Mark's brother Matthew graduated from the University of Minnesota this May. Of course we wouldn't miss his graduation so we left the kids with my parents and were on the road to Minneapolis! It was a pretty uneventful drive with a stressful ending trying to find a parking spot on a huge campus when we had no idea where we were going! haha. But we found a ramp and ran -- and made it with plenty of time to spare!
The ceremony was held in the hockey arena and was just about full. What a special event for Matthew - I'm glad we were there to support him!
Mark's mom Michele flew into Minneapolis to be there too. It was great to see her - it'd been over 3 months since we saw her in Miami in February.
After the ceremony we finally found Matt in the huge crowd of graduates. Of course we had to take the many "typical" pictures - Matt and Mark, Matt and Mom, Matt and friends, Matt and everyone, Matt and .... you get the picture - I"ll only share a couple with you :)
We then walked to Chipotle for lunch (yum - I'd never eaten there before, I'd definitely suggest the chicken tacos :) and then we were off for the tour of his campus.
What a beautiful campus! I would have loved to spend all afternoon walking around and enjoying the beautiful buildings, but we decided to take in all that we could in about an hour and then get on the road home - Matthew and Michele were spending the following week in town so we'd have plenty of time to spend with them! Here's a few pictures from the tour.
I can't remember what these buildings were, but they were very pretty.
Thanks for sharing your day with us Matthew -- congratulations! Can't wait to see what the next chapter holds for you!!
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