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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Cathy graduates!

We spent the weekend down in Urbana-Champaign for my little sister Cathy's graduation from the University of Illinois.

The small ceremony for Cathy's college was really beautiful. She majored in Spanish, and the professors gave a rousing defense of studying the liberal arts. I was impressed.

 ^^Cathy walking in to the ceremony... with Grandma blocking my camera juuuuust a bit.

 ^^Whyyyy oh why did Cathy get all the good hair genes? I ask myself this every day.

 ^^Walking off the stage after receiving her diploma. My baby's a college graduate!

The following sequence is brought to you by People Trying to Look at Five Different Cameras.

 ^^Grandma and Grandpa flew in from Miami for the ceremony.

 ^^Proud parents

 ^^Cathy and her boyfriend, Tom, who graduated the same weekend with a degree in Engineering.

 ^^Sister pic ... please note Angela. I laugh so hard every time I see this one.

On Sunday before Mass, we went to an early-morning breakfast reception at the President's house.

^^The place was decked out in the school colors—I was especially impressed by the blue and orange flower arrangements.

 ^^Cathy plus parents. Isn't she the cutest?

 ^^All the siblings who were there. We missed Lillian!

 ^^(Almost) the whole family!

I'm so proud of my "little" (as the girls in her sorority would say). Congratulations to Cathy and all the newly minted grown-ups who graduated from college this weekend!

4 comments:

  1. Congratulations to all of you! I went to a graduation from Steubenville last weekend, too. :) What a huge accomplishment.

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  2. Wahhhh I missed you guys toooooooooo! - Lillian

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  3. Congratulations to your sister! I went to U of I and enjoyed seeing all your pictures. Oskee wow wow!

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  4. My sister was there last summer for FOCUS Training (they're in Florida this year). Congratulations to your sister! She looks so happy. God bless you!

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