Graduation at the BIG HOUSE

Bud and I were blessed with the opportunity to attend Brittany's graduation from U of M this past weekend. We drove down on Friday and had an early dinner with the family at the Weber Inn. That evening we attended the graduation of the College of Kinesology. This is Brittany crossing the stage in the distance.

Here we are right after the ceremony.

Proud Dad.

Proud Mom.

Proud little sister.

Friend Cam.

Mom and Dad both very proud that Brittany did such a great job her 4 years here at Michigan. Now medical school is her next goal.

The whole family.

The next day was the ceremony in the BIG HOUSE. The day started out early because we had to be in the stadium by 9:00. We took the 8:00 shuttle and waited in line for the security check. It was raining a bit but not as bad as it had rained earlier. We took along rain gear and just prepared to wait.

Waiting, and waiting and waiting because even though we had to be in the stadium by 9:00, the ceremony didn't start until 11:00. I thought about taking a book but didn't know if it would make it through security and the rain so we just sat and waited and waited and waited.

The guest speaker was President Obama, in case you didn't know that. It was very exciting to listen to the president speak. He gave an inspirational speech about the world, our role in government both past and present, and listening to other opinions just a few of the highlights.
We really couldn't see him very well but the big screens did a great job of bringing things up close.

The celebrations continued after this graduation too. Bud managed to 'jump' into this picture of all the Noble kids.

Mom and Dad again. One done and 3 more to go.

This is Brittany's boyfriend, John. He graduated too and is going on to law school at Michigan.

In the afternoon and evening we shared great times together with gifts, laughter, hot tub, naps and finally dinner in the evening. It was a great weekend and we were thankful that we were able to share this weekend with Brittany and all the Noble family.

We were up and headed north on Sunday. We loaded up some of David's belongings and stopped in Clare to have lunch with Leo. I thought I would update a picture of him for those of you who haven't seen him in a while. We found a new place to have lunch and enjoyed his company before coming home.