My Prom's Anniversary - Part II

I posted last week about my 15th years anniversary of graduation school, and we had the second part of the celebration today.

We decided to do it at the school itself, because it was going to be the only place where we can have such a large group without non related people. We decided to do it like a "field day" and we had many attractions for the kids.

As my school is a Catholic School, first thing we did was to celebrate a Mass. The oldest kids present were selected to do the bible readings. Gaby was one of them (picture on the right). Every child did the reading with their parents and siblings.

Not everybody was present at the Mass, but during the day, lots and lots of people were coming and going and I took pictures of every family.  This picture was taken with the group that was at the Mass, and it is in the place where the principal and teachers are standing when they do the Flag Ceremony every morning before the school starts.


One of the things we had was an inflatable batting cage... All three girls did great, even though Mia didn't lose her "diva" attitude...


Face painting! Gaby said she was too old for that... too cute!


The biggest hit of the day was an Inflatable Climbing Wall... It was very high, so not all kids dared to do it... As Mimi is not any kid, she went up and down, over and over again! Gaby and Mia "tried", but that was about it.


And of course, they dared ME to do it... I couldn't say no to it. When I was on top, all I was able to think was in the amazing feeling that Mimi feels when she is all the way at the top.,,


And of course, a picture with my blooming buds...


Having OUR kids in the same grounds where WE ran around as kids ourselves was amazing, and we all look forward to do something like this again.

It's been 15 years...

... since my school years reached to an end!

It's really crazy to think that I have been an adult for THAT long.

We were a total of 125 at our senior year, and most of us were together since preschool. There were different classes, but every school year, they used to mix us in order for each one of us to have at least one school year together. At the end, all 125 of us are very close and we know each other well.

For our 15 years anniversary, we decided to do two different celebrations. One night out with just us, and a "field day" with our families. A few of us got together several times before the events to plan everything, and it was a total success.

I made an invitation (both events in one card) and here is the English version (some fake info for posting purposes)...


There are many out of the country, but almost a 75% of the ones in the country, were present at the first event. There are also many people that were part of our class at some point while growing up, but that didn't graduate with us. Some of them were present too. It was an unforgettable night and we look forward to the second event.

My school's annual Marching

At the school where I graduated, they do a big thing for our local's independence day. They do a big event that normally makes the newspaper where they invite some local celebrities and lots of other schools.

It's a big marching towards the national flag and one of the biggest things of the event is that former students would attend and also march.  I remember when I was a kid that it was so cool especially because there were a group of former students with a marching band.

My class was turning 15 years of having graduated and we wanted the school to feel our presence. It was a hard task because it was first thing in the morning, and not everybody was able to work it out around their jobs but around 15 of us attended.

It was nice to be back at school and it was funny how I was still on the first row while marching (just like in high school)... It's fun to be petite!

More time with my prom friends

Today we had a mass at the school to celebrate our 10th anniversary... The other night was about us, and today was about the families...

We had an awesome time and the girls had a blast with the kids that went...

Just after the mass:

There were some caps, shirts and books from high school that were unused, and they took them as a "souvenir"... The book was writen by most of us... It was a recopilation of poems that we wrote on the literature class. I may share the poem that I wrote later on..

De La Salle - Prom 1999

Some of the kids

Then, we went to the school's preschool area.. The kids had an awesome time...


We are looking forward to plan more activities so we can get together more frequently... That would be soo nice!!

Prom Night only TEN YEARS later!

Ten years ago was my high school graduation day. I gratuated in a school that goes from Preschool all the way up to Twelve Grade. My first year in that school was Kinder, so that means that I met most of them when I was 5 years old, and I was already 18 by the time I graduated. We were 125 kids, plus several others that were once part of our clas, but that didnt gradute with us and were always around.

Statistics from the night (by Laura S.): From 125 graduates, only 44 were missing, which means 65% was present at the party. Out of the 35% that were missing, a 27% is overseas.

This is how we looked 10 years ago:



Three of my buddies: Angie, Noelia and Laura

My sis Noelia, hubby and my friend Lisis:

Some of the girls did a dance that they performed during our high school years.. They actually were rehersing for a few weeks prior the party...

Watching some memories... Tons of fun!!

Lisis, Amaury, Noelia and me:

Diala, Jeimi, Me, Cristina and Iraisa:

A group photo... Some had left by the moment of this shot:


Photos were taken by Marco, Laura, Radhames, Lisis and Jacobo.