Convertible

Lynda and Seth went to Oregon to celebrate his graduation with Grandma and Grandpa Easterday as well as position himself to be closer to his next step which is to put his education to work. Yesterday after serious consideration of all the options of vehicles that were in his price range and style tolerance Seth settled on this 2005 convertible PT Cruiser Touring. He had to forgo the Alfa Romero, Smart Car and Mini Cooper for various reasons such as cost or availability. Today he is on his way to Texas by plane for the on site interview.

Meanwhile back at home, we have just finished a 5 day stretch of beautiful sunny weather amazingly over a holiday weekend. (It was a bit hot though with temperatures over 70). The trees are all leafed out and flowers are everywhere. Today we will have a reprieve with the return of the clouds and projected rain.

Graduation reflection

It happened as planned, our young man graduated with honors from UAF with a BSCS and minor in Math. The ceremony was loooong but interesting speakers attempted to keep us awake. There were some VIP's there apparently but I didn't really know them, as the really important VIP was Seth.



Just before the exit processional they dropped balloons from the ceiling with the school colors of blue and gold. That was a highlight watching the kids trying to capture the balloons and the graduates hitting them up into the air. The brass band did a splendid job with providing the pre and post music, and a drum band made it lively for their walk out to the reception.



It was nice visiting with family during and after this event. Since we are so spread out around the country I look forward to these visits. As you can see we are quite proud of our son and tolerate his style. (I didn't include the picts of his mismatched socks).



After graduation services we had worked up quite an appetite sitting in the bleachers ;) and Amanda had planned ahead with reservations for Gambradellas Pasta Bella. Seth's roommate Chris (far right of pict) joined us for a pleasant meal and fellowship. (The Fierenze Pizza was scrumpdilliicious.) All good things come to an end and we are currently waiting in Anchorage at the airport for the final leg of the journey home and Seth is awaiting a phone call from a potential employer for the second phone interview. We wish him well in his career as they prepared him well to be a top game programmer. Congratulations Seth.

Fairbanks and graduation

Here we are in Sunny Fairbanks, Alaska getting Seth moved out of his dorm apartment and readying for the graduation ceremony. Mom and Dad Willes are here from California and Amanda came up from Anchorage to celebrate this event. We all realize that the ceremony will be somewhat boring but it is a milestone in Seth's growing up. He is packed and nearly ready to move on to his career. He has had a number of job offers but is trying to get one more related to his passion of programing games. He has the talent for doing that task and we look forward to good things coming from him in the future. Will try to post some pictures of Seth and family at graduation tomorrow.