MORE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION

Dear Family,

We had three more graduations last week making the total of five high school graduations among the grand kids.  Here is a picture of the Wirthlin 2012 graduating class. there are Madeline, Douglas, Natalie, Rachel and Madeline.  Madeline on the left is going to the Sorbonne, and Madeline on the right is going to the University of Utah.

First we went to the graduation of Douglas held at an Arena where they usually do the rodeo.  This was a huge graduation with about 600 graduating, the men in orange robes.  Am not sure they had a Merit Scholar in the group but ten also graduated from a junior college with advanced placement classes taken  through the summer.

Here is also  a picture of Kristina Douglas and Doug the Dad. All during this graduations, the class managed to keep about a  dozen beach balls in the air during the graduation. We celebrated with a dinner at the Cheesecake Factory and it was good!

A few days later we attended two more graduations held in the Hunstman Center on the university of Utah campus.

 First was Madeline's graduation from West High School. There were about 300 graduates there.  Gemina's sisters from New York, and California came for the event and we all sat together.  The class president was a large Tongan Guy who will play football for University of Michigan this fall.

Here  is a shot the way some of the Tongans came to the graduation.  They had these beautiful wreaths wrapped around them so you could hardly see their faces with interwoven cash bills.  Couldn't resist taking their picture.  Not sure this would have floated at an Andover graduation.

The parking was terrible at the U so I waited there for Madeline's graduation.  Mom took Rick and Gemina home and Rick sent a subway sandwich and drink for resuscitation.

Then there was Madeline's graduation from Highland High School.  
I  had to hurriedly take this photo of Maddie before she rushed off to her seat.  Paul, Cheryl, Johnny, Lauren  Mary Claire and Mom joined me at the  top of the Huntsman Center.  Little Johnny played with my iPhone the entire time.  Maddie will go to the U and start this summer.  I am getting to be a connoisseur of High School graduations having sat through 16 of our own and now five more here in Utah.

I reflected that we did not do so much celebrating after the graduations in Michigan; they were always on Sunday so there were no big resteraunt get togethers afterward.  They all went to the senior all night party which was pretty well chaperoned and the kids had a great time.

This time, Rick and Gemina threw a big party at the Porcupine  when all the graduations was over celebrating all graduates. And here is the gang: Rick, Paul, Cheryl, Emily, Gemina, Madeline, Douglas. Natalie, Rachel , Madeline, John, Rayanne, Mike and the Mom.  It was really fun and so good to sit and visit with the graduates sitting at the end writing in each others yearbook.  Kinda heart warming!

Well this is all a preview of the Family Reunion coming up the fourth of July on which there have been innumerable phone calls, emails and constant discussion and planning.  We look so forward to seeing everyone then.

We are proud of our High School graduates and proud of all you are doing.

Bis Dann, Mom and Dad