Doctor Sara Ray

 Beth drove us in the car to Philadelphia to hear Sara defend her Doctoral Thesis. She had friends and family come from New York, Washington, Maine, Arizona and Tennessee.  All of her siblings, cousins and family were present. The little cousins were quiet as mice

On the drive there, we stopped a few times, but needed more stops,  which we did on the return trip on Saturday.  Bob and Charlene met us for supper in the Hyatt Hotel, where we stayed, for supper and then a nice rest for the next days events. We again met Bob and Charlene for Breakfast before going to  Penn Hall.  Ethan and other family members  met us at the street parking where Ethan got the wheelchair out of the car and all  all set up  for Tom.  Tom did manage to walk into the hallrt, but needed to be wheeled to the reception  and back to the car after.  

Sara gave  a fantastic presentation, after which came questions from her faculty in Holland by Zoom and her faculty at Penn. We all vacated the  hall to leave the faculty in charge.  Then we met for a nice reception where she was introduced for the first time as Dr. Sara Ray.

We all enjoyed visiting with Sara's friends and our family as we munched goodies and played  games with Hazel and the twins.   Sadie was sleepy and stayed close to Mom and Dad. 

After a long time visiting, Beth returned us to the hotel to be picked up later for Sara's  party at the cemetary.  It was cold and windy so Sara had been  given use of the estate house on the grounds as she works there in the grave gardens and orchard.   The estate house is a very beautiful  old home which was given by the deceased  owner many years ago and the city built the cemetary around the grounds.

After all the festivities, Beth returned us to the hotel to rest for our long trip home for Saturday.  She was an excellent driver, but we all are tired today.