Pomp & Circumstance

When we first moved to the Southwest almost a decade ago, I spent the first four years of our time here babysitting my sister-in-law's three children.

Our son Jericho still has a very close relationship with these cousins, because they were together so much during those years and since, and they relate more like siblings than cousins.

Back at the time of our move, I remember thinking how fast our niece Katie had grown. Almost overnight, it seemed, that darling little tot that loved "titty-tats", cherries and the color pink...the same cute little pixie that served as our flower girl in our wedding five years prior had grown up to be this vivacious little 3rd grader.

But recently we've discovered that we have been living in some strange kind of time warp, because all of a sudden, she's driving, working, dating, and tonight...tonight she graduates! *sniff, sniff*

It just doesn't seem possible. Where does the time go? You blink, and suddenly it's ten years later, and there she is, receiving her diploma and gearing up for college. *sigh*

Anyway, for her graduation, I wanted to do something special to mark the occasion.

What we came up with took me a full two days to put together, because it's 3-D.

It's technically a little too thick to be a card, so I suppose it would fall under the memory book category:

We're proud of you, Katie-Girl!