Uncle Ryan's College Graduation!!

We had a wonderful weekend celebrating Ryan's graduation from Susquehanna University. We started with a delicious dinner at the Lewisburg Inn- Paul III wore his "Uncle Ry" outfit and it seemed that many of our group had on blue!
Let's just say that who got to press the elevator buttons was a very important decision all weekend....Couldn't resist this one of three generations of Paul Wayne Redferns walking down the street...Are we still at the restaurant? Mom and Dad, we're really trying to be on our best behavior... but it's not going to last long....

If you ask the kids, one of the highlights of the weekend (sorry, Uncle Ry!) was the TWO pools at the hotel. As Paul III will describe, "the big one was cold and the little one was warm. I could stand in the small pool on my toes." Note that the very smart adults in the picture, Uncle Chris and Aunt Megan, have coffee and the kids are about ready to jump up and down in excitement!

There was also a race between Paul, Uncle Chris and Paul III:

Uncle Chris- do you mind if I make some international calls? It's so nice of you to loan me your phone. (note- Kaitlyn asked to use Uncle Chris' phone during graduation and proceeded to dig into all of his pants pockets looking for it- even though he told her it was in the car... it was quite a sight- and she figured out that we might have been lying!)It was fun getting everyone ready- fortunately Paul III took some of his grooming into his own hands. He then watched some cartoons in his jacket and tie for at least 30 minutes... he loved his dress up outfit (until it was actually time for the graduation).What are you doing taking our picture, mom?Getting settled in with Nana- note Pop Pop in the right-hand side, the roving photographer for the ceremony. Thanks for keeping me entertained, Uncle Chris!But why face towards the ceremony?!A quick preview of the graduate after he walked in to the ceremony!

Yeah!! It's official!
The kids and I caught a glimpse of Uncle Ry as all of the graduates were processing out of the ceremony.

Ironically we ran right into Uncle Ryan outside within a few minutes as well- very lucky.

Paul has been asking for weeks about the funny hats the graduates have to wear- so he was lucky enough to try on Uncle Ry's!
A nice picture of Uncle Ryan and "Laur Laur" who is also a member of the Class of 2011.Yeah! More congratulations!And I'm done.... ready to pick grass in the corner...

The family pictures begin...
Unfortunately the kids were DONE by this time and we couldn't get a great picture...

Kaitlyn and her godfather and buddy :)
Mom- I made this sign for Uncle Ry but am way too tired to hold it nicely... can't we go to the party yet (we may have hyped up the post-graduation reception a bit too much... thankfully dinner with Uncle Chris and Aunt Megan at Red Robin made up for it!).

What an exciting weekend- we're so proud of Ryan!