The Porter People: Graduation Events

We remembered from the last time we had a graduate . . . graduation is a multi week activity, with different events almost every night. We did our best to enjoy every one of them with Bailey. Some highlights:

Baccalaureate was on Sunday, June 7th.

Here are some of the LDS graduates.

and all the LDS graduating girls, including Lauren and Elissa who have been Bailey's very special friends for many years and have helped her decide to be pursue special education as a profession.

Posing afterward with good friends Nina and Laura.

"Look, it's our future!"

I'm not sure what they were going for here - maybe fear and anxiety??"

a few with Mom and Dad.

Posing by the Skyview sign.

The culmination of a week's worth of graduation events was the actual graduation day. Grandma and Grandpa Springer drove into town to be there for the graduation.

Before graduation we took pictures and then ate dinner at Sweet Tomatoes.

We didn't have enough tickets for everyone to sit in the gym, so they sat in the overflow auditorium. Believe me, they got the better end of the deal! They had air conditioning, softer seats, and this was their view when Bailey walked across the stage.

And this was our view.

We sat on the upper level of bleachers for what felt like a VERY LONG TIME.

After Bailey was officially graduated we met up with her for a few minutes until she had to leave for the "official but not sponsored by the school" all night grad party.

So, 5 years ago we took a snapshot of Bailey on Brandon's graduation, indicating that she would graduate in just 5 more years.

So we couldn't resist having Aubrey and Joseph do the same. 3 years . . . . . 8 years.

And now, you thought we were done with graduation events, right? Nope. Seminary graduation was a few days later, on Sunday the 14th.

This year Bailey did a great job serving as seminary president. She learned so much from the experience, including getting comfortable with public speaking and how to lead when people don't always follow through on assignments. I really appreciated the theme the council chose for the year,"I have learned for myself," and the uplifting thoughts the council members frequently posted on the seminary facebook page.

Here Bailey is standing to the right of her teacher this year, Sister Allen (who just might be her favorite teacher ever, but don't tell her sophomore teacher, her Dad!).