This is the day we've waited for!

Today was the big day we've been waiting for for years! All Ben's hard work in law school and enduring the bar exams was recognized today at the Law Admissions Ceremony.

 

There were 544 of the 670(ish) people who passed July's bar exam there to be sworn in. Some of them had sponsors who moved to have them admitted (and then gave a long discourse of how this person is the 4th generation of lawyers in the family and it would only make the Minnesota State Bar so much better to have them as part of it, blah, blah, blah). It was pretty long especially for an 18 month old who only has energy to burn.

The ceremony was an official session of the Supreme Court of Minnesota presided over by the Supreme Court State Justices.

Here is video of Ben's name being read. Listen closely right at the beginning and look for the fuzzy person to stand up. That is Ben.

Russell and I are very proud of Ben and all his hard work and perseverance. We know it wasn't easy to study while we were around and always finding fun things to do, but we are thankful for the sacrifice he made for us!

Here are the random pictures Russell and I took to keep him occupied while we waited and waited.

 Shoes

The service dog who sat in front of us. All the kids in the area really wanted to pet it, including Russell. He repeatedly said, "A daw! A daw! A daw!" just in case the people around us weren't aware that there was a dog sitting in front of us.

Fall time

The weather has definitely turned cooler here in Minnesota after a nice Indian summer.  With the cooler weather, though, it means we spend more time inside which drives both me and Russell a little crazy.

Russell has been doing lots of warm clothes modelling. He loves his puffy vest and likes to pat his tummy when he wears it. Russell loves to carry his chair around the house so he can always watch the action wherever it is happening.

I've done some sewing projects recently to use up the fabric I have filling boxes and boxes here in the apartment and in our storage shed. I am must excited for Russell's Halloween costume which started out pretty rough, but after a few changes turned out to be pretty darn cute. I'm hoping over the next week I can teach Russell how to properly trick-or-treat, but that might be hard since he doesn't seem to want to say very much.

Ben has stayed busy with school and projects around the apartments. This week is MEA break so he tackled the garage and is checking things off our winterizing to-do list. He still can't believe he has passed the bar exam. He still checks just to make sure it is true. Ben really enjoyed our date night last week so he could preview the movie Gravity to see if he could work it into his conceptual physics curriculum and take his class to see it. It was good, but there were a few scenes that I did not enjoy thanks to the 3D.

We hear that snow is looming on the horizon and are hoping that we don't get much more than a few stray flakes for a few more weeks.Until then, we will try to get as much outside time as we can.

Done.

Well, I passed the bar exam! Yay!
The Admission Ceremony will be held on Friday, October 25, 2013, in the Roy Wilkins Auditorium at St. Paul Rivercentre, 175 Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, MN. 
Ceremony start time is 10:30 a.m.
Expected end time is approximately 12:00 noon.

Thanks for all the prayers!
Thanks to Joanna for always helping me in the right direction and to Russell for being a great son.
AND to everyone else!

We went to Red Lobster tonight to celebrate! Yum! The crab, shrimp, cheese rolls, and lobster pizza were well worth it!

If you need legal assistance and live in MN . . . . then ask me after October 25th . . . . and I'll see what I can do!

Work is fine for me. Chemistry and physics are interesting topics to teach, and the kids are good enough. Joanna and Russell continue to charm the residents here, and get work done.

Russell on the prowl for food. . . .