I picked up a guitar, I could try to figure them out though! He is getting bigger, still no teeth! So funny.