For those of you that know me, you know I have THE.BEST.STEP-DAUGHTER.EVER. No joke. This kid has loved me since day 1, and I have loved her :) This is a great kid. She makes great grades, plays tons of sports...well, is sweet, loves her family, is sweet with her sisters. All around great kid!
We are super-excited to see what the next 4 years holds for this girl! Of course, there will be the usual high school drama... Girls are SO mean to each other. Boys will be idiots. There will be broken hearts, hurt feelings, making some bad decisions, I'm sure. BUT...we are hoping for LOTS of fun times with friends, goofing around, great teachers, learning experiences, good decisions, and tons of fun while continuing down the to success!
The commencement ceremony was pretty long, with lots of different speakers, and awards given. There were TEN valedictorians! And yes, they ALL gave speeches. Annie participated in chorus for the past 2 years. The 8th chorus participants sang their class song. Here is Annie getting her certificate from Mr. B! After the ceremony, they had a reception in the gym with snacks, drinks, and cake/cupcakes! There were 3 little girls who could've cared less about anything other than getting to the cake!
After a bazillion pictures and goodbyes...(and cake) we went out for a celebratory dinner to Olive Garden (Annie's choice). It was about 9:15 when we rolled in, so you can only imagine what shape the little girls were in! MaMa, PaPa, and MiMi joined us, and a good time was had by all. Our server even treated Annie to a special dessert, by telling her to choose anything on the dessert menu...on him!
We are so proud of Annie, and are even more excited to to see what amazing things this girl has to show us in the future.
See ya later Wolfbranch...Hello Belleville East!
OMG, can't believe she's a frosh! She's beautiful & definately is an Ellis :)
ReplyDeleteBria will also be in 9th but HS here is 10-12. She's still in "Jr High".
Have a good summer, hopefully I'll see you.