AUNT MEL'S GRADUATION!!!!

As you already know if you are a reader of "Live with David and Katy," this weekend was Aunt Mel's graduation from THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY! Katy has been talking for a couple of weeks about this event. The rest of us have been anticipating it for a couple of YEARS! And it was very, very sweet. As usual, I cried through most of Pomp and Circumstance, the part where Melanie walked up to get her diploma, and the big smile we got as she held up her open diploma with her name on it. I actually tried to take a picture of her as she came down the stairs within 5 feet of my chair . . . and I was crying so much that I took a picture of the wrong student. Too bad I don't know HER parents. :-) But the rest of the pictures are worth a thousand words, and this is a short series that doesn't even begin to show how proud we are of our Melanie Rose. We love you, babe!

The great seal of The Ohio State University on the platform at the Schottenstein Center where commencement ceremonies were held on Sunday, December 14, 2008, at 2 p.m.

Here's Melanie headed for her seat. She's just to the left of center in front of the blond girl. :-)

After the commencement, we all went to Buckeye Hall of Fame for a Graduation Party and dinner with the family. The rest of the pictures are from THAT part of the celebration. This, by the way, is the part that KATY will refer to as 'Aunt Mel's Graduation.' Here is Melanie with Greg and me.

Here Melanie holds her two biggest fans in the world. David and Katy helped us celebrate big time. And David thought the hat with the tassel was COOL, Aunt Mel!

Here it is, folks! The diploma we all adore. A Bachelor of Science in Human Ecology.

What graduation---or ANY event---would be complete without Brutus Buckeye? Go, Bucks! O-H-I-O and all that stuff!

Here is a great picture of Melanie with her Grandma Martha, Sue, and Dad. We don't know who that football player on the wall is, but he is looking over Dick's shoulder and smiling just as much as everyone else. He must be a long, lost relative or something!


Here is Melanie's Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Neil with their grandson, Gabe. They had a great time at the party; and I only wish I had also captured Abby and Stan and Granny and Grandpa on film as well. Somehow, they escaped the photo shoot. But a good time was the order of the day.

On Saturday night before graduation, Greg and I got to have dinner with Mary and Matthew. We went to Figlio's and shared some good food and conversation. It was great to hear all about Mary's job at BMW and their adventures living in Montana for a year. When we left, everybody was wearing some kind of a hat except Matthew. When you travel with those Froehle's, you need to sign on for a little panache. Next time, Matthew vowed to wear a hat too so he wouldn't feel left out.

The last two days here in the 'Burgh have been interesting as we have had the ceramic tile flooring in our kitchen and hall and entryway torn up and replaced with hardwood. Over the weekend, I will post some pictures of that wonderful experience . . . after I clean off about a half inch of dust and grime and get the commode out of the dining room . . . .

Only 8 days until Christmas! YEESH!