The Class of 2021

There they are! The Lorena High School graduating class of 2021; however, graduating from Kindergarten is the cause for excitement here! Last Thursday, May 21, Jackson officially became the "big man" as a 1st grader on the campus of Lorena Primary. He is so proud!

The graduation started at 7:00 and the doors to the PAC, where graduation was held, opened at 6:30. Since we needed to save 14 seats for our wonderful family, we arrived at the PAC around 6:00. By the time the doors opened at 6:30, I'm pretty sure every kindergarten parent was waiting in line, along with all their relatives! It was like waiting in line for the stores to open on Black Friday. And when the doors opened the rush to get inside was much like that of all the after-Thanksigiving shoppers trying to get into the store with the best sales. We safely made it inside, found the row that we thought we could the best pictures from, and started putting down anything we could find that would save our entire row seats! I guess we did a good job of showing that the seats were taken because not a single person asked if they could sit in "our" row. Since we had our seats, all we had to do was sit and wait. Madison found one of her friends to sit with, so that only left Cason for us to deal with (which is enough). As we all know, Cason and quiet events indoors don't really go together. Usually my purse has so many matchbox cars inside, it should be called a toy box, but I actually cleaned out my purse and put all the cars in their appropriate spot at home. So when Cason went to his on-the-go toy box, it was empty! Except for my sunglasses, which kept him entertained for awhile.

Once Cole, my nephew, was in his seat, Cason moved down the row to sit with him. I guess he's more fun than my Mom and I! Finally, it was 7:00 and graduation began. Each Kindergarten class had their turn getting their diplomas. Ms. Lina, the principal, announced each student's name and what they want to be when they grow up, while the superintendent, Mrs. Talbert, handed out the diplomas and shook hands. Jackson's class was the 4th class to walk across the stage.

We had no idea that Jackson wanted to be a Concrete Salesman. His teacher, Mrs. Niemeyer, emailed me earlier in the week and wanted to know Corey's job title. Jackson told her he wanted to be what his Dad is. How sweet is that???

Mrs. Niemeyer's Kindergarten Class(Jackson is 4th from the left)

After all the classes finished walking across the stage, the entire Kindergarten class got on stage to serenade the audience. As soon as the curtain opened, every kid on the stage immediately started waving at their families that they couldn't even really see because of the blinding stage lights. But they waved like they saw us! Then, the singing began. I have pure admiration for Mrs. Bradford, the music teacher! She taught those babies the words and motions to 5 songs!!! Jackson was on the very back row, and to all of our surprise, sang all the songs and did the motions. They all were too cute!!!!
Mrs. Niemeyer and Jackson

McCray and Jackson

Daylan, Jackson, & Brayden