How do you put into words feelings ranging from being proud to feeling a little scared of what the future holds? 13 years of school is such a great accomplishment. No wonder we put such an emphasis on High School Graduations! So, yes, I am so proud of our Levi. But I also worry. Did I teach him enough? Did all the schools that he attended give him enough tools and knowledge to move onto the next stage of life? Did I teach him the basic skills that he will need to be a successful adult? I can only hope that the partnership and parents and school did a good job in raising a responsible adult.
Levi graduated from Mountain View High School on Tuesday. We first celebrated with a few gifts like these Swedish Fish shirt and socks (Swedish Fish are his favorite candy). Tucked inside is a little inside joke with our family, Levi, and Kanye West. The card says, "Kan Ye Belieive It? You graduated!" Wish a picture of Kanye West in graduation attire. We also got him a money lei and I made him a Swedish Fish candy lei.
The actual graduation took place at the Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy. It was a bit of a drive but worth it because this way we had unlimited people who could attend. Otherwise, we may have only gotten 2 tickets. Though only our little family could attend, it was nice knowing that all the graduates could have many people celebrating them.
It was a large graduating class, so the ceremony took a long time but we were blessed with good weather and patience. There were several times that I started to cry and would shed a few tears as the finalization would process in me in what seemed like a little at a time. Afterwards, we celebrated by going to a Chuck-A-Rama (Buffet) which was quite the treat. The boys love buffets but with the pandemic, all buffets have been shut down for a while. So it had been over a year since we had been to one. Kinda a perfect way to end our celebration.
Levi was ready to get out of there. Both graduation and school. I can remember feeling that way towards the end of school. I was so excited to move on to college. Levi has a mission to look forward to. He will learn so much on that mission. I'm sure there will be things there that he learns that I forgot or didn't realize I hadn't taught him. But honestly, I couldn't think of a better place for him to learn those things
Levi is such a good boy. He loves learning about the gospel. In fact, he and I stayed up till after midnight last night speaking of spiritual things. He amazes me. He works so hard at his job at Little Caesars when most of his co-workers don't take it seriously. He loves to rough play with Ruger. He likes his longboard. And I'm pretty sure he likes doing anything outdoorsy with his Father. How could I not be so proud of this boy of mine?
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