Gold key ceremony, choir concert, Meredith's Farewell (and welcome back :-) )

<TITLE> Gold key ceremony, choir concert, Meredith's Farewell (and welcome back :-) ) </TITLE>
<THEME> FriendsMeredith
<THEME> Graduation
June 4 was Meredith's graduation day.  We poured champagne
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and served hummus with pita bread
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to toast her and then let her serve herself this food first
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from the buffet
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Ken and the parents
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seemed to be enjoying the meal as were Ben and Meredith
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Jane
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Sarah
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and John
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especially when the fruit
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and sweet
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courses were served.  Jan arrived
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as Meredith's dad ducked into the kitchen
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to avoid being broadcast on the web.  Jane took these pictures of me
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and then this collection
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that will be great if we ever learn to use the stitch feature.  And this 
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that records the conversation
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After this dead picture
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undoubtedly of the coal mines in northern Minnesota. we recorded Sarah's chalk art
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and then the original
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which was lit better
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in both views.  After the basketball game heated up
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we took the family pictures with
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and without
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allowing space for David Kroenlein
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Later that night, Sarah snuck out for her pictures of Ivy Lane,
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the chia tigers,
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and the stop sign
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before returning for some last pictures of Ivy Lane
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and this picture of night darkness
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to end the roll.