Graduation

Saturday Suzanne graduated and the kids and I drove to Columbia for the ceremony. I had and incredibly busy week leading up to graduation because I was trying to get a lot of projects finished to send with Mom and Dad when they go to visit Mary Ann and the new baby in Lebanon on Wednesday. And Saturday was no exception:

8:00am - be on campus with Rebecca for a child development/child phsyc study - will last exactly 1 hour, and we'll get paid $25.
9:00am - stop by church and check on monthly quilting group (we actually ran out of time for this.
9:30am - Home to finish packing for trip to St. Louis, dig up seedlings to take to Mom's, pack car.
11:00am - 1:00 pm - Primary Fun in the Sun activity... GR to take pictures, Kate to man one of the water activity stations
1:30 pm - be on the road to Columbia for graduation.

We were hoping to make it to Columbia in time to hear Suzannes band "The Sweet and Lowdowns" play at a friends graduation party, but we ended up getting into Columbia, at the same time she was packing up to head back to her place. Mom and Dad did record some of their performance, and it was fun to hear their music and see how comfortable Suz is in a band.

Graduation itself was really nice. I have no idea how MUs Education department measures up to others, but given the statistics they provided, they produce very good students and teachers. Suz was nearly the last person to graduate given that she's in secondary education and last in the alphabet, but the kids managed to keep themselves entertained until the last 15 minutes or so, when Sam was ready to be set loose on the hallways - not bad given that it ended around 9:15... WAY past his bedtime.