Good-bye OLMC

Madeline, my youngest sibling, graduated from 8th grade last week.  After 20 years at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, the Mark and Debi Titus family says good-bye.  It was a bittersweet moment because although I was excited for Madeline to be moving on to the next stage of her life, the school has been a part of our lives for so long it will be weird not going back there.

OLMC has been such a treasure in my family's life.  The school provided a solid Catholic education, the Dominican sisters, wonderful families, and an awesome tuition plan...just to name a few.  A school like OLMC is hard to find...believe me, I've looked.  Paul and I say that if we lived in Carmel, the education choice would be an easy one...we really need to find a way to move back!

For now, Jonathan's kids are carrying on the Titus legacy at the school and I am sure Alex's kids (and other sibling's kids) will follow.  So Mom and Dad aren't gone from the school completely...they just graduated to Grandparent status :)

Me and the 5 youngest Titus kids

Brothers...what would we do without them.

Thanks, OLMC!  It's been a good ride!

Carmel Photoshoot

Max is becoming quite the photographer.  Ever since he bought his nice camera, he has been taking a TON of pictures and figuring out how to get just the right shot.  While we were in Carmel last week, I asked him if he could get a few close-up shots of my girls.  He got some amazing shots.  Here are some of my favorites:

Sweet baby profile shot

 Silly Faces

Then he told me he wanted to go to downtown Carmel to take some pictures of me.  Luckily Olivia got back from work just in time to go with us.  In most of the pictures, I am cracking up at HER.  She just makes everything more fun!  Here our some of my favorites from our photoshoot:

Jumping...but doesn't it look like we are floating?!

It looks like we are having a funny conversation in these pics, but really
Olivia is just acting.  I am not THAT funny :)

In the middle of a cartwheel

Thanks, Max, for a fun evening and AWESOME pics!

Friday Funnies

Rose:
Pictures of Rose that I found on my phone.

Ava:
"I'm skinny when I have my skinny jeans on."  
Ava said when I told her she looked skinny.

Ava in her skinny jeans

Madeline:
"I just cracked myself (meaning she just got a cut)."

Ella:
The mullet.
No I did not cut her hair like that.  It grew into a mullet on its own.

I told her to put her hands on her hips and smile
and this is what I got :)

HAPPY Friday!