Saturday, June 2, 2012

Graduation

"So this is it! And it all happened so quickly. This morning for the last time you arrived on campus a student; this afternoon you go home as an alumnus. Today we are no longer your school - we've become your alma mater." That was the first paragraph of a beautiful letter my son received from his principal last week before graduation. And instead of ending with GO BELLS!, the letter finished off with "Go with God!"

To celebrate graduation, I made lots and lots AND LOTS of graduation cookies. 
The Graduation Gown with flower lei was my personal favorite of my graduation cookies. I haven't seen anyone else make them yet, so I was really excited when I thought of including the lei on the grad gown.
Happy Graduate
Diplomas
 Grad Caps
Grad Profile
 Wise Owls
 Grad Smileys
 Go Bells!
 Congrats Graduate





Oh and I almost forgot to mention... in the car, driving to the graduation ceremony, I told Nick "I already cried this morning, so I should be all good". Nick grinned and said "oh yeah?" and then he proceeded to hum the graduation march song. Evil, evil boy ;-) Thank God for waterproof mascara!
When Nick started high school he was 5'3 and little and cute and didn't know anyone at his new school. As a graduate, he is now 5'10 and a man, but still cute ;-) He has made lots of really close friends, completed an incredible amount of studying and lots of community service and played on the school hockey team all 4 years. Throw in a bunch of video games and Nick has become the young man he was meant to be.
We couldn't be more proud of our Bell Alum!

6 comments:

  1. Congrats Cristin for make it through and now you can take a much needed break! These cookies are awesome too, way to go

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  2. Congratulations, Nick! (And congratulations to you, too, Cristin for staying strong (and making some darn good cookies!!!!) <3

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  3. Aloha Cristin. I'm from Hawaii and I LOVE the gowns with leis! My husband & I just looked at them and are admiring how beautiful all of the graduation cookies are. Thank you for sharing your talent. And, congrats on your son's graduation.

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  4. Congratulations! To your for raising a wonderful young man and to your wonderful young man. May he set out on a new road that others will want to follow.
    Fantastic amount of cookies and fantastic cookies!

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  5. Congrats to your son, the graduate! I'm glad you survived the graduation:) The grad gown with the lei IS a cute cookie idea! My son graduated from college in Hawaii and he ended up being covered in leis:)

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  6. Congrats to Nick! I love your attention to detail Cristin. I can always tell that every cookie you make is made with love. The gowns with the leis are awesome :)

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Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment! I love hearing from you! Cristin