In May, Baby Brother graduated. I’m officially old. Papaw came down to spend the night with Roomie & I. Baby Brother was the last grand kid to graduate so of course Papaw had to do it up big. Things started when Papaw got lost on the way to mine & Roomie’s house. I still don’t know where exactly he wound up getting lost at, but Roomie helped him out & all was good again. Roomie actually chauffeured him around and I just tagged along in the back seat. After his graduation we all had cake back at the house, then baby bro went off into the night to party and we headed back to our house here in Norman. We all had a great time.
Oklahoma’s very own Kim Henry spoke at Baby Bro’s graduation. She might be better known as the Governor’s Wife, but she too is one of our own alums (as well as Governor Brad Henry). Her daughter is actually in Baby Bro’s class, so of course she remarked about how she had better hurry up, because the partying post-graduation was something the kids couldn’t miss out on. Ha. I honestly don’t even remember who spoke at my graduation. Some guy, that’s all I remember. At my graduation all I thought about was Project Graduation and staying out until 5am. Really, that’s all I thought about.
The final moments of being a High School Senior. Man, to relive those days. Who knows what things I would do differently, if anything. I know one thing, I sure am glad to be finished and out. I hated high school or maybe I just hated that high school in particular.
He did it! Here is studly Baby Bro post-graduation. I’ve never seen Baby Bro in a tie, this was definitely a first for me. Usually, well usually, he doesn’t even bother to fix his hair, put on cologne, or even wear a belt. So yes, I was shocked by what he was wearing under his graduation robes.
A high school grad, Mom & Dad & Papaw. Baby Bro lucked out and got the tall genes of the family. He’s 6 years younger than I am and a little over a foot taller than I am now. Honestly, when did he grow up? I must’ve missed seeing that or just didn’t realize it. I’m officially the runt of the family now.
Mom & Paps during graduation. I can’t help it – I got bored and started snapping photos. Thank goodness Mom & Pops don’t have any more kiddos, because I’m not too sure I could do another graduation. Although, I believe mine was definitely the longest one out of all the ones Paps has gone to. It was also one of the roudiest ones he had ever been to as well. I blame that on the huge graduating class I had.
….and because his class just isn’t as cool as mine was, they were watched very closely at what they took into the church. Both sets of my grandparents as well as my parents all insist that my graduation was one of the rowdiest graduations they had ever been too. That’s speaking volumes considering I have many cousins on both sides in which my grandparents have attended their graduations. Let’s just say my graduation involved guys wearing lipstick & kissing the Principal, fog horns, beach balls, silly string and just pure mayhem. This went on for a good 10 minutes after being announced the Graduating Class of 2004. Our diplomas were even held because of that incident and now the classes after us are having to suffer.
Maybe I should’ve mentioned that our class was nicked named the Class from Hell when we were in Junior High?