After a lovely dinner at C&O and valediction with Stephen Colbert, it was time for the main event, Final Exercises on the Lawn! Fair warning: be prepared for an onslaught of photos.
We woke up bright and early to head over to the KD house for some bagels and coffee before walking over the Lawn. We took lots of pictures of all of the girls in their caps and gowns and thankfully mother nature held off the rain (except for a little mist here and there).
My parents had seats on the lawn, but Emily, Quinton, and I had to head to the general seating area and staked out a spot close to the Rotunda.
After about an hour of waiting around, it was finally time for the graduates to walk down the lawn to their seats. A lot of people carry balloons to help them be seen from the thousands of people on the lawn that day. The balloon madness got even crazier than this!
Finally we saw the white and green balloons of Sarah’s sorority!
After many speeches and conferral of degrees, we found Sarah! Love this serious of photos.
And of course we needed the obligatory photos in front of the Rotunda. Sis pic first!
The Cole ladies.
The whole family!
And yes, they make me want to barf too.
We had a few hours to kill before her degree ceremony for cognitive science, so we grabbed sandwiches at Bodo’s (yum!) and took them back to the sorority house to eat. Then we walked over to a random building for the Cognitive Science degree ceremony!
More family photos!
All the UVA grads in attendance!
And with that, college was over. Congrats and welcome to the real world, Sarah!
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