Graduation Day!

Well the big day was lots of fun ... actually, it started as a big weekend as we prepared most all of Saturday. We had a combined party with our neighbor whose daughter is in Drew's class, so on Sat a tent arrived and there much much to do to get ready for Sunday! You can click on any of the pictures to see a full size version.

The ceremony yesterday was very nice. Here you can see how much Abby enjoyed it. HA Before the diplomas were handed out, Drew was part of a Senior Ensemble that sang ... it was so fun to see them smiling and having fun during the song that I didn't even cry. Until the end. HA! Here's a You Tube video of the song ...



Then it was time to get serious. There were exactly 100 graduates in Drew's class who walked graduation yesterday. A few graduated early, but this was the largest class to ever graduate from Tremont HS. It was so wonderful to see Drew cross that stage and receive his diploma, and incredible to think of him crossing the bridge from being a kid in school to his young adulthood.

They did a wonderful job and even with the song and some after-diploma sillyness ... we were out of there in 40 minutes flat! The moment it was announced that the class was approved for graduation, the Silly String popped and the noisemakers started, and it was quite funny. Might be hard to tell, but that is Silly String in the air and hanging off the mortar boards!

The ceremony that was filled with so much dignity and pomp and circumstance left us all smiling instead of feeling the impact of the bittersweet changes our kids just went through. I greatly appreciated the chance to smile with them and for them! It is so unlike THS to have anything but a serious program, so it was extra funny to see them cut loose and just enjoy the moment.

Then it was party time! We had a wonderful crowd of people ... teachers, mentors and friends. It was almost 9pm before we closed up shop, and we got started about 3:30, so it was a good afternoon and evening.


Now today is going to seem pretty routine and boring. HA


Congrats Drew! And congrats to my nephew, Zach, who graduated at virtually the same time, but 3 hours away!