Kathy, Kelly, Claire and I drove to Spring Hill friday in time for a mini tour of Danny’s place and the Baccalaureate mass. St. Joseph’s chapel was packed, but we were lucky to get some seats next to the choir. The setting sun made the chapel glow golden as you can see in the gallery under Stonegate.

We had a nice dinner out and attended the party on the lawn. The next morning, we got up and made it back to campus in plenty of time to witness the procession through the avenue of the oaks. The proceedings were very nice. “Like something out of the movies,” Kathy said. Terrific weather.

Danny landed a front row seat. Nicole called him from Armenia in the middle of the ceremonies to sing him “Happy Graduation Day.” After the class photos were finished, Danny declared he was ready to go home. So instead of staying for the extra day as originally planned, we all dove into our cars, got packed, and headed home. The dogs were glad to have us all back early.

That meant Kathy got to have her usual breakfast in bed for mother’s day. Claire and Kelly cooked many fruity pancakes using blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, bananas, apples, and blackberries. Gramalie went up to Athens to celebrate mother’s day and Grant’s birthday. On the way back she stopped by to see the photos of graduation, and sit on the porch for a glass of wine. We then all went out for a delicious mother’s day dinner.

A packed weekend.