After earning a five year Architecture degree and then working another five years while taking six very difficult licensing tests, my eldest is now a licensed architect. I am so proud of her and so happy for her. We celebrated last weekend with a backyard party.
Here’s some of the food and a sign with Lauren’s letters.
More food and my nephew, Collin, my brother, Dave, and my sister Margaret.
Lauren and her boyfriend, Colin, are walking past the Herb Garden on their way to the Party Garden.
Here’s a view of the food tent as shot from the Party Garden.
This is my son, Patrick, and his girlfriend, Lexie.
These are my brothers-in-law, Spike and Daniel. They made the sushi, which was amazing.
This is Michael and me behind Lauren and Colin making a toast. There were tears.
This is the sound system. Michael is a recording engineer, so we always have a killer sound system. Don’t tell anyone, but, at one point, I grabbed that mic and started singing along to Miley Cyrus.
It was chilly, so we started the bonfire early.
Here’s my mom at the bonfire. This party came at the end of a wild month of work for me and I was horribly unprepared. Mom stepped up and made it all happen, and it was a great success. By the way, her admirer is my dad, her ex-husband.
Here’s Riley. She loves a backyard party, but I think she got too many treats from everyone.
This was Riley all the next day.
……and a fab time was had by all, especially Riley! Congratulations to your daughter, that’s a long hard training ground to have gone through. I love when we parents bask in the glow of our kids achievements – it’s like we did it too 😀 So well done Jodi!! ❤
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I am basking, indeed.
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Durn, I lost the ‘e’ off your name – sorry xo
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Congratulations to your daughter, Jodie! Looks like a wonderful gathering of family to celebrate the occasion.
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It as a blast, Lavinia. So glad we had good weather: It wouldn’t have worked, otherwise.
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Congratulations!
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Thank you – we’re so proud of her.
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Well done, Lauren. That was a wonderful way to celebrate her dedication and talent.
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It was a great time, Susan. Thanks, so much.
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Congratulations! Ten years is a huge investment when most of us think we have done well to achieve a four-year degree. I hope all of her professional and personal dreams come true. 🙂 If anyone ever wants to throw a wonderful family party, I think you’re the one to call because that looks like one great event.
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Aw, thank you for your kind words, Judy. She’s always been a hard worker. The party was a blast; we lucked out and had perfect weather.
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Oh, so lovely! Congrats, congrats to your daughter. What an achievement! I really enjoyed seeing all the pictures of your beautiful family. And Judy hit the nail on the head about the family party. What a spread! Celebrate, celebrate! You know that’s my motto. 😉 Finally, that picture of Riley made me giggle. Did you feel exactly the same way when the party was over?
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Oh, we celebrate, celebrate, too. Isn’t that picture of Riley funny? She didn’t move all day. I think hostessing takes it out of her.
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Too funny! But a dog just has to be part of everything, and it is exhausting. And let’s hear it for celebrations!
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What great party for such an accomplishment. I hope she has fulfilling work ahead of her. As for Riley, well, it was just too stimulating…
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Riley is a riot at a party – she walks around and visits with everyone – much better than I do. And Lauren often works on schools that want a low carbon footprint, so she is doing good heartfelt work. She is overworked, but fulfilled.
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Congratulations to your daughter Jodie, how wonderful. It looks like you live in a lovely rural area. I can see that you had a great party and it was lovely to meet some of your family too.
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Oh,we are rural, for sure. We can only see 3 houses from our house. All the rest are fields.
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Wow, now that is tenacious 😀
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She has a crazy good work ethic. Not sure where that came from . . .
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Congratulations Jodie on your daughter becoming a licensed architect
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Oh, thank you so much! It’s quite a big deal. I am so happy for her!
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Congratulations to Lauren !!!
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Thank you ! We are so proud of her.
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Looks like a great party! Congratulations to all concerned. An architect and sushi-makers in one family – you are very lucky.
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It was a really fun time. And yes, we have some very talented family members. Thank you, Simon.
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I’m sure at least one of them gets it from her mother. 🙂
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Beautiful bonding moments. Riley needed to recover.
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