June 2007 - Wes Graduated! It was a very exciting day. One Wes and all his family and friends have been waiting for. It's been a long process, but well worth the wait. The day started out at church, then we high tailed it over to my uncle's, which was the meeting point for carpooling over the hill to Santa Cruz. We scarfed some sandwiches, divided up, and started over the hill for the festivities.
We wanted to get there early because we had a HUGE amount of people who turned up to celebrate with Wes. Here is a photo of the early comers saving seats for 24 people! We had parts of 3 rows all staked out.
And here is Wes anxiously awaiting the ceremony. Isn't he cool in his graduation get up?
And here's one of the two of us before the ceremony. It was funny...every time we stood together for a second, people started snapping photos of us. I guess its just a preview of the the wedding day experience!
Since we were so early to get all our seats, we had to wait quite a while for the ceremony to start. But once it did, we were not disappointed. Leave it to the engineering department to start off the ceremony with the "Imperial March". Literally....it was hilarious!After the processional, we got to see Wes' shining face in the stands. Can you see him?
Here's the action shot of Wes getting his diploma. A little blurry, but this was the moment!
After the ceremony, there was a reception in the courtyard, and we were able to take some photos with the graduate. Here's Wes with his fan club! 
And here's a great shot with a very very proud mother.
Once the photos were done, we headed back over the hill to meet more people eager to celebrate with Wes. We met for dinner and drinks at the Rock Bottom. We had a very long banquet table all to ourselves.
And here's Wes sporting one of his graduation gifts. Now he's a bonafied Engineer!
Wendy and Jeff brought a cake to celebrate, and we had lots more reasons to celebrate. Both my parents and Jeff had birthdays, and it was Father's Day! Here's the cake filled with celebratory words.
And here are the four celebrants blowing out their candles.
How often do you get to blow out candles for graduation? It was a special day!
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