Charity's Anthony Has Graduated from CSU Stanislaus

Anthony has graduated in kinesthesiology.  However he still has a year to go to certify as a teacher.

Tony's Kindergarten Certificate

http://billywardlefamily.blogspot.com/2013/05/tonys-kindergarten-graduation.html
Tony's graduation

Seminary Graduation 2013

 Caleb, along with 44 other seniors graduated from seminary yesterday.  This included his cousin, Natalie, fellow church friends Clayton Williams, Phillip Herrera and Rachel Gass, and fellow band mates, Matthew Elliot and Joshua Cook.  I enjoyed the program.  Caleb's class sang "Nearer My God, To Thee."  The stake president talked.  He advised the graduates and parents to remember the Jesus heals physically as well as spiritually.  A big thank you to all of Caleb's teachers over the years.  His attendance has never been perfect, but he has always done enough make-up work to get through.  I think seminary has been a good experience for him.  A difference between this graduating class and any class prior was the number of graduates who already have mission calls. Another half dozen have their papers in.  When the Stake President asked for those planning on serving in the next year, so as to include the young women, another ten or so stood up.  That would make a total missionary crop from this group of close to 30.  Things are incredible.
For those who may not know, seminary is an early morning class of religious instruction.  It is early morning because it is before school.  It starts at 6:10.  Some mornings, Wednesdays, was late day at school, so the kids had time to go to someone's house for breakfast.  Usually they would go strait to school after seminary.

 

Caleb's Graduation Sierra High School May 24, 2013

Well, Caleb has done it, and he is home from the sober party, which lasted until 4 a.m.  Here are some views of his graduation.

 Caleb was in the first row.  I didn't see him come in as I was expecting him later.

Caleb is a bit forward in this picture, front row

 Caleb, Eliott, Simon and Kenny sang a quartet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyqo_MTHCtE

Hot Spud

With Sierra

With Natalie

family

With Miranda

With Tony

With Nicole (she sang National Anthem)

friends

Tony's Kindergarten Graduation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcTghgbYRac
processional

Tony's last day of his first year of school.  Tony really liked kindergarten.  He was so cute.  The kindergarten sang three songs.  Tony lead the processional.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAaQbbeqmRU
first song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE5frkmkmsU
second song, three little pigs

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBb6TbhiULM
getting his diploma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4DFsyik514
closing song

Mrs. Ballard

 This is Mrs. Ballards last day of teaching as she is retiring.

last chance at the kindergarten monkey bars

Veritas School

Sierra High School Bacalauriat 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d4sFbkBgIw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrxRs6IGD8g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msneS8Ute_o

Sierra High School Bacalauriat was held in the church at Union and Wowona.  The Sierra High School Choir sang, Emma Hunt, Simon McHenry and Maddie Banks did a song, as did Emily.  It was not very well attended.  I counted about forty seniors.  At the last minute Caleb filled in play prelude, processional and postlude music.  Anthony Chapman spoke.  He is an educator at Sierra.  He talked about a story of lifting a large piano which was hard to do, until someone suggested, "Stand close together, and lift where you stand."   His theme was to lift where you are, rather than waiting for some future evenr to lift.  If we are always waiting for the future to make our mark, it may pass us by.
Father Joe also spoke.  He talked about educators and parents.  How parents have unconditional love for babies, but seem to loss this as children get older and make mistakes.  We all make mistakes.  He talked about being the best you can be at whatever you choose to be.
After we went to Applebys and celebrated both Caleb's graduation, but also Tony's kindergarten graduation.