Makayla Jayne Graduated...How Awesome

The other day i was out doing errands for whatever reason, stopped at a light i saw this:

So you see that thing where an antennae should be? That my friends is a bullet!!! Now why? you ask? Why??? well first off its Idaho, second the people in the truck (which was a bit under the weather for a truck) were missing some teeth and probably could have come from a certain family line close to me, just sayin.....(on my dads side people) I found it super funny and laughed about it all the way home. Then showed Shane, what did he say?...oh huh looks like a bullet, nice. NICE??? what does that mean? whatever i will just move along with my life and pray those never become part of my vehicle decor....

So Ms Makayla Jayne graduated from High School, yes, yes i know you are all surprised we are as well...but alas it has happened. She is a pretty good girl, in fact she is a pretty great girl. She started out in Special Education in her elementary years and blew that out of the water when we got to Idaho!!! She got a ton of extra help and support and then a specialized program for a few years in JR High and onward to High School, she struggled with (get this) ECON (why the hell anyone would choose to do Econ in HS is beyond me but whatever) and some Trigonometry (cause that is what you do in your senior year, not me i barely got out of good ole Sacopee Valley with any good grades) This girl has 2 college courses under her belt (maybe more) and is ready for the world. I love this girl she is pretty great!

We got the entire house cleaned and Brenda came over and redid my wall of photos.

It took her most of the day but that was a lot for her. She is learning pregnancy takes a ton out of ya...its also not fun to try and hang things on our wall, because it sort of sucks to try and get the nails in....

For her graduation we got her a necklace with Scottish sea glass, a small whale charm (family joke), another charm that has a heart with mom and dad on it then a little bead that is her birthstone. I ordered it from Scotland so it took a bit to get here and it is absolutely gorgeous. Her favorite memory is going on our trip last summer to England/Scotland, i wanted her to have something from Scotland so she could remember our trip and know how much she is loved.

 Makayla is the girl in the back row in the right hand photo with her hands crossed in front of her.

This is her walking across the stage...i am so proud i actually cried a bit. She is so wonderful if you dont know her you need to get to know this girl.

All she really wanted was a cake from Costco...hence the massive cake of glory.....AND

a veggie platter, she is my veggie kid with extra green peppers. She is weird i know, but we love her. 

If you look close over her left shoulder....yup that is Johns head sticking out

We had some of the most awesome people come over. She only wanted a few close friends over to visit on her day and it was perfect. She is really low key. Small things make her happy, she is generally always very happy, kind and loving. She is going to be a great woman as she gets older. I cant wait to see where her life goes.

Makayla is pretty great, i love that girl...She is already signed up for college through an online program with Brigham Young University. Its a program she can get a lot of help with her classes because the teacher/student ratio is very small. She is very excited about it. All of the the current credits she has will transfer to this program called Pathway and she will be on her way to a college degree in a few years.

Whether she gets married or not i dont care, i only care that she reaches whatever highs she wants. That she doesnt hold herself back because of the trials she has. She has to work on gaining more strength in herself (dont we all). She IS smart, she IS wonderful, she IS.....just IS....now she will be amazing...I love you girl, your daddy loves you too....always and forever whale, always.