Erika the Graduate

Earlier this month Walter and I had the pleasure of attending a graduation party for my good friend Charyl's niece, Erika. Erika and her family celebrated with a good old fashioned picnic meal and lots of warm sunshine - something that had been previously missing from such events in the Northwest!

Erika's mom Brenda is a great cook and she put together lots of yummy eats. There was a really delicious bean dish, a yummy orzo salad and pasta salad and more. Erika's dad Don is handy at the grill and he served up some awesome burgers and dogs. I took my finger jello along and the little ones especially loved munching on those. For dessert Brenda whipped up cute little graduation cupcakes in wafer ice cream cones!

Walter and I really appreciated being included at this event. It was great to see the rest of Erika's family and meet a couple people I hadn't had the pleasure to meet before.

Brenda put together this great photo wall of Erika pictures.


And here is a picture of Erika and the family dog Snowball taken at the party.

You can see more pictures from the party here.

What's next for Erika? Well the whole family is leaving on a cruise to Alaska in about a week and I'm sure she's looking forward to that. In the fall Erika will be attending Cascadia Community College in Bothell near her home. Congratulations Erika and we wish you all the best for your future success and happiness.