Grad 2012 - The Banquet

Friday night we attended the graduation banquet honoring our Alisha. Friday morning I completed the finishing touches on Alisha's dress (just the hem) and then we proceeded to help her get ready for the evening. Shylah did her hair for her and once that was done, we went out and took photos in the back yard. Let me share...

 So this dress has a story, which I will share in a separate blog post. It took a long time to get it just so and ready for grad. At one point Alisha was a little stressed because it wasn't done yet and she wasn't sure I could manage it. But it all worked out just fine and the weekend went off without a hitch.

 Above is a photo of the 2012 Sentator Gershaw graduating class.

 A random shot, courtesy of Naomi where Alisha and Shylah are heading back home after the photo session at the school.

 The grand march. I had a hard time getting any good photo's of this part of the evening. It seemed like every time I was ready to take a photo my subjects had either moved or someone had stepped between them and my camera....

 But in the end, they all stood together and I even lucked out enough to be standing right in front of where Alisha and her dad ended up!!! A great photo opportunity!

 Following the grand march Alisha got to dance the first dance with her dad. A momentous occasion and you can see they joy shining in both of their eyes.

 Following the parent dance, was the escort dance. This is Craig - Alisha asked him a few weeks back to be her escort. I had a hard time getting a good picture of them, but I know there are some good ones out there because there were a number of camera's focused in on this cute couple.

 And of course we had to take a photo of Alisha with both of her parents.

Following all the excitement at the school we returned to our place where family and friends greeted Alisha during the evening and into the night. The party wound down in the early morning hours with everyone in attendance seeming to have had a good time. I don't need to say much about joy in the form of words as you can see it radiated in nearly every one of the photos in this post. What a glorious evening! Thanks to all who came to support Alisha in the celebration of her graduation!