favorite photos:: england, november 24

With less than one month until Nic, Mom, Roger and I leave for Sweden, I thought it was about time to do at least a photo-bomb recap of my prior trip to Sweden, England & Wales this past November.

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on the way to wales::








{insert photo of nic, whom I missed soooo much}















castle no. 1::


















{i spy kier, maddie, cherie & roger!)}

 castle no. 2::

 











okay, so I like them all.

ISU Graduation

Well, we certainly had a fun time in Ames last weekend! Maddie and Christian [finally] graduated from Iowa State University each with a degree from the College of Design.

On Friday, we all met at The Cafe for a late dinner and drinks. And boy were they needed! The following day, Maddie and Christian had two graduation ceremonies. One for the College of Design and one for ISU as a whole.

Here Maddie is receiving her fake diploma from the College of Design. Sorry CKE - the photo I have of you is totally blurry!

The College of Design ceremony was by far the most interesting/entertaining! It even had its own fire drill!

We were all surprised by a call from Ikey right before Maddie and CKE had to be at the ISU graduation ceremony. Maddie, Mom and I all tried to sneak in a few moments talking to him before: Maddie had to rush to her ceremony, and Mom, Roger, Gma & Gpa had to head back to the TC to catch their flight to England...lucky ducks!

After the ISU ceremony, all of us, including CKE's family headed out to a park for a BBQ! Quite frankly, this was probably one of the most interesting BBQs I have ever been to with a family I hardly knew...

Nic and I ended the night pretending to be in college again...

Fun Fun Times!