Mary Valenti was looking forward with anticipation to her son, Joshua's, college graduation. As the grandchild of Italian immigrants, Joshua was soon to become the first member of the Valenti family to obtain a bachelor's degree in America. Mary was stunned when Joshua told her that he did not want to have a graduation party.

Normally high schools and colleges offer graduation invitations for their students, but they can become pricey. If you only need a few invitations to mail to friends and family then it might be easier to make them yourself. With technology these days you can easily find your son or daughters high school mascot.

It is best, especially when the graduating classes are large, and each graduate is to be invited, for several parents to share the work and expense of graduation parties, but the good news is, these parties require little supervision and are best held outside.

Memphis Blues BBQ sounds great and it rhymes...I like it! Okay, well, let's see. A subtitle that you could use throughout (on the invites, on a welcome sign, sign-in board (book), etc., would be something like "We love the blues, but we don't have ANY over Matt getting his Masters!" Centerpieces could be imitation saxophones coming out of floras, more...

Planning for a graduation party or open house? Our oldest daughter is graduating from high school in a few short weeks. Because we don't normally throw big parties for our kids, we decided to choose this occasion to throw a big party for her and show her how proud we are of her.

It is that time again and soon millions of boys and girls will be walking out of high school forever. Starting in May and going until June all schools will be celebrating each childs' milestone. High school holds memories that we carry with us forever. So bring this special time to a end for the senior in your life.

Slideshows for graduations are a very beautiful way to show the graduate how very proud you are of him or her. As parents we pour our hearts, souls and lives into our children. We watch them grow from a beautiful infant to a beautiful and responsible adult. Graduation day is the first step in their independent life.