Stephanie Graduates!

Congratulations, Stephanie!

Stephanie graduated from Western Washington University today with her degree in History. Jeannette & I are so very proud of her and all she has accomplished. Stephanie has a few more quarters left to complete her classroom teaching and fulfill the requirements for her teaching certificate. She found out late last week that she will be placed in a 6th grade classroom pretty close to her apartment. She was very happy with the placement.


Jeannette, Danny, my Mom and I drove over to Seattle Friday evening to pick up Melissa from her school and then head north to spend the night in Bellingham. Weather was good but traffic was miserable - predictable on a Friday evening. We decided to stop for dinner at an Olive Garden and were assaulted by the rudest group at the table next to us. It made whatever dining experience that was left pretty grim. We finished our trip to Bellingham and called it a night.


Saturday was another pretty good weather day - kind of cold, but dry. Stephanie's graduation was very efficiently run and we were out of there in about two hours. We spent the afternoon eating lunch and then headed south without Stephanie. Both Stephanie and Melissa will be home next weekend for the holiday break. I can't wait to have them home again.


Here are some pictures from our weekend. Enjoy!

A clear night at sunset with the moon rising over
the Cascades.

Mt Rainier at sunset.

Stephanie receives her diploma.

Stephanie & Melissa immediately after Steph's graduation.

All three Allen kids.