Travis' graduation from Cal State San Bernardino, B.A. in Economics

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Who knew a child would be graduating from university? Oh, wait...he's not a child. I keep losing track of time. My oldest son is a man, 21 to be exact. Just this morning I was looking at a photo of him at four years old, thinking that the years have slipped by so fast. Yesterday was his University graduation. The weather was beautiful. Troy drove us down to Cal State. We hugged Travis off at the 'old gym' and we found good seats in the arena. This is the final commencement for the current University president (he's retiring in August), and he wanted to talk long, but finally the graduates came in, and I cried. I always cry whenever I hear "Pomp and Circumstance" or whatever that march song is called. Four years of dedicated, diligent, hard work and Travis is a University Graduate. Mark and I have contributed financially to the Cal State system. You're welcome, Mr. University President. Tuition fee hikes, freshman-year housing, meal-plan, books, parking passes, gas money, etc. But it is all worth it. Now the future is before him, like a blank slate. Find work, live your passion. Answer all the questions everyone asks, "What are you going to do now?" Tell them something unexpected, make people think, and find out why some people do the things they do. People watching should be classifed as a sport. Congratulations, Travis!!

me testing the timer on the camera

some cooperation from Mark and Troy...but kitty Sneak kept trying to knock over the camera tri-pod

...and here's Travis, too...but wait, Troy is...move over here...



hilarious!



this one is better... but wait!...

ok... that's it! a good family picture!!

"can we just get this over with already?!"