They had the Senior Sunrise at the beginning of the year...................and to cap it off, they ended with a great turnout and a great event at the Senior Sunset and Cookout!
I loved seeing them all having fun and spread out on the football field playing, laughing and having a great time together!
It was a beautiful afternoon for them! They had music blasting and the grill smell going!.........it was great!
I am excited for all of their new adventures to come and proud of them!
It was such a special service! Alexis was honored at Church Sunday along with the other Seniors and it was such a special service!
The youth praise team played and sang and they did AMAZING! It was so good!
We had a great service and then a great lunch to celebrate our Senior!
Her table!
I slimmed the decor down some but it turned out great!
So special!
Celebrating her!
Some of the Seniors!
They made them feel so special!
Sweet words and spoke about her and then they prayed for all of them. So sweet!
The only thing she had to say was where she was going to college and plans for that! ha!
We have been to sooo many Senior things that my head is spinning! ha! I had NO idea the extent of 'Senior' things that was involved with having a Senior!
All the release documents for this.............or that....or tshirt for this............money for this......attend this event.......drop off this item.....throw in college 'to dos' that is required too......signing for that.....decorating for this................the list.............just.................goes on and on and on and on and on!
Like....................
just........
mind blowing actually!
But it is all stuff that I cherish and will look back on and smile! (after I have like a month to recover!) :)
Perk of all these Senior things................. are fun places, free food............and seeing friends! ha!
Doing all the things with this one!
Hanging with friends is fun!
Seeing this crew is always a highlight!
This little guy is 5! Gracious! He is just a light and we love him over here in our house!
Whew, I have been planning this party for a couple of months and me thinking it was never going to get here. Well, it did. It came and it was perfection!
The venue, The Historic Jacksonville Train Depot is beautiful and a perfect spot! The food, the decor, the ambiance, the friends and family, just made it so special for her!
She felt the love and we had fun celebrating her chapter closing!
She's Freshly Graduated!
(well Thursday, that is!) :)
Love it all!
The food area turned out SO good!
Her Senior table!
Write a note, make a joke or tell a memory! And then highlight your favorite Bible verse for her!
The back view!
Alexis' sweet friend Addie made the most cute and delicious cookies! Nan made Alexis' favorite cake too. And Lickin Good doughnuts are amazing!
Another angle of the food!
So cute!
Family picture!
Like our family picture! Love that they came from Texas to celebrate her!
Love Aunt Pam!
Like sisters!
LaLa and Vic!
Pearson helped us so much that day! She is like our other daughter and I just love her!
Sisters!
Love!
With Gran.
Hayden is the sweetest!
There were soooo many friends that came! Very thankful!
Nick, Alexis and Alexis!
My work family!
Family!
And SO many more friends!
Love seeing the big crowd!
She opened some gifts! The sweetest cards from Briggs and Kennedy! They couldnt make it because Briggs' big 5th birthday party was the same day!
LaLa was dying for her to open her gift....which was...........a PINK coffee maker! OH goodness! Alexis was thrilled! LaLa and her have a huge coffee bond! ha!
It was a great day!
Today marked Lily's last day in 8th grade!
She is SUPER excited about Summer!
And........SUPER excited to be a Freshman coming up! (She just thinks that is so 'big!')
She has had a great year and we have been so proud of her hard work and how much she has grown this year!
AND..................shocking...............I KNOW..................shocking..............she wanted me to take a picture of her with her book.........because she is matching it!
Let me just SAY.............she was fighting me.................I mean, literally saying how she would never read and how that is NOT fun and allllll the things...............
so for her to have THIS picture.....just no words!
But I love that she has found that she loves books and she and her friends talk about books and read them together too! (In fact, that book is borrowed from Pearson!)
It makes me happy because I love reading! (and when we curl up together reading our books, I love!) :)
Best friends forever!
Lily loves her friends! She is a loyal one! So glad she had a great year with these by her side!
The girls got their yearbooks in and I just love to look through it and then also spot them among the pages!
I found this...
Lily-8th!
And, Alexis-SENIOR!
