…our daughter Katie completed her coursework for her degree from University of Washington!
A wonderful reason to don the Oscar de la Renta and go out on the town…
We chose to celebrate at Palisade Restaurant at the waterfront on Elliott Bay…
The views of Seattle were great and the food and company were lovely…
Dear, Ellen b., Katie, Josh, Laura, Steve, and Lana G!
Our two lovely daughters…
Laura and Josh…
Ellen b. and Dear
Josh and Katie…
Sisters…
Our daughter in love, Laura.
The proud mama!
Isn’t she lovely!?
We are so proud of your perseverance in the challenges of changing schools and finishing well, Katie. We pray for God’s richest blessings in your life as you continue to grow and remember that God is the provider of all good things!
Photobucket is holding all my photos that I stored on their site from 2007-2015 hostage replacing them with ugly grey and black boxes and asking for a large ransom to retrieve them. It is a slow process to go through all my posts deleting the ugly boxes.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
WOOT!!! CONGRATULATIONS my friend. Well done. What a handsome and good looking family you all are. Way to Go Katie.
It is such a wonderful reason to celebrate…love all your pics…joy, joy, joy!!!! Praying God’s favor on her for whatever comes next!
Congratulations, Katie! And congrats to mom and dad, too. Great photos of (almost) the whole family!
You go Katie!!!! Congratulations!!!!!
xoxo Cori G.
Wow! Congratulate Katie for me! AND congratulations to you and Gregg too!
Congratulations to Katie! And yes, she is lovely. What a happy celebration for you all!
Wonderful job, Katie!! I enjoy hearing these kinds of stories! You do have the loveliest daughters..in love and otherwise!!
I have been out of the groove in blog land…finishing up my school projects..and preparing for another semester ahead!
Christmas is all over our house…the end wrapping, decorating and general mess! Love it!!
You all look SOOOOOOOO beautiful! I love it and am so proud of her!
what a WONDERFUL celebration!!!
Congrats to Katie — may a bright future await you!
I love all these pics and all these people…so glad you had a wonderful evening celebrating Katie!!!
I love to see you celebrate…So exciting when our daughters go up and beyond and I can tell that you love it. They know it and can feel it.
Congratulations to Katie! What is her degree in? It looks like a wonderful family celebration! Happy, happy, joy, joy!
Her degree is in Interdisciplinary Studies with emphasis in Culture, Literature and the Arts…
Congratulations to Katie! A wonderful achievement. She looks so beautiful in her dress and her mama looks lovely too!
Congrats to Katie on her graduation! That Palisades is a great place isn’t it? Nice to see pics of my lovely daughter Laura too-she always takes good pics.
Congrtatulations Katie!
No wonder you are so proud! She is a beautiful girl, and obviously a hard and dedicated worker and student as well. (good work mama and papa!)
Your entire family is just lovely, ellen♥
A reason to celebrate…for sure! Congrats to Katie. How nice for her to be surrounded by family.
Congratulations to Katie and to you too. This is a real milestone in all your lives. It looks like you had a festive time.
Congratulations to the beautiful Katie! That dress is gorgeous. Everyone is smiling so happily…. Merry Christmas to all of you.
Beautiful pics—congrats!!
What a beautiful family and a lovely new graduate! Oh how I wish I could look like that in a beautiful dress! What gorgeous pictures you have posted.
Merry CHRISTmas!
I remember the post about that dress! Congrats to Katie!!
Congratulations to Katie! What an accomplishment. And she looks stunning in her lovely dress!
Congratulations, Katie! And Mom and Dad!!
Congratulations on Katie’s graduation! What are her future career plans? Or is it another degree ahead?
I love Elliott Bay — what a beautiful place to celebrate!
LaTeaDah