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Graduation Daze

Yesterday surely was a day to remember for us! We had two graduation ceremonies to attend with one daughter graduating high school and the other graduating junior high!

The highpoints: the pride in watching the girls graduate with honors and awards. Heidi wore a gold cord with her gown indicating her B-plus GPA. Kristin won just about every award given out at her ceremony. We are so proud of them both!

Everyone was so excited and happy and everyone looked "spiffy"!

The lowpoints:

Kristin's graduation was held at the community college gym and we all had to sit on bleachers for 3-4 hours, depending on what time we arrived. Why the gym and not a comfortable auditorium? There was a speaker from Ft. Dix who quoted extensively from some obscure colonel's memoirs about making a charge at the battle of Gettysburg--this at an 8th grade commencement?

We had passing showers all afternoon. The high school commencement was supposed to be held at the middle school football field--I don't get that at all if it was sunny. If it was raining, graduation would take place at the community college. At 4:30 the superintendent was supposed to make a decision and it was to be posted on the education channel--but it wasn't. Several of us weren't sure where we were supposed to go so we went first to the community college--and it wasn't there. Heidi was pretty upset at the chaos but I think it was a little better because her friends' families were going around in circles too. It wasn't just us. Anyway, we all made it to the middle school and not a drop of rain fell thankfully. Meanwhile, at home just 10 miles away the power went out in a storm. Go figure.

Here's our view of the field for Heidi's graduation. I am so glad that it ended up being outside! I don't think I could have endured any more sitting on the bleachers. TB and I brought our folding chairs (nice soft canvas), plenty of drinking water and his camera. We watched with the family of one of Heidi's closest friends throughout high school.

More pictures coming up!

Posted by Cassie at June 21, 2006 05:59 PM | TrackBack