GRADUATION!

Even though you know it's coming it's still an amazing thing to hear those words booming throughout the hall, "Doctor Kristie .. Renae .. Semrow" as four years of the most intensive study known to humankind comes to an end. What is not so amazing is the level of pride, admiration, deferrence, and trust you have, knowing that all of that was earned, and then some.

 
Practicing the graduation dance.
Receiving her diploma.
Leaving the stage.
Leaving the hall.
The whole family. (Note that Maddie was beginning to tire.)

See what I mean?

Kristie and her friend Natalie.

Kristie's friend Megan and Maddie.

Megan and Kristie.

So many Doctors. So few eyeballs. (Drs. Emily, Elizabeth, Megan, Kristie, and Natalie.) The conversation went something like THIS.

Kristie's new earrings. (A graduation gift from Madison.)

This isn't legal in Tennessee, but they look the other way.

Nathan and Kristie.