Sara made it with 5 minutes to spare; HPU traditional Chime Out Ceremony this evening where seniors pass the leadership garland over to the juniors and they walk through "the Gate" one last time as a class. Yes...I cried while watching on Livestream....
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Is graduation soon? Steph didn’t have a graduation because of Covid
. We left for Brownwood at 6:15 arriving in time to do a little shopping and lunch at 11 at her favorite restaurant, Humphrey Pete's, for one last meal there. She'll get her "big" gift tomorrow night when we celebrate her graduation/Mother's Day at Taste of Texas in Houston. Gave her a "token gift" today...a tee shirt with her favorite, Stitch, celebrating with fireworks. 
Treavor had finished packing up most of her townhouse when he arrived about an hour before we did and she had to be at a short graduation practice at 1 so we did a little more shopping and made our way to HPU. Got to visit with her best friends parents before we were allowed in for seating. After practice she came and showed us her most prized sash...the Honor's Academy blue & gold sash and the red/white/blue braided rope; only 6 students of the graduating class were honored to receive these sashes.
) but we exited the auditorium and noticed an approaching storm!
Complete with 2" hail and high winds according to the Weather apps the girls were using. So we QUICKLY got a few photos, skipped the reception 
and "got out of town" as quickly as we could! None of us wanted to deal with MORE hail damage to our vehicles and since Sara & Allie had loaded the odds & ends boxes in their cars while Treavor was moving furniture we were ready to leave. But DID get some really memorable photos...her best friends, favorite professor, soccer coach and family. This photo of the storm came from the Texas Storm Chasers site on Facebook (it's much better than mine!)
Yes, this is from the World of Disney. It's in the regular shopping area not at the check out. Tell me what/where it is in the World of Disney.
So sorry Steph missed that amazing experience. Our day started at 5:30 AM
She graduated Summa Cum Laude; the yellow sash and braided rope represent her Degree in Mathematics along with the Guy D. Newman Honors Academy sash & rope for her Degree in Civic Leadership and Public Policy (and, for her, receiving the Sumners Scholarship); the medal with the red/white/blue ribbon represents the Honors Academy (the 2 professors on stage pinned it on the Honor Academy grads before they received their diploma) and the one with the red sash is the ASC Student Scholar/Athlete. Dr. Hines gave the diplomas. We had great seats but not much luck with photos. Thank goodness friends were in different parts of the Auditorium with different lighting and Amanda's phone takes awesome pictures so I have plenty photos from screen shots.
We'd planned on taking graduation pictures afterwards (she wanted the photos to have all her "hardware" in them
These 2 are some of my favorites..."best friends saying goodbye"...
Then there's the "academic friend"; just as close with all the research projects and conferences and I absolutely loved her favorite professors. And, of course, her soccer coach! Talk about a "love/hate" relationship! But he's been there for those girls; attended ALL the academic ceremonies over the years. He was remembering yesterday when this class arrived during Covid and how HIS kids have grown the last 4 years. His oldest daughter turns 14 this summer. She'll remember them always!
I can't figure out how to describe this without "giving it away"! 
You would purchase the "Stitch" item using the thing in the display.
Steaks "to die for" (check out Bryan's ... he DID share it with Mandy ) but I enjoyed the desserts most of all! 
Fun weekend; now we move on to Katie with prayers she doesn't end up in detention 
for the next 2 weeks! Her "Senioritis" is B-A-C-K 
!
Ending our celebration of Allie with a family dinner at the Taste of Texas tonight! Her graduation gift from us SURE made her smile!
Oh those desserts look good. Love the little boot glass. That’s one big steak
And yes...the steak was HUGE! They ate every bite too!
Think no more; it's a machine that MAKES the luggage tags...like the penny machines! 
(I'll get a new crop up shortly; need to go get Boo now before the downpour of rain starts!)
How cute and patio looks GREAT! How is Emily's Mom doing?
