Alyna's High School Graduation

This has been a busy and exciting week in our house. It is graduation week! Alyna has been so ready for this event and is looking forward to the next phase of her life.
On Monday we went searching for a dress for graduation, and if necessary, some shoes to match. We looked at all the stores in the mall (which isn't a great selection) and didn't find a dress or shoes that we both agreed on. As we were walking out of the mall, we had to go through JC Penney. I noticed some really cute shoes. Alyna tried them on, and even though they are a half a size smaller than is ideal, they screamed her name. They we had to go back and see what we could find to wear with them. She already had a cute black dress that just needed the right accent. We found a little dress - truly little - but the right color. A quick stop at the fabric store and a couple of hours of remodeling and we came up with this cute outfit. Alyna loved it and she got lots of compliments on the outfit.
Seminary graduation was really nice. It was nice to have the grandparents there. ( Lola and Ralph had to split up since it was Zeke's graduation in the other stake.) Katie spoke and did a really great job.
Mountain Crest's Graduation was held at USU's Spectrum. There were 460 graduates this year (the most of the three major schools in the valley. I thought it was really nice but not everyone would agree.

Dad didn't sleep nearly as much as we thought he would. He didn't get any sleep the night before in order to get back from Washington DC in time for the graduation ceremony. He was awake at all the important parts.
Lisa had a hard time sitting for that long. Look at the faces of the people behind us. Andrew sat and played on his ipod and texted Alyna the whole time. Lindsay colored in a coloring book.

By the end of the evening, the kids had their diplomas, well, at least their holders. The diplomas will be mailed out at a later date. Then it was time for lots of photos!

The Cousins

Even though it seems to me that the kids have been partying for weeks now, the real fun began this week. Alyna has a group of 12 friends that do just about everything together. They are a very smart and talented group of kids and they are so good.