Monday, May 17, 2004
Jennifer the Graduate - curtsying after graduation! Well, goofing around, really! Jennifer will begin work with Americorps in October. Read abt it at www.americorp.org and she will be part of Americorp*NCCC
Jennifer waiting to graduate; there were about 15,000 people in The Quad what with students, facutly, and loads of relatives
The graduate with her family. Happily we were all able to be there - Nicola drove in from Lexington, and Chris flew in from Cleveland. Happy Day. Because of the expected crowd and the heat of the day, Guy was waiting in line to get a good seat by 5:45 a.m. - and there were about 100 people ahead of him - but we got good seats!
Jennifer shaking the hand of Secretary of State Colin Powell who was the speaker at graduation
Jennifer and Pi Beta Phi sorority sisters celebrating at graduation weekend
Jennifer's Graduation weekend - The End. Jennifer, we had a great weekend, and loved spending time with you, your friends and their families. The four house mates - graduated - all about to go their separate ways after spending four years together. :(
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Nicola's a Lawyer!! Chris snapped this picture from a few steps above Nic just after she received her certificate. Nicola will be joining an immmigration law firm, Chapman Law Firm ( www.chapman-immig.com )in Greensboro, North Carolina end of August.Yeah,congratulations, daughter,JD.
The Law Graduate: Goofing around while waiting to walk the line. All those years of studying - this is almost surreal!
Graduation and Friends. Two new lawyers. Real smiles of happiness and relief - "we survived!"
Graduation Day at UK Law School. The sun was so bright all our eyes are squinnied up. But no denying we were all happy about the graduation and the fact that all the family could be there - Chris drove in from Ohio, and Jennifer drove in from North Carolina. Happy Day!
The new lawyer talking to her Mum and her professor just after graduation.
Graduation Parties. Another picture taken at Spindletop Hall. After this our family all went to have Sushi at a Japanese restaurant. Christopher had booked us into a hotel (to get us out of the way, I think) while they all went off to party elsewhere into the night.
Monday, May 10, 2004
The Bridge. Below this posting are several pictures documenting the saga of the building of the bridge over the goldfish pond!
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The Bridge: This is the pond that needs to be bridged.
The Bridge: Guy made the bridge support by bending four one-inch planks in an arc, gluing and clamping them together.
The Bridge: Guy cut the sandwich of bent planks lengthwise into three, giving three equal shaped curved supports to the bridge.
The Bridge: He secured the three girders together to give them greater rigidity. (There were a few extra screws too, just in case the Gorilla glue did not hold the sandwich together too well).
The Bridge: Marking out the dimensions of the bridge, preparing to dig the foundations.
The Bridge: Finally setting the framework of the bridge into the ground.
The Bridge: Nailing the planks in place.
The Bridge: Finished, and feeding the fish!
