Kathleen's Graduation

We have returned from Providence and we’re exhausted.  Cathy and I had a hard time getting out of Green Bay but after we did, everything went smoothly. 

Campus Dance

We arrived in time to have dinner with Kathleen at a small Cambodian restaurant near her apartment.  We finished in plenty of time to meet Jon, Mary Jo, Erin and Gene Kolb at the airport.  With little time to change and freshen up at the hotel we joined 11,000 graduates, their families and alums at the annual Brown Campus dance.   We spent the evening with Kathleen’s closest friends and their families.  We laughed, drank and danced until almost 1 a.m.!  Cathy’s dad was a true trooper and seemed to love every minute of it.

Kathleen stayed with us at the hotel and made sure that we were up bright and early for a tour of the campus and of Providence.  Later that day we left her in Providence so that she could attend her ceremony practice and we headed to the scenic seaport village of Mystic, CT.  Mystic is a cute seaport town where the movie “Mystic Pizza” was filmed. 

Water Fire

That night we ate at a Mexican place on the water and headed to Kathleen’s friends place for cocktails then it was off to Water Fire, a very neat festival in Downtown Providence.

Mary Jo, Ken, Cathy, Kathleen, Erin, Gene & Jon

Sunday was back-to-back-to-back-to-back graduation ceremonies.  They included a very cool procession out of the University gates, the grad school graduation ceremony, the whole university ceremony and then the ceremony for those receiving degrees from the school of Public Health.  We had a nice dinner and finished off the evening with Champaign toasts back at the hotel.

Not wanting to waste our last day with Kathleen, we chose to make another short road trip, this time to Newport.  Newport is where the upper crust of society summers.  They still have polo matches on the beaches and the homes overlooking the ocean are a sight to behold.  The 7 of us in Kathleen’s 1997 van fit right in.  I gotta admit that when we all got out of that van at a vineyard, it reminded me of a circus clown car!  After a lunch at the beach club we headed back to Providence and said farewell to Kathleen.

It was a great trip and we are all very proud of her.  Thanks for letting us share it with you.

    Ken, Cathy, Kathleen, Erin, Jon, Mary Jo and Gene