Andrew's Commencement Address

We traveled to Racine this past weekend for a quick trip. Our visit began with quite a bang before we even got to Tom and Pat's house. We flew for this trip because it was a short weekend trip and we felt like that would be the best for maximizing our time there. When Andrew stood up on the airplane with Kellan at the end of the flight, Kellan proceeded to throw up all over the passenger sitting in front of me. He was hit square in the back of the head. It was AWFUL! Like something out of a movie. Another passenger rushed off the plane and bought the young man a new t-shirt. We apologized profusely and offered to give him some money for new clothes. The worst part was that it was this guy's first airplane ride EVER. And he was on his way to a cruise with his family and they had several more flights to go to get to the cruise ship. UGH!

Kellan wasn't even sick! We think it was a combination of a very full belly and a bit of motion sickness. He seems to have a bit of a sensitive stomach. At least we never have to see that guy again!

THEN, as if Kellan throwing up on an airplane and Andrew giving a commencement address weren't excitement enough, we had to add buying a new car to the mix as well! Our lease is up on our Acadia and we we've been shopping around. Finally settled on a 2011 Honda Odyssey. I wasn't super excited about a mini-van, but when I test drove it, it was great compared to the Acadia. I hated driving that thing around. And the mini-van really fits our needs right now. So I really am the stereotypical stay-at-home soccer mom now. Oh well. It's fun to drive around. I could care less about my "image". :-) We got it while we were in Wisconsin because Minneapolis didn't really have inventory of the model we were looking for and it was cheaper in WI! So lucky for us, we wouldn't have a repeat of Kellan's puke experience on the plane because we were DRIVING home! :-)

Here are a couple photos of the kids checking the van out for the first time:








Then on to Sunday, we had the main event! The Prairie School graduation where Andrew was asked to give the commencement address. He was given an alumni achievement award and then they also asked him to be the commencement speaker. He did a GREAT GREAT job!
Here's a link of his speech:

Andrew's Commencement Speech from Holly Isaacson on Vimeo.

We all were so proud of him! I don't think I could get up there and speak so well! Amazing!