Graduation 2020

V Graduates!

Y’all! My youngest of five graduated from high school this week! It was really an exciting Graduation for many reasons. It was our LAST at Pelham High School. We have had a student enrolled at Pelham High School since 2002. That is eighteen consecutive years! And we are finished!

He did it!

This was a strange graduation since it almost didn’t happen due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We are one of the lucky high schools who actually had a somewhat traditional cermony for our Seniors. Kudos to Pelham High School for pulling this off and giving our kids a last hurrah!

I thought I would share some of our graduation photos from our past graduates. Unfortunately, I’ve not been able to locate my graduation photo or Mr. Blu’s. I”ll find them at some point an update this post. I do have a feeling that a friend or two might pull out their yearbooks and share a couple in the meantime!

Congratulations V!

Along with V’s picture, I’m sharing my other four children’s graduation photos.

the-blue-building-antiques-shopatblu-graduation-V — V

the-blue-building-antiques-shopatblu-graduation-IV — IV

the-blue-building-antiques-shopatblu-graduation-III — III

the-blue-building-antiques-shopatblu-graduation-II — II

the-blue-building-antiques-shopatblu-graduation-I — I

Graduation Festivities During a Pandemic

Because of the Pandemic, PHS only permitted four guests per family. This would be the first time any of the siblings missed any major sibling events. Unfortunately, II and her wife could not travel from Texas. And I and his family were still under strict quarantine. So we had the perfect (not perfect) number of tickets for graduation.

We were sure to include them.

the-blue-building-antiques-shopatblu-graduation-siblings — Siblings

The Blue Building Antiques Shopatblu V and family

The Blue Building Antiques Shopatblu I and family — V, I and family

And the ceremony was livestreamed so everyone got to watch The Last Edinger graduate!

The Blue Building Antiques Shopatblu Masked — All Graduates were required to wear a mask.

The Blue Building Antiques Shopatblu ready — But I like this view better!

The Family Graduation Archives

Here are some other grads from our family album.

My dad carried this picture of my Mom in his wallet.

The Blue Building Antiques Shopatblu Mom Graduation — Class of ’59

Dad also had this picture of his sister, Louise. Dad was child number 4 of 8 and Aunt Louise was child number 5. He talked about Aunt Louise alot over the last few years. And Ironically, Pop passed away on June 21, 2019 and Aunt Louise joined him exactly one month later on July 21, 2019. Those two!!

The Blue Building Antiques Shopatblu Aunt Louise — Aunt Louise

My dad didn’t graduate from high school. He left school to work and help support his family. So I was surprised when I found these pictures.

The Blue Building Antiques Shopatblu Pop graduation

The Blue Building Antiques Shopatblu Graduation Pop — Pop

Then I remembered seeing this…

The Blue Building Antiques Shopatblu Gesu — Gesu

The Blue Building Antiques Shopatblu Pop Gesu diploma — Gesu diploma

It was Pop’s 8th grade diploma from Gesu School. The photos were from this milestone.

My mother-in-law didn’t graduate from high school either. She left school shortly after 9th grade to work. I always thought this was her senior picture. But I suppose it was from 9th grade.

The Blue Building Antiques Shopatblu Flo

The next few pictures are quite amazing. We don’t know alot about Mr. Blu’s dad’s family history. I’m not even sure if I’ve ever seen any childhood pictures of Art. So when we found his high school yearbook, I was very excited. Inside, carefully tucked away were momentos from his high school years.

The Blue Building Antiques Shopatblu Art yearbook — Art Graduation Photo

The Blue Building Antiques Shopatblu Yearbook At — 1952 Phoenixville High School

The Blue Building Antiques Shopatblu Art Graduation

The Blue Building Antiques Shopatblu Art Graduation Announcement — Art Graduation Announcement

The Blue Building Antiques Shopatbu Art Graduation Letterman

The Blue Building Antiques Shopatbu Art Graduation Newspaper — Art-top of the steps center

For a second, the siblings thought that the youngest Edinger went rogue! But if you look closely, his second finger is masked into the background of the chair.