The Whole Family Together, After Church

It is so great to have Walker and Jennifer and Atticus back in the US after their year long travels in Europe, etc. And we were so blessed to also have Courtney join us from her schooling and working in California. Oh yes...we like Belle, too.  :)

Passing on a love of music...

From the Seattle Times.  What a good mother Jennifer is to our young grandson!

Bad Hair Day!

Ever have a bad hair day?  Lately I've been having a whole lot of them in a row.  Maybe it's just that I have bad hair....

It is a little bit like being there...

It is great fun to see our little grandson, and to witness his growth from week-to-week, month-to-month.  It is also a blessing to be able to see the smiles on the faces of our son and daughter-in-law.  Sometimes it is hard to remember the days when we recorded on video-tape and sent movies of family to each other.  Or further back, when the written word provided the only descriptions of each others' lives.  We live in a blessed time of the world.

The Kids Visit

 Atticus loves to smile...

 and swing...

 and climb...

 and get wet...

and cuddle.

Atticus with his Father, and my Dad's Laughter

I found this on my Father's computer and was happy to see a record of his visit with my son and his family.  I was also so pleased to hear the sound of my father's laughter -- it warmed my heart a little bit.

Generations

Is this Steve at age one..... or Walker at age one..... or is this us Atticus at age one?  Can you tell who is who?

Atticus Standing Above the Water

Atticus stands above the water, with a little help from his father, sometime before the end of June.

Sunset

Sample of Activities, Lately

Our summer has been sooooo busy. Walker's graduation, church party in the park, pioneer trek, Walker and Jenn and Atticus visiting, vacation to Sanibel, psychopharmacology classes, Courtney going to a journalism workshop at the Uof F, Belle going to pony camp and performance camp...

I can't wait for summer to be over so that we can have some peace and quiet! :)

Walker Graduates From Yale...

Sitting in the upper balcony at the first of several graduation ceremonies, we were blessed to be close to the phenomenal choir as they sang Hallelujah. Though the choir made the actual melodious vocalizations, the sentiment was surely heart-felt by families, friends, and the graduates themselves!

Walker graduated from college, graduated from Yale, graduated from Yale cum laude, and graduated from Yale cum laude with a wife and child at his side (one of the very few Yale underclassmen that has started his own family).

Although Yale University is 301 years old, not all of the graduation traditions are what you would call, um, mature, as the seniors unanimously wore self-styled funny hats to Bill Clinton's commencement address. (He gave a very good speech, by the way.)

The head-wear and proceedings were all a bit more formal on the following day, when degrees were confered and certificates handed out. Interestingly, Aretha Franklin also got a degree along with Walker (hers was an honorary PhD for music).

I heard that there were 17,000 in attendance for the ceremonies. I don't think I got them all in this photo, but I got a bunch of them. Can you find Waldo?

More Greatness for Atticus

Here are the Great Grandparents of Atticus on the Frahm side, the Iowa contingency, of the family.

Holding the Baby...