Here we are in Missoula... Mel's big day!
In Mom's car here, just after we picked up her cap and gown... she had to try it on immediately. She didn't ever go through a high school graduation ceremony, so this was her first time and it was exciting.
Inside the big auditorium... graduates walking in. Mom said Mel was somewhere in the seventh row on the left side. I wished afterward that we'd doctored up her cap so we could spot her in the crowd - something to remember for next time someone graduates.
Demeter, Mom and Rosalind. I wish we'd all been able to sit together but we were all in such a hurry, we couldn't find each other before it started. Dad, Neenaw, Bill, Ernie, Jeremy and Mike sat somewhere else for the main ceremony but we were together for Melanie's smaller one.
Mel, Bill and Demeter, just after the main ceremony. She graduated with high honors (a 4.0 GPA), so she was given a gold cord to wear with her cap and gown. We were all so proud.
Here we are together, together, together... there's Ernie and Jeremy and Jeremy's friend Mike...
...and Demeter and Bill and Mom and Neenaw and Dad...
... and me and Rozzie...
...and me and Ernie... again...
I took my camera down to the main floor to take a video of Mel accepting her diploma, and took this picture of the group from below... they're the second row from the top. See if you can pick them out - it'll be fun, like
Where's Waldo?.
My cute new Old Navy sandals bought on sale! yay!!!
The new graduate - such a proud girl - probably relieved too. What a lot of hard work!
Random shots of leaving the auditorium: Bill and Mom...
... Ernie, Jeremy and Mike.
After the small ceremony, we went to Melanie's building for the nurses' pinning ceremony and potluck dinner. Dad and me...
Mom, Ernie, Bill, Melanie, Dad, Mike
Roz and Mom
Mike, Jeremy, Neenaw, Mel's friend Ashley, Demeter, Mel's friend Jennifer, Dionysus
That cute little Ny Ny, he's such a funny little guy. We got to be pretty good friends. He and Roz downed the pop like nobody's business at this dinner...
Neenaw and Mel talking after dinner, and the top half of Bill's head
Jeremy was his usual serious composed self. We pretty much laughed our heads off together all weekend - it was great.
In Mom's car here, just after we picked up her cap and gown... she had to try it on immediately. She didn't ever go through a high school graduation ceremony, so this was her first time and it was exciting.
Inside the big auditorium... graduates walking in. Mom said Mel was somewhere in the seventh row on the left side. I wished afterward that we'd doctored up her cap so we could spot her in the crowd - something to remember for next time someone graduates.
Demeter, Mom and Rosalind. I wish we'd all been able to sit together but we were all in such a hurry, we couldn't find each other before it started. Dad, Neenaw, Bill, Ernie, Jeremy and Mike sat somewhere else for the main ceremony but we were together for Melanie's smaller one.
Mel, Bill and Demeter, just after the main ceremony. She graduated with high honors (a 4.0 GPA), so she was given a gold cord to wear with her cap and gown. We were all so proud.
Here we are together, together, together... there's Ernie and Jeremy and Jeremy's friend Mike...
...and Demeter and Bill and Mom and Neenaw and Dad...
... and me and Rozzie...
...and me and Ernie... again...
I took my camera down to the main floor to take a video of Mel accepting her diploma, and took this picture of the group from below... they're the second row from the top. See if you can pick them out - it'll be fun, like Where's Waldo?.
My cute new Old Navy sandals bought on sale! yay!!!
The new graduate - such a proud girl - probably relieved too. What a lot of hard work!
Random shots of leaving the auditorium: Bill and Mom...
... Ernie, Jeremy and Mike.
After the small ceremony, we went to Melanie's building for the nurses' pinning ceremony and potluck dinner. Dad and me... 
Mom, Ernie, Bill, Melanie, Dad, Mike
Roz and Mom
Mike, Jeremy, Neenaw, Mel's friend Ashley, Demeter, Mel's friend Jennifer, Dionysus
That cute little Ny Ny, he's such a funny little guy. We got to be pretty good friends. He and Roz downed the pop like nobody's business at this dinner... 
Neenaw and Mel talking after dinner, and the top half of Bill's head
Jeremy was his usual serious composed self. We pretty much laughed our heads off together all weekend - it was great.