Cade's 8th Grade Graduation

Yesterday was such a great day. So many of our family and friends gathered to watch Cade and 27 of his classmates graduate from St. Paul School after nine years (for most of them) together. The highlight of the evening was Cade's speech at graduation which brought many to tears wherein he thanked Chad and me for our support and love. I love that so many people saw the Cade that Chad and I know so well; the young man that we know to be so kind, loving and well-spoken. After the graduation mass, we all enjoyed a couple hours of visiting, eating, dancing, watching the class DVD and enjoying the 8th graders' scrapbooks of their time at St. Paul. 

 

 

 

 

A picture from earlier in the day after their last day of school...

A few of my favorite pages from Cade's scrapbook. I love the quotes he picked for his title page as well as his write-ups...

 

Cade's speech which he only partially used. He never once looked at it but used it as a general outline. His final speech and his delivery was just great and so heartfelt and, in the words of a couple parents I spoke with, "It blew me away."