High School Graduation

Tuesday, June 9th, was a big day in our lives. Ariel graduated from high school. We were glad that her grandparents could come from out of town to be with us. The graduation was at the Thomas and Mack. It was so neat when the music started and Ariel came walking in. She had the honor of being the first student to walk in because of being student body president. She looked beautiful. It was a proud moment. She gave an awesome speech. She didn't look nervous at all for speaking in front of thousands and thousands of people. Ariel said that her heart was beating so fast right before it was her turn, she thought she was literally going to die of a heart attack. She said she didn't pray that she wouldn't mess up on her speech but prayed that she would actually live through it. She was sure when she stood up to walk to the podium, she would faint. A few seconds before her turn...her heartbeat went back to normal and she felt fine. I can't believe Ariel has graduated. It doesn't seem like that long ago when I graduated myself, and now my daughter has finished high school already. Her life has flown by and I am not ready for her to go away to school. The graduation was really good, it was brief and there was no long boring "guest speaker" to sit through. We had a BBQ after and had almost 40 people at the house. It was a tight squeeze in our little house but a lot of fun to spend time with such good friends. Ariel has met a lot of great people over the past 13 years we've lived in Vegas and we are so thankful for their friendship and positive influence. It was a great day to celebrate a wonderful girl and all her achievements. There will be an empty space in our house when she leaves. She will be greatly missed. Congratulations Ariel!