We were so proud this week to graduate our son from high school! I say “we” because I have homeschooled him for 10 years so I truly did “graduate” him…and I couldn’t be prouder of the man he has become.
He has already started a college course for the summer and is busy working and saving to buy his first car in a few weeks. We love you Michael Robert…you are our joy…and a young man after God’s own heart!
I’m glad to be back in the swing of blogging and hanging out with all of you lovely, talented people…and speaking of talented here’s our features from last week! Y’all just make it so hard to choose!
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We’ve been following with Linda from It All Started with Paint as she’s been making over her front porch. We love the red, black and white!
CRAFTS and CREATIONS
Viv from The V Spot always comes up with the cutest and most clever DIY gift ideas and projects. She didn’t disappoint with this clever wedding or anniversary gift idea!
OUTDOOR LIVING
We love this old work bench turned potting bench from Heather of Tallgrass Design. It has so many cute details.
We adore Lorrie at Finding Secret Treasure’s Aqua Garden! You have got to visit her to see all of the amazing details…we could spend all day there!
Kristen from Ella Claire shared this two part post on a vintage inspired wedding. So many inspiring details and ideas!
Our friend Kelly of Live, Laugh, Rowe shared a beautiful post on infertility, prayer, hope…and how we must learn to live in God’s perfect timing, even if He says, “Not Quite Yet..”
We also featured some fabulous Patriotic Posts last week in honor of Memorial Day! Be sure to check them out!
- Link Up any post you’ve written that has Inspired You and will Inspire Others-it can be a home improvement project, craft, recipe, story, devotional…if it inspires link it up!
- Be sure to link back to your original post and not just your url (main blog address)
- Please post our button (code on our Buttons Page found at top of blog) or a text link on your blog so others can join in the fun! (MANDATORY to be featured At The Picket Fence) Tutorial on how to link up a button: Blogging 101
- Visit another guest. Please try and visit at least the link directly above and below you! We try to visit as many posts as we can but as Inspiration Friday grows sometimes we miss some and for that we apologize. It makes us feel good knowing others are visiting people as well! Thank you..it truly means a lot to us
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Yes, Vanessa did a fine job. Did not know you were missing. What fabulous features and congrats on the graduation. Always makes a parent proud when that day comes.
Congrats on your son’s graduation and your accomplishment as well. Well done!!!
Beautiful features, ladies! Such a busy time of year for you. Thanks for hosting!
Congratulations!!! Such an exciting time for you guys! Thanks for hosting.. and sharing those gorgeous rooms
~Bre
Thanks for hosting! Lovely features
Congrats on your son’s graduation! Beautiful family photos 
Greetings from Australia♥
~Pernilla
Thanks so much for hosting girls and have a super weekend!!
Wow, birthdays & graduations, you have been very busy , Heather. And yes, Vanessa “rocked” this little ‘ol blog party pretty well in your absence, but welcome back. Looks like a wonderful party & some great features. Thanks for hosting.
CAS
Congratulations on your son’s graduation, Heather! And, thank you so much for hosting … glad I could play this week!
Congratulations! I am so impressed with home schoolers – could never do that!!!
Many many thanks for hosting
Hugs,
Suzan
Congrats!! Thanks for the feature on my infertility post — and for being such wonderful hostesses
Love you, ladies!!
Beautiful picks, as always! Congrats to the whole family on your son’ graduation! It’s so fun to watch them become adults!!
Heather, bet you can’t believe you’re the mom of a high school graduate! lol Welcome back.
Great features. I will most definitely be stopping by a few. Have a great weekend ladies. And as always, thanks for hosting!!
~ Catie
Doing my dorky moonwalk – thanks for featuring my family room girls!
To be in the same company as Betsey Speert – how cool is that!
And love it all started with paint’s porch and that flag headboard and those solar lights … love it all!
Kelly
Huge congratulations to your entire family Heather!!! That is something for all of you to be very proud of. Happy Weekend celebrating!
Sounds like a very busy and blessed week in your life! Congrats all around!
Big hugs,
Anne
Congratulations to you son on his graduation and you too! I homeschooled my boys till they were in 8th grade then we sent them to a Christian school as I felt to inept for math and science they needed. Wish I had taken the plunge and schooled them all the way through now.
Thank you for the party! Linking up my cute cupcakes I made for a friend’s son’s rehearsal dinner.
bee blessed
mary
Congrats to your family! What a proud time!
Thank you for hosting!
Kerry at HouseTalkN
Congrats on your son’s graduation! What a special moment! Love the features! Thanks for hosting!…hugs…Debbie
Heather, Congratulations. You are a beautiful family and you don’t look much older than a kid yourself. God bless your son as he moves past this milestone in life. Great features here and I will go visit a few of them. Love to you-xo Diana
Congrat’s to the grad! Happy 40th as well, loved looking at all the pictures. This weeks features are awesome, nothing to link up but so much for me to look at
XO
Kristin
Happy 40th and Congrats to the Grad!!! Wow! This is an exciting time for your family…thanks for sharing the excitement with us! XO, Aimee
AW!!! Congrats to you and to your graduate! So how does that work for home-schoolers? It looks like you guys get together and have a formal ceremony…? How cool is that!?
Thanks for hosting the party and triple thank you for featuring my spoon artwork alongside those great features!
Congratulations on the graduation! You have a beautiful family
Thanks for hosting, hope y’all are having a great week!
Heather- Congrats on your son’s graduation. What a special time! Thanks to both of you for hosting and hope you have a great weekend!
Thank you so much for hosting! Congrats on your son’s graduation! You just don’t look old enough to have a graduate! Great photos of the proud parents and handsome boy!
