Greensboro, NC

Our entire vacation was centered around one thing. Going to Kiandra's high school graduation. And we finally made it! Kiandra is my first cousin Vernard's only child. We are very proud and excited for her and her plans to be emancipated from North Carolina.Kisha and Kiandra after graduation.
Me and my cousin Gina (Vee's sister); not hard to tell that our mother's were sisters. We look more and more alike every year. She fell in love with Maddy and is now her Godmother.

The Blocker family

Gina and Dwayne

Vee, Kiandra, and Gina (her mother).

We call them Gina-sister and Gina-wife to distinguish between the two.

The diploma and the reason for our journey; check out the Cum Laude seal.

Me and Maddy. I keep thinking that if I hold up to my face enough times that she will start looking like me instead of her dad and sister.

Fric and Frac before we left for the auditorium.

Funny story: During graduation, right as the graduates begin to march in and everyone is asked to remain seated and all entries are sealed, Max announces that he has to go to the bathroom. He's three and potty training has just been mastered so there was no telling him to hold it. I take him down to the floor (we are sitting on the very front at the very top) and head for the bathroom. Halt, I was stopped by the security guard who informs me that I can not cut through the area to get to the bathroom because the graduates are already moving. The pee-pee dance ensues. Oh no, the white suit, I think. I inform her that he is three and he can't hold it. Another guard comes by to scream at me that they are not letting anyone through and then stands in front of me to block our path. I inform the nicer guard that we can just slink down the side wall where no one will see us. She says no; the mean guard glares at us. Pee-pee dance continues. So I say to Max aloud to be sure that both guards hear me. "Baby, if you get to where you can't hold it, just whip it out right here and go. We don't want to mess up your white suit and I didn't bring a change of clothes for you." He says, "Right here." I smile and say, "Yes baby, right here, and be sure to aim in that direction [towards the mean guard]." By now the nicer guard has gotten on the radio and another guard has shown up to escort us to the bathroom. While in the bathroom a woman and her daughter appear and I ask if they gave her a hard time, she said no. So I guess it was worth telling Max to pee on someone to pave the way for all those who came down after us. I heard her telling her daughter later that I was crazy. SMILE!

We stopped in Charlotte and hit the Dave and Buster's and the outlet mall before retiring in Atlanta for one more night before going on to Talladega.