Master in the house

Simon and I watched proudly today as the awe-inspiring (in title, at least) degree of "master of divinity" was conferred upon Andy. Thus closes the seminary chapter of our lives--congratulations sweetie!


Of course, Simon and I weren't the only proud witnesses to this event...Andy's parents and Karlie came to the commencement, as did my parents.


Simon loved spending time with his grandparents--all four of them!--this weekend...but this weekend also meant a lot of time at large, busy events with lots of people, and lots of restriction on his activity. After the two-hour commencement ceremony this afternoon, he was finally able to play freely and was ecstatic when we let him dig in this planter while Andy changed out of his robes!

yay! dirt!

My parents came to town for the weekend, so we had a great (if short) time with them, and are looking forward to more visits with them this summer. Between various graduation events, we did manage to squeeze in a walk to the park this morning, in absolutely gorgeous weather. A few other shots from the weekend:

Simon & Grandma peeking at me through our dining room window

Simon shows Grandpa his cool bin of corn

The grown-ups enjoying a rest at the park

Grandpa decided he needed to try out this piece of playground equipment he hadn't seen before, proving that you're never to old to play :-)