Graduation

We headed back to Illinois last weekend for Rachel's graduation. We were thrilled to be back in Bloomington and had a lovely stay with Marcy and Tucker. Rachel got a chance to get reacquainted with her classmates at a reunion/celebration dinner, and we both got a superb lunch at Chevy's with Nikki, Brian, Jan, Claire, and Marcy. It was a quick stop over, but it was a blast to see everyone again.

On Saturday it was time to line up at Redbird Arena once again. Here are the master's candidates marching in. Rachel is directly in the center of the line, a half-step to the right (surprisingly) of the other candidates.

Here is Rachel with her diploma (cover). She is slowly starting to realize that she is done!

Here is a picture with Marcy, who was there to see Rachel walk across the stage.

And of course Susie was there with a big hug as soon as Rach walked out of the area. It's only fitting since Susie is more than a little responsible for the completion of the degree :)

After Bloomington, we were off to Springfield for a celebration lunch with Grandma Rosie and Grandpa Larry, then on to Carlinville. We got to celebrate Mother's Day with both of our families to round out a wonderful weekend before we headed back home on Monday.