Alexis' Grad Party!

 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!

Lily's last day of 8th grade!

 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!) :)

Yearbook findings!

 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!

Senior Awards day!

 Whew, there were a lot of awards and scholarships and we were there way longer than I thought we would....sitting on those bleachers! ha! I should have brought  my good stadium chair! :)

But it was so awesome to see all the graduating class shine and see Alexis up there on the stage being honored each time her name was called!

I actually lost track of all she received!

The AOD scholarship 

The Gamecock Achievement scholarship

The Dual Enrollment award for over 24 hours and a high GPA

The National Honor Society 

The JHS Academic sash

So proud of her and it made my heart burst today watching her!

Each Senior walked it. I loved this because everyone got to watch each of them!

The graduating class! Class of 2026, 130 of them!

I didnt get a picture of all the times she was up there but this was one JAX State time! Lined up and ready!

Look at her!

Up there again!

This was the JHS Academic sash! This was special because it is an honor to receive this!

She wouldnt stop and smile! ha!

Her last walk out of the gym forever!

Then they made their way to their last ever walk through Kittystone so all the elementary kids could see them shine!

It was a very special day for her!

Senior Powder Puff

 Last night marked the Junior vs Senior Powder Puff game!

Yeah, spent $25.00 on a t-shirt.............she played 2 minutes of the game. Said Seniors won 35-1 (think that was a drastic answer) :)

But memories were made and it is just adding to another 'Senior' thing that is taking place!

She sure did look cute though!

Wordless Wednesday!

 

Her last ever school picture!

 Mark it down.

Her LAST ever school picture............

right here!

There Senior shirt and her Senior jeans she made! So cute!

Gosh, it has flown. Excited for her next chapter!

Mother's Day and the rest of the weekend!

 We had a low-key but great weekend! Filled with being outside and cooking out to end for my Mother's Day!

This is the only picture I got......of Sam Parker's Graduation party. The food was so good and glad we went and celebrated him!

Then Lily and I enjoyed the school's theater performance of Frozen! Seeing Pearson and Calleigh was my favorite!

We found her at the end so had to take a picture! She looked beautiful on stage and did so good!

My Mother's Day treats!

And snagged this gem once we got home from Church! Thankful to be her and Alexis' Mom.........even on the hard days! :)

As this was being taken......................she is literally saying........yeah, I am way taller than you! ugh! :)

Her LAST DD event ever!

 Alexis officially had her last DD event on Friday night and I would say by the pictures, they made the most of it!

DD pick up night is always a blast and this time around, MY gracious at all the confetti and silly string and shaving cream!

I know one thing.

When Lily does it next year................

there will be NO shaving cream let into my house! FACTS!

Sweet Littles and Bigs!

She loves these girls!

Last memory!

And the confetti!