I made a reservation at the Oaklands on WMU campus many months in advance. It's a gorgeous, huge Italianate villa run as a bed and breakfast right in the center of campus. I thought I would never be able to rent all three bedrooms on graduation weekend. I kept waiting for the call telling us that it would be occupied during graduation. The call never came. We had the whole place to ourselves and right on campus. No traffic for graduation, no parking...we walked there. It was incredible. God is so good to us. (And I highly recommend the Oaklands for any event. It's so beautiful and very reasonably priced--even for graduation!! If you'd like to see more photos of the inside, see my previous blog post on it here. Graduation was not our first visit.
I couldn't help thinking, over and over, who are we to stay in such a lovely, convenient location, all together, for such an important campus event.
It made for great family pictures...These are my girls, Back row: oldest daughter Anne, Liz the grad, and Mary. Front: my two favorite daughters-in-law, Elle and Esther. (Yes, I only have two, but nevertheless they are my favorites. :-)
We kind of felt out of place in such a gorgeous mansion....
Only John could not attend, because of work, but here are my other five children...(Mike, Mary, Liz, Anne, and Jim) Yes, I know, very traditional names..
Photo of original family, just missing John. Perhaps we'll photo shop him in...
True to Michigan form, the weather brought a downpour of snow despite it being the end of April..Too funny.
Yeah, I'm just a little proud of her....God is good.
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