Happy Graduation, Little Kate!

Little Kate graduated from Athens High School on Saturday! Go Bulldogs, Class of 2026! We had a lunch to celebrate, and I made coconut layer cake.

But first, to the high school for the ceremony!

There she is!

 

We gathered at mom and dad's house after the cermony for a celebration lunch. Mer made hammy sammies, mom made a veggie tray, and I made the cake!

 

Then she also had a graduation party this evening at the Zenner House with three of her friends.

They each set up a table with photos and memorabilia. 

The proud parents!

 

Tracy and Aaron.

There was sooooooo much food!

Dad, Uncle Tom, and Aunt Sue.

Proud family!

Cornhole!

It was a beautiful evening to celebrate a very special lady.

Porchfest 2026

Today was Porchfest 2026! This year they had bands on the West side on Saturday in additon to Sunday's bands on the East side. I only went to the Sunday lineup. We started at noon with Larry Elefante!

Then we headed to see Emily Singer & The Heartbeats.

Then we took a little break for some euchre.

Next up we saw Chris Michael and the Andrews.

Then we caught some of Ready Aim Flowers.

After that we popped by to see the Athens County Jazz Stompers for a bit.

And we ended the afternoon with the Caitlin Kraus Band. What a great event!

Enter The Kingdom

Starting in January I subjected myself to more horror than I typically would, by attending all ten screenings of ENTER THE KINGDOM, a retrospective of Stephen King film adaptations hosted by the Athena Cinema. The last show was tonight.

As a genre, I generally don’t love scary movies, however Stephen King has always been one of my favorite writers and I love the way his mind works. So this was a fun personal challenge for me and I’m proud to say I made it to all 10 of the shows!

Thanks to all the friends who joined me along the journey, which included gathering for tacos at El Tenampa each week before entering the kingdom. Tacos and terror, olé!

Carrie.

The Shining.

Creepshow.

The Dead Zone.

Christine.

Stand By Me.

Pet Sematary.

Misery.

Misery happened to be on Saint Patrick's Day!

Shawshank Redemption.

The Mist. They didn't put it on the marquee, wah!

 

Platinum Disco

Brandon hosted a Platinum Disco Dance Party at the armory and it was awesome!!

Photo booth!

Family Hike

Uncle Phillip and Aunt Carla came to town for a visit this week, so we got together for a family hike in Hocking Hills!

 

Ash Cave!

 

Sleepover at Billie's

Billie hosted Megan, Cheryl and me for a sleepover this weekend! On Friday night, we went for dinner at Jasmine's Thai and Sushi restaurant. It was delicious!! After dinner we headed to Finnegan's Wake for live music. We stopped by Drug Mart on the way there, and they had these amazing sparkly face stickers! Obviously we bought them!

Matching sparkle stickers and jazz hands!

The bar was having a Mardi Gras party, so we were glad that we had randomly grabbed the sparkly face stickers. We met this couple, who was decked out head to toe!

It was a Unicorn Pegasus kinda night.

 
 
 

Some of the partygoers were kind enough to share their accessories with us!

So many laughs, all night long. I love these gals!!

On Saturday morning, we went to Cherry Street Pub in Lancaster. While we were waiting to be seated, Billie told me that there was this one special booth that reminded her of "if Kate was a booth." I've never imagined what I would be like as a booth before! She asked the hostess if we could have the special booth and she said YES! It was so exciting! Look at how amazing this booth is!!!

The food was delicious too! I had a fried chicken sandwich.

After brunch, we went to Mud Gallery Ceramics & Fine Art Decor Gifts for tarot readings! That was a fun experience.

Spending time with these women always fills my heart up to the brim. 

XOXO!