Best Wishes and Blessings,
Amanda
Hi ladies…congratulations to you and your son Heather!! Thanks for hosting
Laurel
Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You featured ME!!!!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats Heather on your milestone!! just linked up, hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!
Heather, I want to commend you for being dedicated enough to homeschool your son. Congratulation on his graduation! I linked up a salad dressing that is so awesome. Off to visit some of your features and linkers.
Oh, thank you so much for featuring my Strawberries with Toffee Sauce! Congratulations on your son’s graduation, Heather. Such a wonderful milestone in your lives!
Tracey @ The Kitchen is My Playground
Congratulations to your son – and you!! Thanks for hosting girls!
Heather, congratulations to your family! What an exciting time! Thanks so much for hosting this great party each week!
Thanks for the party! and congrats to your son!!
xox
Wow! Thanks for featuring my potting bench! I was so surprised to scroll through the beautiful features and then…hey, that’s me!!
Thank you girls for hosting! congrats to you and your son too! Little Bit
Thanks for the party, lovely ladies!
We sure do love that handsome graduate and his parents and sister.
Proud grandparents,
Poppa and Nonna
(and I’m tearing up again …)
Thanks for the feature – cool mom – I wish!
Honored to be included with so many awesome projects! Congrats on your boy’s graduation! What a special moment!
Awesome features! Congrats to your son! What an exciting day indeed. Have a wonderful weekend.
Congratulations to you and your son! He’s off for even bigger things! How exciting! Thanks for hosting again!
I usually try to bring out the funny but Heather you made me cry with those pictures of you and your two handsome men! Graduation! College! Your baby leaving the nest …
This annoying menopause has turned my entire life into a Hallmark commercial … because now I’m crying over life moments of my virtual friends …
And then you feature me. And in the feature you say you’ve been following my progress. And then the waterfalls fall again …
Thank you so so much. I’m honored. I’m humbled. And now I need to go stand in front of the freezer with the door open …
Linda
Thanks for sharing your proud moment with us. I’ve loved seeing all your wonderful celebration photos lately!!
Amazing features and I’m off to check out all the inspiration!
Dearest sisters! I am genuinely surprised to see my post featured today-you haven’t wrote a comment to indicate that you read it:)But I am happy, humbled and honored! I am also touched by this wonderful happy family on the picture and this handsome,smart young man! And you, Heather, have every right to be proud. May Michael soar forward…
Thank you for having me again and I hope your readers enjoy my Provence-inspired table.
Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you for featuring me!! How exciting!
Thank you so much for hosting. Congratulations on your son’s graduation!
Thanks so much for hosting! Congratulations on your graduate! -diane
thanks for hosting!
Holy, Moly, it’s been waaay too long since I have linked up to the fun party!! Thanks, as always, for being such gracious hostesses!
Heather, there is nothing quite like your child graduating from high school. Such emotions and excitement. Congratulations!!!
Now, I’m off to spend some fun time gazing at the links…oh, and definitely getting the recipe for the strawberries and toffee sauce..
xo
lynn
Congratulations to your son and to you for raising him up and teaching him well. What a great time of celebration! Thank you so much for sharing so many wonderful inspirations with us and for hosting the party even with all you have going on. It’s much appreciated.
Liz
Congrats on the graduation! Have and wonderful weekend and thanks for hosting!
-Shelley
Congratulations to the graduate and the teacher. Well done! I had also missed your surprise party post. That looked so fun and wonderful. BTW, you have the most awesome taste in clothes. I loved both outfits you were wearing, especially that color you wore for his graduation.
Great features. I confess that sometimes when I read your features I wonder why in the world I’m ever blogging. Such talented people out there. Really!
Congratulations to you and your son!! Thanks so much for hosting! Enjoy your weekend.
Thank you guys SO much for the feature!! And CONGRATS to Heather’s son and Heather for molding what appears to be a fine young man! They truly grow up way too fast. I’m experiencing that right now with my two.
Hugs,
Angela
Congratulations to both you and your son on his high school graduation! Welcome back from your whirlwind couple of weeks, and thanks to you and your sister for hosting your wonderful parties every week. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many terrific features in one place before, and I’m off now to investigate them and do a LOT of pinning.
Congrats on your son’s graduation! That’s an accomplishment.
Thanks for hosting!
I appreciate it,
Laura
Thanks for the feature. Honored to be featured with all those other talents!
Congratulations to you and your boy! Thank you for hosting and I hope you have a great weekend.
Congrats to your son… thanks for hosting!
Thanks for taking the time to host your linky party again this week – its always fun to link up! Happy 40th Bday, Heather!!! Have a great weekend
Heather
Wow – Huge Party. Great features. Thanks for hosting. Congratulations to Son and Family on Graduation.
Vanessa & Heather,
Heather, I was so encouraged to read of your son graduating from homeschooling. I have a few years ahead of me but wanted to say congrats on your dedication!
Thank you to you both for hosting such a beautiful party each with with such amazing talent. And the hard work that goes into this. You are a blessing
Tanya
You are SO cute, and congrats on the GRAD!! You DO NOT look old enough to have a graduate by the way.
YOU ARE WELCOME! LOL!!!
XOXO
Congrats to your son! Great job mom!!!! Thanks for hosting!
XO, Barbara
http://chase-thestar.blogspot.com/
What a GREAT week for you Heather!! Congratulations! What a wonderful milestone in your family. I know you are very proud
Even though we didn’t know you were gone-we did miss you! Great Job Vanessa!!So glad to have you back Heather.
Thanks for hosting ans letting me share what I love to do.
Meegan@whatmeeganmakes
Congratulations to your family. A milestone. Thanks for hosting.
Congrats! That’s fabulous (-:
What a great party. LOVE your features esp Eclectically Vintage and the Union Jack headboard…I think the queen needs one for her diamond jubilee! xo