Early June, 2008

And she's done. Katie has graduated.

No, I did not cry. I was too excited for her. Who am I to be sad when she is happy?

Here she is, marching in. She is holding the class flower, a yellow gerbera daisy.
Katie and I, enjoying a mother/daughter moment.
Katie and her father, enjoying a father/daughter moment.
And now a parents/child moment.
And a whole family moment.
This is Katie and Tyrel. Tyrel is the autistic boy that Katie works with. Tyrel was there because his older brother graduated too.
Katie and her cousins--the cousins drove all through the night to get here in time to celebrate Katie's big day. We thank you, Jen, Travis and girls, for coming out to MN for Katie's graduation! Now get some sleep.Grandma O was there, as was Grandpa and Grandma H. But we didn't get pictures with them.

Jen and I kept ourselves amused, especially when we discovered that the sign language interpreters were not only signing each graduate's name, but signing any congratulatory or celebratory noises made by the crowd. They'd sign a "WOO!" and point to the part of the stadium that it came from. And as the loudness of the "WOO!" would vary, so varied the intensity with which they signed the "WOO!"