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Graduation Day
A momentous day for our family – we had the honor of watching my beautiful wife, Felicity J. White, graduate from the University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS) today with a Bachelor of Arts in English.
We started the day off with a late (if you ask the kids) brunch, headed to the commencement ceremonies, and then celebrated at the local Pizza Machine restaurant where they brought us a 40″ pizza via crane. Then before heading home we gave the graduate a surprise gift which you can watch happen at the bottom of this post. But first, here are a few pictures so you can see what our day looked like…
and last but not least…. here’s the video I promised you regarding the graduation gift we are giving to Felicity. To surprise her we had our kids walk in with “blank” papers. Then they flipped over the papers to reveal the gift – i P A D. We want to say a BIG THANK YOU to all our friends and family who donated money towards this gift!! You completely surprised her and thanks for joining in on the fun.
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Awards Night Tonight
Tune in tonight (05/10) @ 6:30pm for the kids’ Awards Night at HCA. We’re broadcasting so our family members can see the night but anyone who would like to can attend.
Live Video streaming by Ustream
If the player above does not work, you can always tune in via my direct channel here
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Happy Mother’s Day!
We were driving the other day after school and my son Jesse piped up “I just want to give Mom breakfast in bed for Mother’s Day”. Not knowing exactly how he would pull it off, he enlisted my help and we planned out our Sunday morning so I could help him make it happen (and so we didn’t spill hot coffee on the kids, Felicity, or our bed). Continue reading Happy Mother’s Day!
Bonsai!!
I have always loved bonsai trees. I’m not sure why, but they are just so uniquely cool. Maybe it’s my affinity for the Karate Kid movies and how Mr. Miyagi worked on one throughout. It’s definitely not because of the one that my wife gave me and I, er, uh….killed. Sorry baby. But regardless you will definitely enjoy this video by sound designer/producer Diego Stocco and his musical bonsai:
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Sunday Morning Listening – Michael Gungor
A true artist and wonderful musician, Michael Gungor of the band Gungor. If you haven’t checked out his album, Beautiful Things yet, then you are seriously missing out. This song was performed at Relevant’s studios. Check out this song then pick up their CD: