Friday, May 15, 2009

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Anne who is the most recent Dalby graduate of Michigan State University! What a great weekend we had watching the fifth Dalby receive her diploma and become a proud member of the Spartan alumni family! We had fun seeing everyone and reliving some of our college days. The weekend was packed with activities and bonding time! Ryan, Dalby and I arrived in Detroit on Thursday afternoon where Grandma Dalby picked us up from the airport. From there we headed back to Grandpa and Grandma's house to get lunch and drop Dalby off. Ryan and I then drove to East Lansing where the other siblings were arriving and we all met up at Anne's house. We had a great Thursday night hanging with the siblings and Anne's roommates. Friday we worked on packing Anne up. Dalby arrived with Grandpa and Grandma and we hung out for the afternoon. She enjoyed the college life but was soon whisked off by Bumpa and Mary to Grand Rapids. In Grand Rapids she enjoyed a fun filled few days with the GR clan including YaYa, Aunt Phoebe, Aricin, Susan, Chad, Cole and Morgan. She also got to see Great Grandpa and Great Grandma Luttenton in Concord, MI. The East Lansing crew relaxed for the evening and prepared for the big graduation day. Graduation went beautifully, even though it rained quite a bit on our walk into the Breslin Center. Next onto celebrating - we had a tasty dinner at an Irish pub, new since our days in East Lansing, and then hung out for the evening. Mother's Day we met Bumpa and Mary and had a huge brunch followed by pictures at Sparty. We had tried to do the Sparty pictures on graduation day and the line was way too long!!!! Great job Anne and thanks for letting us share this time with you!
Looking at all of the "p"s and everything else on the runway.

Conferring of the degrees...Anne is in the second row almost in the middle - see if you can find the long red hair.

A college graduate.

A Mother's Day photo
Helping Anne pack up...making sure that Grandpa and Uncle Damon knew where to put things.
Hanging out with cousin Aricin.

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