Friends in Florida

It was definitely the right weekend to head south. Missing the multiple storms of the northeast, we all had a fabulous time returning to the heat and humidity for Joel's graduation. To our surprise, many of our friends remained in Florida. We thought for sure everyone would have been home for the holy-daze (as Dave Buck calls it). The weekend was jam-packed with events. The events started off properly- a party at Lisa's (Congrats on your Defense!).
Friday was a fantastic day of commencement exercises. We were treated to lunch at our favorite restaurant by one of Joel's advisers, Abe Goldman. Then it was off to the O'Connell Center to watch the anticipated Dr. Joel Hartter get hooded. The day ended with Indian dinner accompanied by family (Joel's parents and brother Steve came for the festivities).















Saturday Joel's co-adviser Dr. Jane Southworth (and family...the cutie is Parker, about 3 months) joined us for a lovely dinner hosted by Adi and Dr. Brian Child. The food was delicious and the company was awesome.







































Sunday we enjoyed visiting with friends after church at Moe's...."Welcome to Moe's,".... We still can't get the jingle out of our heads. Following Moe's it was time for some ultimate frisbee and a gathering at Jack's girlfriend's house....sorry that Jack couldn't join us for Mark and Trysh's terrific veggie soup and salad.


Monday it was time to head back north. We couldn't leave without saying thank-you, thank-you, thank-you to our good friends Forrest and Gaby. They put up with us and put us up for our entire stay. Jude is already following in his father's footsteps....he was fascinated with the globe. It was great to sip beers with them each night before hittin' the hay. Thanks again!