The day had finally come after 12 long years (or maybe more) and it was Jane's graduation. The first people I ran into were Carolyn Williams and her nephew who seemed like a very impressive gentleman with his degrees and current job. Next I saw Chris Hagadorn, so I seemed to be making the proper rounds of Jane's friend's parents and then I saw Phil Nord but didn't get a good picture even as Casey approached all excited about the Thunder game the night before and the seats were there as the stage was set the cameraman was ready and the balloons of celebration were in place none of which excited Ben who was feeling the heat while I took these self portraits and then saw Kim and Norma arrive and take their space under the tree as the stage people began to assemble as did the non-seniors in around 8 and the photographing parents would allow an occasional glimpse of the entering seniors before rising again even as the graduates turned the corner and the assembled got prepared to watch as Suzanne watched pierce take the stage and then Around 8 did its thing (but no national anthem) before Jane returned to her seat and I was left to admire the list of graduates (with Jane's *) and the planned program before Judith Wilson got ready for the graduates and after a few test pictures

Jane got her degree and began the march off stage into the row and back to her seat and then happily marched away from the graduation degree in hand. as I spoke with Dan Scheiner and Priscilla Scheiner and then took some artistic (ie botched) photos before finding Adele and Chris and then taking the obligatory pictures of Jane Jane and John and then Jane again in cap and gown before Jane headed off to get her actual diploma

and Sarah took some artistic shots of the school entrace

some self portraits

and then some pictures of me Next, Sarah turned her expertise to bubble pictures

after which Jane emerged with her diploma and posed with it so that we would know it was her and her degree.

On the way out, we ran into Fred and Rosie John and John Huang and Sarah posed as if it were 4 years ago before I met Peter Roame and then we found Norma and Jane greeted her as Suzanne Jane and Norma posed for individual pictures before I took these pictures of the 3 kids

and then these group family pictures before Kim obliged and let me get into the frame

This led us to Mediterra where Jane met Lucy and I saw Michael before we took pictures of the McKeon-Williams family and headed into the darkness to get our mediterranean messo and breads my apple martini and salad and our main courses

for which I achieved the clean plate club which amused Sarah and caused Ben to do his victory salute as Kim Norma and Suzanne watched and Jane and I fit into this self portrait before Jane did weird faces nose contraction tongue to nose touching and then posed with Suzanne as Suzanne and Norma and then Suzanne, Norma and Jane posed to end the evening