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CONGRATS VALEDICTORIAN!

These next few days are all about family! We have my cousin Tammy's wedding set for this Saturday, my mom's birthday also on Saturday, Father's Day coming up on Sunday, and my cousin Jonathan's high school graduation today.

Having watched Jonathan grow up from a wild little kid to become valedictorian of Troy High School, ranked in the top 20 of all U.S. High Schools, is pretty amazing. It's a great accomplishment and we could not be more proud. Plus, it got us out of work early for a day!

The problem with most high school graduations is that the speeches are too long and filled with too many cliches. Plus, they usually prevent any of the graduates from having any fun. This one featured some pretty decent speeches with no chiches (imagine that!) and had soe light-hearted moments watching the teachers try to take away and destroy beach balls that made it way around the students.

The only problem with this ceremony was the time: 2pm in the afternoon under the blazing hot sun. Apparently, space is limited in Fullerton so all the high schools have their graduations at one location: Fullerton High School. Once one graduation is over, they ship everybody out and star the next one. Unfortunately, Troy gets the shaft every year and gets the early shift.

We all baked, but it was worth it. Congrats, Jonathan! We are all so proud of you!