"WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN"

TO CELEBRATE

GRADUATIONS.

 WITH A LOT OF HARD WORK
ON HER PART,

AND WITH A LOT OF SUPPORT
FROM MOM AND DAD,
EMILY GRADUATED FROM CHICO STATE
ON FRIDAY.


SINCE THE EARLY 1960s,
I REMEMBER BILL AND KATHY'S
AS BEING A STOPPING POINT
ALONG THE WINTERS CUTOFF.
AS THE YEARS GO BY,
THE MORE NOSTALGIC I GET,
AND I COULD HARDLY WAIT
TO, ONCE AGAIN,
STOP FOR SOMETHING TO EAT
AT BILL AND KATHY'S.

SO MUCH FOR THAT IDEA,
BILL AND KATHY'S
WAS CLOSED FOR RENOVATION.

WE GOT TO CHICO
WITH PLENTY OF TIME
TO GO TO LUNCH

AND LOUNGE FOR A WHILE.
ELISE WORKED ON HER TAN,

WHILE GORDAN 

TIM AND DARYL
ENJOYED THE SHADE.

DURING THE PAST SCHOOL YEAR,
EMILY HAS LIVED IN,
AS SHE CALLED IT,
"THE UGLY YELLOW HOUSE".

IT REALLY IS A BEAUTIFUL,
UGLY YELLOW, HOUSE.
I'M NOT SURE, AND NEITHER WAS ANYONE ELSE,
WHO JOYCE G. WASDEN WAS,
BUT I INTEND TO FIND OUT.

HERE ARE TWO OF THE FIVE FRIENDS
THAT HAVE SHARED THE HOUSE WITH M.

THEY'LL ALL BE MOVING ON,
AND SIX NEW GIRLS
WILL CALL IT HOME NEXT YEAR.

 NOW FOR WHAT THE DAY
WAS ABOUT,

GRADUATING!

ZACK TRAVELED FROM UTAH
TO CELEBRATE EMILY
AND HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

THEY SAY THAT COLLEGE ROOM MATES
ARE FOREVER FRIENDS,
AND I THINK THAT GOES
FOR EMILY AND HER
ROOM MATE FOR TWO YEARS, NATALIE.

 GRADUATION OVER,

THE NEXT DAY FOUND US BACK ON CAMPUS,
FOR THAT FINAL SHOPPING TRIP
TO THE CAMPUS BOOK STORE,
SO THESE THREE
COULD BUY THEIR ALUMNI SHIRTS.

 THE KIDS WEREN'T AS INTO THIS PICTURE,
AS THEIR MOM AND DAD WERE.

THEY HAD TO REPEAT THE PICTURE
THAT THEY TOOK FOUR YEARS AGO,
WHEN THEY DROPPED EMILY OFF.
FOR HER FRESHMAN YEAR.
HER DORM STEPS ARE IN THE BACKGROUND.
TIM STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL
ON HIS PHONE.
JUST TRY TO TELL ME
MEN AREN'T SENTIMENTAL!

OK, IT WAS NOW MY TURN. 

 THIS IS WHITNEY HALL,
WHERE WE DROPPED DANA OFF
SOOOO MANY YEARS AGO.
WAS HER ROOM ON THE NINTH,
OR MAYBE THE ELEVENTH FLOOR.


BACK TO " THE UGLY YELLOW HOUSE",
BUT NOT WITHOUT A SLURPEE
FROM 7-11 ON
 FREE SLURPEE DAY!

LET THE PARTYING BEGIN!

GRADUATION BEHIND HER,

IT'S OFF TO THE NEXT STAGE 

OF HER LIFE. 

CONGRAT'S M!
NEXT STEP,
MARRIAGE!

 BACK HOME

FOR ANOTHER CELEBRATION.

GABE IS ONE OF OUR
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES THIS YEAR.
HE GRADUATES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK,
WITH, AS USUAL, LIMITED SEATS.
JENNY DECIDED THE BACCALAUREATE
WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO GET TOGETHER
WITH A CELEBRATION.

CEREMONY OVER,
PAPA AND GABE ARE READY
TO GO HOME AND PARTY.

ABBEY WAS ALL FOR THAT!

I STILL SAY BRITTNEY SHOULD BE A TEACHER.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT  SHE'S SAYING,
BUT SHE SURE HAS EVERYONE'S ATTENTION.
WELL, MAYBE NOT GORDAN OR RAE'S.

AFTER A HOT DAY,
CRAIG, DARYL, AND SAM
ARE ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS,
AS THE EVENING COOLS DOWN.

 I KNOW GABE,
THERE'S STILL MORE SCHOOL,
AND FINALS TO TAKE,
BUT THE END OF HIGH SCHOOL IS IN SIGHT,
WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE FULL OF
WHATEVER YOU WANT IT TO BE.