We had teds parents come for the blessing and his cousin Sonya with all her family. My sister and 2 brothers and their families also came down and stayed for the weekend. We helped fill the chapel that day and the funny thing is if teds entire family came we could have filled it with just our 2 families. Kirra was grand kid #19 on my side and # 30 on teds. We celebrated afterwards at our house outside with beautiful weather and a BBQ.
Three generations. outside our first little home Which I will miss and always remember as kirras first home.
This is my favorite picture. We really are so blessed to have her
Only one side of the family minus one of my brothers; and none of teds siblings and kids! Can you imagine everybody in one place! (only gonna happen when we're all dead, Ted says!)
Proud grandparents.
She was so smiley for the pictures
The following weekend Ted graduated from LAW school, cum laude with a dual degree from University of Windsor in Canada and University of Detroit in the U.S. I can't believe it; those 3 years felt like they just flew by. At graduation, each graduate gets "hooded" by the dean which is part of receiving your doctorate degree. It was a special day for us as he is the first in his family to get a doctorate degree. I'm so proud of him and his hard work. One thing you all may not know, but one of the main reasons ted decided and wanted to go to law school was that he has always had a desire to be in a profession where he can help people and have them come to him for counsel and advice. I know he will be a great lawyer as he always says he his dad taught him from a young age " anything worth doing is worth doing well," Just like he works hard at being a good husband and dad. Congrats Hun we love u.
This is Ted with his best buddy, JP. JP will be working for a labor/employment firm on Bay Street.
This is Ted with his favorite gal pal, Alana (like Banana). Alana will be clerking for the Supreme Court of Canada this fall! We are all proud of her for achieving this huge honor.
Yesterday was my first mothers day and I loved cuddling my little girl. It was a wonderful day and I squeezed in extra kisses and hugs. There were flowers and a card waiting for me when I woke up but I dont have any pictures to show unfortunately. My birthday/ mother day present is a trip to Chicago this week and from there the rest of our Summer gets pretty chaotic. Things like going to the cottage for a long weekend, running my first 5K post baby (arg I'm so not ready), Yosemite camping with cox clan, and oh dont forget moving finding new place to live and Ted writing bar exam! A fun filled summer for us we get 2months off together before Ted starts work and it's jammed packed. So if u don't hear form us for awhile that's why.
Location:E Superior St,Chicago,United States
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So happy to read the recap of these big events! We are so grateful that we were able to be there and share it all with you both. We miss you all so much! Great pictures! Here's to a busy and fun-filled summer! Give Kirra a kiss from us!
Great pictures of baby Kirra, she looks like her dad. Ted looks like a real scholar in them robes. However I must remind you that due to Dorothy coming early, she claims the title of grandchild No. 30!!! And Big Ted did get a master's degree from the prestigious Murray State University to be fair, but Ted does have the only "doctorate x2 degree"
Yeah, we estimated the grandchild #. Post was written while driving. Didn't have mom handy. I thought There was only like 28 or 29 total, actually. We rounded up. So I guess there are 31 if Dori is número trenta. And of course we know not only dad has a masters but so does Adam and Brent and Bill is working on one. We meant professional degree.
great pics! wish we didn't live so dang far away so we could've been at everything. sucks you couldn't fill up the chapel with the WHOLE fam. :) and CUM LAUDE! way to go Tedward. and yeah that hat is pretty sweet - is that part of the law degree or what? i know when brent got his masters he was hooded, but his hat was just like a normal graduation hat. not that cool baker's variation. :) brent would actually like to get a PhD in computer science so he can research and teach at the college level (like at BYU). maybe one day! and kirra is so cute. and looks like josh. the end.
Hat made me feel like a French pastry chef. Hee hee hee hoh hoh hoh (See Chef Louis from Little Mermaid just before he tries to cook Sebastion the lobster)
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