Graduation Weekend

My cheerleaders got into town safe and sound on Thursday afternoon. We took it easy, just eating and chatting and doing pretty much nothing.  Since Pranay remembered Dan's apple/squash/pork crockpot dinner, we made it again...we are hoping to entice them to Rochester again after all.

Saturday was the graduation. After the ceremony we took off to Whitewater State Park to set up a picnic and our campsite. Dan's cousin happened to be having a baby shower the same day, so a lot of Dan's family was in town and joined us for the celebration.  

On Sunday we returned home for some Lemon Ricotta Pancakes...they're so lemony you don't even need syrup. Then a chicken divan dinner at the Litwiller household.  

Plummer House

Mike was there to "hood" me with my new plumage.  

 Dan lovingly tending his fire

 Inspiration Point trail.

A partial solar eclispse coincided with our dinner, so we used some inverted binoculars to capture the alignment of the moon and the sun.

Abbi's Wedding

We went to Abbi (Dan's first cousin) and John's wedding in Iowa. Dan was an usher, so he had to light the little candles before the couple entered. The reception followed with dinner and a little dancing.

Groundbreaking ceremony for the new food co-op

On Friday we all met up with the Litwillers to watch the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new food Co-op.  This comes as the final culmination of all of Dan's work with Rochester's Good Food Co-op, and having it successfully merge with another co-op in LaCrosse, WI. The newly merged store is going to move to another location in downtown Rochester.  Funnily enough, Pranay made the Rochester paper when he was in town. This is the published article: http://postbulletin.com/news/stories/display.php?id=1497442. Later that evening Leslie, Bob, Dan, Dy, Pranay and I went to the Mayo Plummer House for a graduate reception dinner. 

Dan got to pose with a golden shovel and a hardhat at the future location.

Here is a photo of the last building on site being demolished a week later.  Looks like a fun job, right?