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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Crossing the bridge to a special graduation

A quick stop to let you know I'm still here. Good grief! where do the days go! 



We were in Yorktown Virginia last weekend to see this little sweetie pie graduate from high school.  Yes, our granddaughter Madison. Why it seems like just yesterday that she was the cutest thing around. We were out by the pond cooking hot dogs when she posed for this picture.



and look at her now.



I am not the best picture taker...was Andee sitting down or getting up? Sweet old Bell knew something was going on.


Graduation was held at Busch Gardens. Todd, Madison, and Andee.


just before all of them threw their caps into the air,, darn it, I missed it!


is this a happy face or what! 

Poppy and I were so glad to be at her graduation. Proud as we were, that trip to Yorktown meant, waaay up ahead at the end of this long bridge...

we would reach the tunnel and travel under water for a few miles, not my favorite thing to do. 


Here we go...scary stuff!



and can you imagine...


This is how it really looks! The Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel.

Hope you haven't completely crossed me off your list. I'll be back to visit and catch up. Didn't mean to stay away so long.

Love,
Henny







24 comments:

  1. Congratulations to your Madison!! Best of Luck to her! I wouldn't like that underwater roadway either:(

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  2. Congrats to your beautiful granddaughter. I wish her much success and happiness.

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  3. Congratulations on your graduation sweet Madison, may all your dreams and wishes come true !
    We have an underwater tunnel under the River Mersey in Liverpool, when I was young my dad would take us on a drive and we would always want to go under the tunnel and honk our horn !
    That is one beautiful bridge.
    ~Jo

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  4. Doesn't time fly...What a wonderful achievement, congratulations to her and wishing her well on the next leg of her journey through life.

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  5. Congratulations to you and all your family, such a proud moment! :)

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  6. Congrats to Madison. She was a cutie then and still is! My grandson also graduated this past week. It's the end of a chapter in their lives. Now on to the next.

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  7. Oh my! The way that tunnel just disappears into the water!!
    Congratulations to Madison - what a lovely girl!

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  8. I've traveled the Chesapeake Bay Bridge tunnel before. I wasn't really comfortable doing that but it is amazing. Madison is so beautiful. Congratulations to her! What a cutie as a child and now a beautiful young woman!

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  9. Well, now see...I would have to find a way around that! LOL! Congrats- they grow up so fast!

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  10. I see an awful lot of tight curls in the first picture and no curls in the last pictures. Did the curls go away or does she straighten it these days?

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  11. I think quite a few bloggers are off doing things too. What a trip that must have been! Your pretty granddaughter does look happy to be done. Oh to be young and have the world at your feet again.

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  12. Congratulations, she looks like a lovely girl. I'm not big on bridges or tunnels.

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  13. Your granddaughter is beautiful! Believe it or not, I have never heard of the Monitor-Merrimac bridge! Looks intimidating to me!

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  14. You are having exciting times. Congratulations to your grand daughter.

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  15. Congratulations to Madison. Graduations are such special times. So good that you all could be there to share her day.

    That tunnel is really something. I'm not a fan of tunnels and and an underwater one would be even less inviting.

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  16. Wow it is so hard to believe she is already graduating. I know all of you are proud of her. Hope all is going well for you and Poppy! Love you bunches!

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  17. What a beautiful young woman your granddaughter is!
    That bridge/tunnel is an amazing feat of engineering. Bridges and tunnels don't bother me. I am just in awe what what we can build.

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  18. Congratulations on your granddaughter graduating! Time does go by so quickly. How interesting is that bridge.........but I would also be wary to travel under water

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  19. Aw! How sweet! She's a cutie! I love that good old golden retriever, too!

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  20. Congratulations to your granddaughter. The adorable little girl turned into a beautiful young lady!

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  21. Awwwww! Thanks for sharing the pictures!! So sweet!

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  22. She is a cutie pie and looks real sweet. Glad you could go to her graduation! I have tunnels too! Nancy

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  23. Where did all those tiny curls go?!! Congratulations to Madison, and congratulations to Henny for making it through that tunnel. I am not sure I could have done it. I think you are very, very brave.

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