Months ago Peter defended his dissertation but this weekend he officially graduated with his PhD. His whole family came down from Illinois and both of my parents drove up for the occasion. It was so wonderful to have everyone there. Peter looked oh-so-serious as he was hooded.
Then we all went to our favorite restaurant in Austin and enjoyed great food and drinks.
We took some more pictures to remember the fabulous outfit that Peter wore. Don’t you love how Peter’s dad is teasing him in the picture?
And then I found Peter a wand and forced him to take action shots because we felt his doctoral gown was very Harry Potter-esque.
I am so proud of Peter and this momentous accomplishment. I can’t imagine what it must have felt like to go through the process of getting a PhD. I can’t wait to see what the future will bring us.
Special thanks to my brother, David, for taking all of these wonderful photographs.
Hi guys! Just to let you know Peter and I will be in and out for the next couple weeks. We have a lot going on and don’t have much time to post–But we’re not gone forever and I predict that I will be posting more soon.
Anyway, after Peter and I hung our chalkboard in our house we realized that we had a perfectly good cut of mirror glass that we didn’t want to get rid of. At some point we may want to put the mirror back into the frame, so for now we want to keep it safe and accessible.
(Yes, we still need to repaint the walls downstairs. They’ve been like this since Peter moved in.)
My fiance, being the smart man that he is, said the best way to keep mirror glass safe is to lay it down flat. We instantly realized in would make a beautiful base for a centerpiece. A simple vintage tablecloth added to the simple elegance of the vase of peonies that Peter bought me today.
If you look carefully at the peonies you’ll see a tiny bit of blue floral tape painter’s tape helping to keep the arrangement together. Since Peonies are such heavy flowers it helps to add a grid structure to the top of the vase. True florist tape would have blended a million times better but because were not entertainng and I’m trying to use things we have, painter’s tape worked great. Masking tape would have worked as well. Now as our flowers continue to bloom, thy’ll have a little extra support!
I’ll have to admit that I’ve always wished I was better at arranging flowers. It just seems like such a wonderfully hostess-y thing to know how to do. Do you have any great tricks to pass on?
