On Wednesday, May 22, my best friend graduated from high school. So happy for her! I know that it's a bit late to be posting about it now, but I would like to record it anyway.
The party started the day before her graduation.:) I spent the night at McKenna's (my BFF) house and helped (sorta) set up. The next day, we got ready for her ceremony, and then drove to a nearby In-n-out to pick up McKenna's friend Amanda. Then we drove to the ceremony!
The ceremony was really humorous actually. There were so many things that were either annoying or funny that happened! Like this guy in a pink shirt behind us kept cheering REALLY loud for his sister's whenever they were mentioned. Speaking of those sisters, they were very talented and accomplished girls. The two of them sang the nation anthem for the ceremony and performed on their violins together. Their voices actually sounded very similar to each other, and their voices were this cool blend of opera and old fashioned. Super cool!
But anyways, during the ceremony, there were some things that really drove me nuts. Like the fact that the guy behind me (in the pink shirt) kept screaming for his sisters all the time. But he also mentioned how tall my BFF is. McKenna is about 5'10" tall, and she had decided to wear heels to graduate in. Her mom wasn't too hot on the idea (because McKenna's skirt length was a little short to be wearing heels in, in her mom's opinion), but McKenna got to wear the heels! So, that guy was talking about how tall she was! It kinda annoyed me. I felt like, "Lay off!" That same guy's cell phone also went off a couple times, even after the announcement about cell phones being silenced.
Another thing that was funny/annoying about the graduation was the fact that the slide show was weird. The slide show was made on PowerPoint, and the slides weren't working right. One minute, the slides would be going too fast, then the next minute, it would be stuck! And the music for the slide show kept playing on accident during the actual ceremony!
And last, but certainty not least, the air horn. There was SOMEBODY in the audience who kept blowing their air horn when someone they knew (I'm guessing) was called to graduate. BLEAH!!
Here are some photos that I captured during the graduation.
Fixing up in the bathroom.
Receiving a diploma.
Mom and Dad and Grad photo.
Mom, Dad, Grad, and Brother photo.
McKenna and I.
Time to get silly!!
After her graduation ceremony, we went to McKenna's house and prepared for her after party- country style! She had a barn dance in her giant RV garage for the reception. I will say, I was worried BIG TIME beforehand, because I knew that there is partner dancing at barn dances. I had never danced with a guy before, and I was freaking out!!! But I was taught the dance moves, and I was asked to dance by a nice boy named Donny (sorry if that's not the right way to spell the name).
All in all, I had a great time at the barn dance, even though I was really nervous about it beforehand. I really enjoyed hanging out with McKenna and her friends, and even though her friends are very different from me, they were very nice and accepted me (some more than others). Maybe I'll get to go to another barn dance sometime!
Here are a couple of photos that I took from the party.
The food table- and the pride of the city- the radio!
The girl in the orange is McKenna. And the redheaded kid is Donny.
You might think that it's weird and maybe kinda stalker-ish to take a picture of Donny, but I wanted to take a picture of him so that I would always remember the guy that I had my first dance with. And even though it may not be the best picture of him, I just wanted this.:) I am a very sentimental person, so I like to take pictures and videos of memorable events, so that I can re-live those memories. Are you like that?
I hope that you enjoyed this post! Bye!
