MIDDLE SISTER: IT'S TIME TO CELEBRATE GRADUATIONS,

AND CELEBRATING

IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING!

WE'VE HAD THREE SINCE THURSDAY.

IT ALL STARTED THURSDAY
WITH OLIVIA'S FIFTH GRADE PROMOTION.

WE WERE ENTERTAINED BY EACH STUDENT IN HER CLASS SHOWING US

WHAT THEIR TALENT WAS. SOME DID GYMNASTICS, SOME SHOWED A VIDEO

OF HOW THEY COULD RIDE A MOTORCYCLE, AND LIV AND HER FRIEND

DID BOLLYWOOD DANCING.

CONGRATS LIV,
ENJOY YOUR MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS!

THAT EVENING WAS ROXANNE'S TURN.

AFTER NINE YEARS AT TWIN LAKES CHRISTIAN SCHOOL,
SHE'LL BE VENTURING OFF TO HIGH SCHOOL.
HOW COULD THIS LITTLE GIRL
HAVE GROWN UP THAT FAST?

ROXANNE WAS GIRL VALEDICTORIAN.

EACH OF THE FOURTEEN STUDENTS
IN THE CLASS WAS PRESENTED WITH A ROCK,
ENGRAVED WITH A WORD
THAT BEST SUITED THEIR CHARACTER.
ROXANNE'S WORD WAS STELLAR.
GRANDMA SPEAKING HERE,
I THINK HER ROCK COULD HAVE BEEN
COVERED WITH WORDS.

CONGRATS ROXANNE

WE ARE PROUD OF YOU!

AND NOW FOR THE

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE!!!

FRIDAY FOUND US IN HOLLISTER ,
IN 100 DEGREE WEATHER,
TO WATCH ELISE GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
GO BALERS!

NOTHING CAN COMPARE TO THE PRIDE WE FELT

WATCHING HER ON THE STAGE,

WITH A GROUP OF HER SIGN LANGUAGE CLASS,

SIGN THE NATIONAL ANTHEM

TO OPEN THE CEREMONIES.

AND AGAIN

AS SHE RECEIVED HER DIPLOMA.

CEREMONY OVER IT WAS TIME FOR PICTURE TAKING

WITH MOM, DAD,

GORDAN,

PAPA,

ME,

AND OF COURSE, HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS.

AND WE CAN'T FORGET THIS LADY,
HER GREAT GIRL SCOUT LEADER
WHO TAUGHT ELISE HOW TO MAKE
THOSE DELICIOUS TAMALES.

FAST FORWARD TO SATURDAY, AND HER GRADUATION PARTY. THIS GROUP IS PRETTY BRAVE SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE, AS IT APPEARS, A WATER BALLOON FIGHT IS ABOUT TO BEGIN.