Grandson Nathaniel’s graduation party was held in a county park under shade trees. When Nathaniel arrived, he immediately started the charcoal fire. He and his brother Alex did most of the cooking.
We were so happy his dad’s family could be there so that we could visit. Nate’s other grandmother, two brothers, and two sets of aunts and uncles, and four cousins were there from Massachusetts and Long Island.
Nathaniel is used to cooking and dealing with food, so it didn’t faze him a bit to cut the cake. For those who don’t know, he took culinary arts the last two years of high school and is now a certified food manager. He is going to Johnson & Wales in Charlotte this fall.
Mehrling Muse 
Looks like a wonderful day for Nathaniel and all the family. What a great looking cake.
xxx Huge Hugs xxx
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The cake was very good. The visiting was equally good.
xxx icing-on-the-cake hugs xxx
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I love when the entire family can come together for a celebration!
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It is special, isn’t it?
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The Beetles had a great song back in the day, “Come Together.” https://youtu.be/uSM5MpKSnqE
Once again, Congratulations Nathaniel!
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Great images, Anne. I especially love the formal BBQ shot. Congratulations to Nathaniel!
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I think Nathaniel was in 7th grade when he decided to wear a suit to school every day. There is no telling what other students wore under their graduation robes, but he had on this suit. A few years ago he told people he would wear shorts to school on the last day. He did, and some didn’t recognize him at first!
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How interesting. My FourthBorn insisted on wearing a necktie to school in 3rd grand and he carried my old briefcase. Fortunately in our small town he didn’t get much grief about it – 3 big sport-o brothers.
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Good for him!
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How wonderful, congrats to Nathaniel! He will make a great chef!
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How exciting for Nathaniel … that’s a beautiful cake.
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What a lovely family gathering Anne. Congrats again to Nathaniel!
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What a wonderful celebration! So nice to catch up with people, too.
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We never did see much of Peter’s family. His parents moved to MA shortly after he and Kate married. Only one of Peter’s three brothers is local. It was delightful to visit with them again.
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What a great place for a grad party and nice that more family could be there:)
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I think we all had a great time.
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Looks like a great party!!! Congratulation Nathaniel!
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What lovely festivities!!
I think the only time I’ve seen my son Jeremy in a suit was when he got married around 4 years ago! 😀
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Nathaniel wore a suit to school every day, so it’s nothing special for him.
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Wow. What a gentleman of sartorial good taste!
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He was in 7th grade when he decided he would wear suits to school. I think it’s amazing that he kept it up for six years. Today he found a knot for a tie on the internet and followed the instructions for tying it. I laughed at his mirror — he used the phone in selfie mode to check the results.
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I just had a flashback to Alex Keaton on “Family Ties”… 😀 It’s ok, he looks great!!
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Right! I hadn’t thought of Family Ties. Good connection!
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Looks like a great time. Best of luck to Nathaniel for his college years!
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Thank you. He is getting exciting about college.
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