It took Kenzie 12 years to graduate. It only took me 2 months to finish posting about it. Sheesh.
Kenzie's graduation was wonderful. It was a relief to finally be done. She has worked so hard. She has a learning disability and with the hours each night spent with a tutor, those were 12 hard, long years. It was also sad to finally be done. American Heritage has been her home. She started attending there in 5 grade and it made such a powerful change in her. She learned to accept her learning disability as a blessing from Heavenly Father. She learned to have confidence. She learned to be proud of her individuality. She learned to speak up. She learned to stand up. She loves that school and those that were apart of the experience. She was very nervous for the day of graduation where she could not call it home any more. It was a safe place for her. The adjustment has been hard, but we are slowly moving forward and she will start at college the end of August, taking a couple of classes.
The plan was to take everyone out for dinner afterward. However, on a Wednesday night in Utah, everything apparently closes at 9....before summer hours start. So, we ended up picking up grocery store deli and having that. It was okay, because two days before her graduation we surprised her with a trip to Paris and London! It has been her dream to go, so I planned to take her and the two of us would go explore! We spent 7 days in Paris and 4 in London. She was thrilled!!!!!!! We left three days after graduation. It was awesome.
Here are more pictures.
Kenzie's graduation was wonderful. It was a relief to finally be done. She has worked so hard. She has a learning disability and with the hours each night spent with a tutor, those were 12 hard, long years. It was also sad to finally be done. American Heritage has been her home. She started attending there in 5 grade and it made such a powerful change in her. She learned to accept her learning disability as a blessing from Heavenly Father. She learned to have confidence. She learned to be proud of her individuality. She learned to speak up. She learned to stand up. She loves that school and those that were apart of the experience. She was very nervous for the day of graduation where she could not call it home any more. It was a safe place for her. The adjustment has been hard, but we are slowly moving forward and she will start at college the end of August, taking a couple of classes.
The plan was to take everyone out for dinner afterward. However, on a Wednesday night in Utah, everything apparently closes at 9....before summer hours start. So, we ended up picking up grocery store deli and having that. It was okay, because two days before her graduation we surprised her with a trip to Paris and London! It has been her dream to go, so I planned to take her and the two of us would go explore! We spent 7 days in Paris and 4 in London. She was thrilled!!!!!!! We left three days after graduation. It was awesome.
Here are more pictures.
Mr Haymond. Best teacher ever. Austin had him too.
The graduating class of 2014.
Throwing their caps....she was afraid she would get hit. I think it is awesome.
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