Graduation Day!

Finally, after 6 years...

It was a good, good day, involving layers of family, a gorilla, and much celebrating.

A gorilla?

Let me explain.

Early morning, coffee with Dad and Grandpa.

Then, breakfast, which we called breakfast, but was actually lunch.  Its Macomb.

 Not one ate pony shoes, (a local delicacy) so, I guess you could say it didn't count.  But we had fun.  And grandson John got to meet the gorilla.  (Bonus pic of Mary and friend Brandon)

This gentleman strolls through town, in a gorilla costume, and folks take pictures with him.  He's very friendly, although completely silent.  And I hear he has a Santa costume at Christmastime.

After breakfast, we waited while Mary prepped for the ceremony.  That involved more coffee, and lots of discussion of the proper time to leave.  There were multiple ceremonies in the same venue, and we wanted to avoid being caught in the in and out dance; one ceremony leaving the venue, one coming in.  We did not.

The ceremony was thankfully short and sweet.  We managed, coincidentally, to find seats right above the row where Mary would sit.

She was so "pleased".  Even more pleased was her seatmate, Aron, who is trying to extort $5 for every picture we publish that includes him! In the end, it was over, and she had a lovely souvenir of her time in college.

Then came lots and lots of pictures, which caused her face to hurt.

We had dinner, afterward, at a local pizza pub.  Sadly, we forgot to take pictures.
Now the fun of moving her out of her apartment begins...