When your oldest child hates the photos you took after her graduation ceremony & you forgot to ask someone to take pictures of the party, the blog post becomes much shorter than planned. For the record, our family and my parents all got dressed up and went and enjoyed the perfect weather for an outdoor graduation ceremony. Well, perfect for those of us not wearing a cap and gown. They could have used a few degrees cooler but most of us were just grateful it wasn't raining for the first time in a week. We are thankful for the precipitation but so glad the ceremony didn't have to be moved to the gym. The event was over two hours long and our camping chairs were much more comfortable than bleachers would have been. Their ceremony was very nice with all the usual things you would expect like a teacher speaking, honors being announced, a student speaker, salute to the armed forces, and everyone getting to walk across that stage, move their tassels, and throw their caps in the air. Thank you, James, for grabbing a much better photo of the cap toss than I did.
I didn’t take many photos of the grad parties I went to but here is one I took of Kate at Hana’s on Friday and one Hubby took at Jane’s on Saturday. Not pictured: Chloe’s, Sawyer’s and Ava's. There were other parties we were invited to but I didn’t want to rush around. Kate sure did go to a lot more than we did and Danny and Michelle also had grad parties to go to. Funny story: one of Kate’s teachers didn’t know until she was at our house that Kate and Danny were siblings and that Michelle even existed. This kind of thing happens with these three a lot!
Jane’s dad was so kind in telling us how highly he thinks of our son. Hubby had a couple allergy attacks on graduation day. We will miss J so much but hope she loves the U of U.
The poster Kate’s friend, C, made for the party at our house. I promise the dollar store balloons held out for the party. I just don’t have pictures of all the decorating Michelle and Natalie and I did beforehand. No grad collages necessary at our house when we can just grab scrapbooks off the bookshelf! They were decorating the entry, dinning room, living room and kitchen. I have made this girl a lot of scrapbooks.
The approved photo of the day, taken by Danny’s friend, C. He was hilarious. Kate said he could only come if he brought cash so when he walked in Kate asked where her money was. He handed her a one dollar bill. Lol (I promise Michelle would have worn her CSU shirt too if Kate’s friend had gotten it back to us after borrowing it.)
We enjoyed celebrating our high school graduate! She is so loved and we appreciate all who showed her support not only yesterday but for the last 18 years. May all your dreams come true. Here’s to the class of 2026. ♥️
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