The caboose is leaving the train station...empty nesters

Both John and I are having a hard time with Josiah leaving the house.  In many ways it seems like yesterday that he was a toddler.  Then when he was older, he was still so small that people thought he was about 10 years old when he was in fact 15.  This past year, he took a real growth spurt and is finally looking like he is really 18.  We've always said that having him 9 years after Nicholas kept us young :-).  We are preparing for his graduation this week and the past few weeks have been full of all sorts of activities to remind me that it is the end of a school year.  The best to my youngest son, Josiah!  (my nieces husband said I could borrow their kids when I need a "kid around the house fix".