Pete's graduation

Our son Peter just graduated from Wyo tech in diesel mechanic this past weekend.

So me and Jay packed up and headed to the wonderful state of Wyoming. We left really early on Friday morning so we could visit and get ready before the graduation at 2:30 pm.

Everything was going fine until we stopped about two hours before Laramie. There was a big accident involving 2 semi trucks with fuel tanks and we had to sit for an hour while they cleaned it up. We also should have made a bathroom trip. We were so uncomfortable but managed to hang on until we got to Rawlings. We arrived in Laramie just in time to see if we could get a room but no one was at the front desk. So we met with Pete and his girlfriend and headed to the graduation. I wanted to get dressed and freshened up but Pete said not to worry it wasn't that formal. And he was right people were dressed sloppy but I still would have liked to at least cleaned up from our journey. The graduation was nice nothing fancy we weren't able to hear most of it the speakers were echoing. But it was so good to see him so happy and a job well done.

We finally got our room nothing great but it was the only room in town and then we took Peter and Bonni out to dinner at Applebees. The town was very busy with Wyo tech graduation and Laramie University home coming game and a Lenard Skinnerad concertand I don't like crowds but we had a great time getting to know Bonni. After dinner Pete took us to his adopted grandmas house and we had a nice visit with her and sang some songs for her and ate some cheese cake bonni made.

The next day Pete was suppose to leave for his new job but Bonni convinced him to stay just one more day. They spent the day together while me and Jay went sight seeing.

We first went to the Lincoln statue visitor center and up happy Jack canyon. Then we headed to Cheyenne to a couple train museum. Jay wanted to see the Big Boy because he and his dad loved trains and they followed the big Boy across the state idaho and Utah until it got to Ogden's train Museum. The museum was fascinating and it was a beautiful day. We also enjoyed homemade mini quiche at the farmers market.

We took Bonni and Pete out for pizza and me and Jay went on a walking tour of Laramie. It was good to see them and get away from the every day stresses of life but it was a short trip and we missed the other kids so Sunday we headed home and we decided to take a different way home by Bear Lake and a good thing we did they closed the road due to a fire. It was a beautiful drive looking at all the fall colors. We made it home safe and sound and Peter made it to Lincoln Nebraska just fine. He starts his new job on the 27th. We will miss him so much but we wish him all the best and who knows maybe there will be a wedding coming up soon?