Reunions 2013!

I can't believe it's been ten years since I graduated from Princeton... David is fond of reminding me that I've gotten an advanced degree and had two babies and so much more, but still -- can it really have been ten years already??

The great class of 2003 came back in full force for Reunions this year!  And for the first time, I actually registered for official Reunions events -- we're normally so busy with PEF events that it's not really worth it to pay for the class events, but we decided to splurge for my tenth.  In large part because I wanted to wear the class costume.  :)  But also because I was really looking forward to seeing people I hadn't seen in years!

David took on kid duty on the Friday night so I could go to the dinner at the tents, footloose and fancy-free.  :)  It was so good running into so many old friends, many of whom I hadn't seen since graduation, many more of whom had little kidlets of their own...




Then on Saturday, we kicked things off at the PEF pre-P-rade luncheon.  It was Sophia's first experience of Reunions, and I think she was mostly just confused by it all.  :)  But Joshua is old enough now to really enjoy himself -- he particularly loved the juice boxes and grapes.  And the kids' table!








(Oh, yeah, and our class theme was "Around the turn," which is apparently a golf reference to the 10th hole.  Lots of black and orange argyle and polos, complete with kicky golf caps and long black knee socks.  Most of us weren't wearing the knee socks because, hello, 95-degree heat, but you can see a couple of the guys above who went all in with the full getup!)

Then we attempted to take the kids to the P-rade.  It was sooooo hot, though, and way too crowded to push a stroller around... So David took Joshua in the stroller to hang out in a shady area and I braved the crowds with Sophia strapped to my front, running into people and marveling at the madness that is the Princeton P-rade.  Here's what Sophia thought of it all:


We finally retreated to Frist for the air conditioning.  And ran into so many more friends!  Joshua loved playing with Claire and Jonathan and their respective parents and grandparents, and we had such a good time catching up with everyone.









I'm always so thankful at Reunions that we still live in Princeton, and that everyone comes back here to the best ol' place of all.  Can't wait until our 15th -- but definitely hope to see all of you again before then!

PEF Reunions and Graduation

Just to wrap up the PEF-related year-end posts...  One more photo-dump for tonight!

The last weekend of the school year is one of the busiest for the PEF staff.  Friday and Saturday are filled with Reunions craziness -- thousands of alumni and their families descend on campus, and a couple hundred of them are PEF alumni who come to our events.  SO much fun to catch up and engage in the orange-and-black craziness, but so busy...












And then the Monday following is a big dinner for the senior class and their families, with graduation on Tuesday morning.  This dinner is always such a bittersweet time -- a beautiful celebration of four years with the graduating class, wishing them well as they go off into a new season of life...
















Congratulations, again, class of 2011!  Godspeed, and God bless you all!

PEF Senior Testimonies 2011

The last two Friday Night Fellowships of the year were devoted to testimonies from the graduating seniors.  Unfortunately, Joshua and I weren't able to attend -- though the testimonies were recorded, and I hope to listen to them sometime this summer.  (All photos below taken by David, who did a wonderful job!)

Class of 2011, we miss you already!  May the Lord bless you and keep you as you move on beyond Princeton!

PEF year-end events!

Finally, finally, I'm getting around to blogging about all the busyness of the last couple months!  First off, a post about two of the PEF year-end events -- the Olympics, and the spring picnic!

It's still so funny to me how athletic and hip PEF is these days...  What happened to the "last desperate alliance of geeks and Asians"??  :)  We love the Olympics, though -- it's a fun way to spend a Saturday during reading period.  And it's full of awesome photo ops!












Another reading period event was our annual spring picnic, right before one of the last Friday Night Fellowships of the year.  I posted a bunch of Joshua photos from that night in the last potpourri update post -- he had so much fun running around and making friends that night!  And I think the students all had a pretty good time, too.

I especially love this first photo, of Isedua and Joy.  I took a fun photo of them their freshman year, and two years later almost to the day, they decided to try to recreate it!












So okay, I couldn't resist including just a teeny bit of Joshua in this post as well.  :)

Stay tuned, more catch-up posts to come!