1-Rio Salado
2-Seminary
3-Heritage Academy (High School)
The Class of 2018 had 108 graduates in it. Each parent was allotted half a table to set up pictures/awards/accomplishments of their Seniors--WHO does this?!?! Seriously LOVE this small school we chose for our kids! (Carlie's Senior Class had 108 students in it:)
Funny side story: Lois is one of Carlie's best friends--she is one of those AYT kids that we met way back in 2010. Lois goes to Perry HS but has most of her friends at Heritage so she wanted to surprise her friends by coming to their graduation. She rode up to the event with me, hid outside for a bit and then snuck in. It was HILARIOUS seeing everyone's faces when they saw Lois, but Kayleah's face was THE BEST:
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| Carlie was surprised too:) |
The entire ceremony was 1 1/2 hours--which was PERFECT!!! Here's my girl and all her best buds:
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| Kayleah & Carlie |
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| Kalissa & Cartlie |
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| Dean & Carlie |
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| Carlie, Tayte, & Lois |
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| Tayte, Kayleah, Carlie, Lois, & Thommy |
We had an open house on Friday celebrating Carlie. I had these cookies made for the event. When I ordered them, I just gave a few general details--her name, what college she was going to, what her major was going to be... Then this cookies lady blew me away with her designs!!! OBOE COOKIES?!?! Are you kidding me?!?! They were all almost too pretty to be eaten! They were a huge hit at the party for sure!
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| I made sure to get her with an OBOE COOKIE!!! |
And we had such an AMAZING turn out of people coming to support our girl. My heart was FULL for sure as I looked out over all our good family friends that we have made here in AZ.
Well, we made it through! As I sit here and think of everything Carlie has accomplished in her 17 years of life...I can't believe that she is MY daughter!!! What did I do to deserve this awesome girl?! She has far exceeded any and all expectations that we could have hoped for her. I am CRAZY PROUD of her and can't wait to see what she does in the years to come. Look out world...here comes my Carlie Mae:)
Fun Side Story:
This is a good friend of mine, Greta. She hired me way back in 1999 to intern for her as an Exercise Physiologist at Advanced Cardiac Specialists. She was struggling with infertility for years before I came to work for her. I was pregnant when I was interviewing but had not told her that I was fearing that it would hurt my chances of being hired. Well, she hired me and within 2 weeks of me working for her, she announced her pregnancy! There were 3 of us in the Cardiac Rehab that had girls all born within 2 months of each other in 2000--it was the running joke in the office to NOT drink the water in the Rehab or you might end up pregnant too:) Our girls spent many years growing up together but then Greta and I had lost touch for several years but I sent her a graduation announcement just hoping I would get an announcement for her daughter too. And I did get Maya's announcement and was even more surprised and thrilled when Greta showed up to Carlie's Open House!!! It was a blast from the past for sure and soooooo good to catch up with an old friend.
Fun Side Story:
This is a good friend of mine, Greta. She hired me way back in 1999 to intern for her as an Exercise Physiologist at Advanced Cardiac Specialists. She was struggling with infertility for years before I came to work for her. I was pregnant when I was interviewing but had not told her that I was fearing that it would hurt my chances of being hired. Well, she hired me and within 2 weeks of me working for her, she announced her pregnancy! There were 3 of us in the Cardiac Rehab that had girls all born within 2 months of each other in 2000--it was the running joke in the office to NOT drink the water in the Rehab or you might end up pregnant too:) Our girls spent many years growing up together but then Greta and I had lost touch for several years but I sent her a graduation announcement just hoping I would get an announcement for her daughter too. And I did get Maya's announcement and was even more surprised and thrilled when Greta showed up to Carlie's Open House!!! It was a blast from the past for sure and soooooo good to catch up with an old friend.
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