Graudation & Happy Birthday Juliana

Graham and Santiago had their graduation today.

And it was cousin/niece Juliana's birthday today. She was born two days after Graham. Happy Birthday Juliana!

The graduation was a lovely event. Last year we had Cody's so knew what to expect. We had better seats because we got there earlier this year. We sat right next to where the grads sat and it was fun to watch them during the ceremony. What a fun loving group of kids.



Here is Zane before it started. He lost the bow tie and the jacket before the one hour ceremony was over. He also laid out on two chairs with his head in my lap for most of the ceremony. Sebastian went back and forth between a seat on each side of Slade. These boys were moving around a lot!



Here is a not so great shot of Santiago and Graham waiting to enter the gym.



This is a shot of Graham and those who were honoring him - Santiago, Korai and Charlie - waiting to go on stage.



Here is Santiago giving his very sweet speech to honor Graham - it is as follows:

"I want to tell you that it was fun to stay with you, and with your family. It is really fun to talk with you and play xbox, sports in the yard, or watch the Family Guy with you. It was really fun to go to the same school with you. Thanks for helping me with my English. I’m going to miss you Graham Winchester, thanks for everything."



This is a shot of Santiago & Fede being honored by the school.

The tear jerker part of the ceremony comes when all the teachers of the school sing "Child of MIne" to the graduates. I attended a graduation ceremony our first year at the school and didn't know any of the graduates and it made me cry - this year I had to control myself from starting to ball.



Here they are singing it



This pic if of Graham and some friends (and family) we have several shots and the first began with Oliver, Graham & Sam, then one by one more boys joined the pic.



This is Graham and his gal, Amara. They are quite cute together.



Here is a great family pic, but Santiago was off with some friends and couldn't join the pic.



Seby took this pic of of Santiago and Fede walking away from the school and to the restaurant nearby that all the grads had dinner at with their teachers.



It was another amazing ceremony from such an amazing school. We feel very blessed to have this community.