Why The World Is Bright With You Here.

pictures courtesy of Jenea Marie Photography

I would feel bad if I didn't post about Franco's awesome graduation party. We had it in my parent's backyard and everything went smoothly! Seriously, I hope I can have a big back yard like theirs in the future, we've had so many parties out there under the patio and the large grass area. Perfect for gatherings like this. We had another gathering just a month later for 100 people and it was perfect, which I can't wait to blog about. First, Franco's graduation celebration from CSUCI! I was saved from hiding behind the camera as I almost always do nowadays by Jenea, she took some great shots! I couldn't resist taking just a few pictures, though...

I also didn't want to worry about cooking for sixty people so we had the party catered from one of Franco's favorite Mexican restaurants El Pollo Norteño. Yum.

 

 
I loved the decorations of blue, yellow, and green, with a touch of gilded silver. I will write a post about them on my design blog soon, they were easy to make and best of all, inexpensive and reusable!

 
For a personal touch, I printed pictures from the graduation ceremony earlier that morning on my printer and clothespinned them to a green rope from the dollar store. Family took them home after as mementos!

 
I had to include this picture (above) again. We miss our bosses so, so much! Dr. Freeland on the left and Jay Christiansen on the right are simply the best bosses in the world.

 

Kept the school theme going with tiny chalkboards and pencils in mason jars for the centerpieces.

 

It was fun watching these little girls dancing--with themselves, with my mom, and Mariah with her dad. That's what life is all about, isn't it? Dance the night away.