Steve Benting

The England Trip -- Ann's Graduation, the view from outside

OK -- here's a refresher on how the Sheldonian hall looks. I show this again since we got to see this view rather a lot during the ceremony...

Sheldonian exterior.

But before that, we had lunch in the Octagon Room at Hertford College:

Kids in Octagon room.

Where, to distract the kids, we gave them food, paper, and writing utensils. (Not in that order, though.) Joseph is obviously commenting on Margaret's artwork here. While Margaret's being very focused...

Margaret waiting outside.

But then, in the theory that we'd get to see Ann process to the graduation from her college, we went outside. Bad idea. Here's Margaret outside in the cold utterly refusing all requests from Aunts and Uncles to put on a coat. (But, as we kept hearing, she wasn't cold.)

Kids (including John) in phone booth.

But the kids did get to spend some quality time with Uncle John...

Margaret and Steve waiting.

And while Margaret decided to climb on the scaffolding by Uncle Steve, Joseph got to play with Dad's camera...

Joseph playing.

But it wasn't all just fun and games...

Ann wandering around during ceremony.

Our wait was rewarded with a quick glimpse of Ann while she scurried around through the various bits of the ceremony. Yeah, she's the fuzzy one second from the end.

Joseph and Margaret in phone booth.

But then it was back to the phone booth.

However, the ceremony ended, and we got to meet for the now-traditional post-graduation photo shoot.

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