The Graduate

Greta has her BFA!

Bachelor of Fine Arts, that is. She graduated yesterday at 1:00 pm. She was one of approximately 40 students graduating from the College of the Arts, while 400 or so graduated from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

She wore a tangle of honor cords around her neck, choosing the ones she was most proud of.

Receiving her diploma

David's on-campus job was working with the sound and film crew to record the ceremony and stream it live over the internet.

Poison Ivy

So, it turns out I have poison ivy. In December. It's all over my right cheek, under my chin, up to my eye, across my neck, and into my ear. Inside. Waaay inside my ear. So I'm quite red and hot. I threatened to paint green spots on the left side of my face to be Christmasy. What do you think?

Tree Time!

The Professor and I scoped out the various sources for cut trees before we dragged the entire family out on the hunt. Surprisingly, we found the best trees at the best price at the local garden center. The bargain bin had wonkier trees still bundled in rope, but we found a reasonable tree that is quite narrow, perfect for our narrow corner.

And to all a good night!

Happy Thanksgiving!

This year we lost a child for our family celebration, but we gained the "other" grandparents. (And Greta and Daniel joined us in the evening.)

Can you guess our menu this year?

Patrick entertains us with peek-a-boo

It turned out to be very warm, so, after eating mid-afternoon, we lounged around on the patio until dark.

Luke entertains us with the beach ball game.

Oops! Too much pie, Jared?

Celebrating Early

We had an early St. Lucia celebration when Diane and Paul were in town last week. Greta claimed this will be her last year to play Lucia, so she took the opportunity to train Luke as Star Boy. He thought it was great fun to wear the candle crown and serve the bread.

New Concrete

I wouldn't want to be the one pouring and forming concrete today, but I'm glad someone is interested in doing it. We are very happy to finally be getting a concrete pad poured on the side of our house, with a sidewalk connecting it to the driveway.Papa and Patrick check out the BIG truck on our driveway.

Soon after this area was troweled it started to rain. They quickly pulled tarps over the wet concrete but some pits formed regardless.

All done!

A Happy Saturday

1. Breakfast at Douceur de France

2. Hiking at Leita Thompson Park
3. Dinner at Olive Garden (we haven't been there in years!)