Graduation Day!

 

The party began when we picked up my mom from the airport the night before. It was so nice seeing them and I was so grateful that they took the time to come out and celebrate with me. We had a great time the night before just driving back from the airport that alone was enough to kick off the week.

The morning of graduation I woke up to my dogs barking like crazy in the garage. Turns out that my friend and her mom were busy decorating my house. Schyler is so sweet! I just realized I never got a picture with her, I'm such a bad friend. I can't believe she drove 45 minute to my house in the butt crack of dawn to surprise me. She sure made my special day extra special!

She got my the most gorgeous flower ever, she remembered I told Mike I wanted flower for graduation so she got me some too

I can't believe how incredibly thoughtful she was. She was the one that encouraged me to apply to the program. Thank goodness for sweet friends.

These flowers still look amazing in my kitchen.

So pretty!

I was supposed to be wearing a dress for graduation but my tights ripped last minute and we could not find white tights ANYWHERE. Thank goodness I just so happen to have an extra uniform in my car AND my nursing shoes. Thank goodness for my mom being there to help me calm my nerves before graduation because I was sure freaking out. The teachers went around making sure our shoes were polished and made me lick back the one hair I had hanging out on the back. Did I mention I'm glad I'm done with nursing school?

This was my FAVORITE part of the ceremony. We each went up and ripped our patches off and put them in the bowl. It signified that we were done and were no longer Chaffey College Nursing Students. It felt SOOOO good to rip it off.

The Nightingale Pledge. There were so many speakers all claiming they had seen us grow into wonderful nurses. I didn't recognize not one of them :)

 Almost done with the ceremony.

Yippy! I was so happy that my mom and sister were able to make it. Wish they could've stayed longer but I was thankful for the little time we had together.

My twinner. No one ever got our names right.

My nursing buddy

After the ceremony Marcia was so sweet to take us all out to dinner. It was her treat to me for graduating. We tried going to Spaghetti Factory but the college and high school BOTH had graduations going on at the same time so every thing was packed. We ended up going to Red Robin. I realized that with all of my stress of my ripped nylons I had forgotten to eat and my mom and sister hadn't eaten either. Needless to say our burgers were deeeelicous.

Thanks Marcia!!

Marcia was a big part of my success. I whined and whined to her about how awful school was and she always had words of encouragement. She was there for me when my mama couldn't. I felt like I could always vent to her since she went through the same type of rigorous program I went through. I sure have the sweetest mother in law!

Mike's grandparents drove down from Utah to celebrate with me. They are the sweetest ever and I felt so loved to have them both there. They are really amazing people.

The day after graduation it was time to take Priscilla and my mom back to the airport. We decided to stop by and grab some breakfast before and enjoy time together before they were off the Utah again. I'm so thankful for all of the people who were there for me on my big day. It feels so good not to have school anymore. I still wake up scared thinking that I need to be some where, hopefully that'll go away soon. Priscilla's high school graduation is coming up next. I can't believe it. Can't wait to see these two in a couple of weeks!