Law School Graduation

It's finally happened.  After three long years of *mostly* sitting in a library and reading my husband has officially graduated from law school....and not just graduated but graduated with honors....he stubbornly refuses to boast about himself so I have to do all of the bragging for him!  He graduated magna cum laude along with only four others in his class--I always knew he was a closet smarty pants, he just needed to apply himself to his studies :).  I was tearing up at the ceremony just thinking of how proud I am of him and everything he's accomplished....

.....in fact, everybody's proud of him.....

I wanted to do something really special to celebrate so naturally we threw a party for Chris and the rest of his study group whose presence in a class struck fear into the hearts of the rest of the students.......

I made a whole lot of bunting using this tutorial and strung it up with twine all across our patio.  I was really excited because most of it was *upcycled* from fabric I already had lying around plus some of Chris' old shirts and one hole-y sheet!  I also stitched up a "good luck" banner....that's good luck  as opposed to congratulations because really, although law school is over, they all still have to keep their noses buried in their books until they pass their respective Bar examinations later this summer, and then Chris has an additional ten weeks of Navy law school to go after that......

I also had copies of  Black's Law Dictionary set out as guest books for all the grads' family and friends to sign as a keepsake (we didn't buy them all, almost everyone already had one!).  Our niece Bella who is very excited to be able to write her name, sweetly signed Mr. Leroy's book instead of uncle Chris' in giant four year old print.  I'm sure he will always remember her now and all of her precious jokes :)

We decided to rent tables and chairs since we didn't already happen to have seating for fifty lying around.  Mr. Leroy also splurged and rented a tent for the occasion which turned out to be a very good idea as it was HOT outside and the shade was much appreciated by all!

I also went a little crazy with the flowers....The aforementioned Bella said upon inspecting my handiwork, that she had been to our house before but it had never been fancy like this before......

We also provided entertainment for our guests with free wagon rides courtesy of grandpa Reintjes and a cornhole game that Chris constructed from this tutorial and I apparently neglected to take a picture of....

The very happy graduates.......

I know Chris and I will both miss all of the wonderful friends we've made here and we will be sorry to have to leave them behind but at the same time we are looking forward to all of the adventures that lie ahead......