Kerry Jones, our favorite niece (OK, our only niece, but still our favorite!) graduated high school today.  After this week, she is officially a college student, attending University of California at Santa Barbara.  She will be majoring in chemistry in the College of Creative Studies.  With fewer than 350 students, this is a very elite school to get into.

We flew from Ecuador to California for this once-in-a-lifetime event.  After the last few cool months in Ecuador (where we are entering Winter), it was a shock to sit in the bleachers on a June Sunnyvale Summer, but worth it to see her reach this milestone.  After the formal celebrations and speeches, Kerry walked around the quad meeting friends and taking “one last photograph” with them.

Kerry with her High School friends.

The family was all there to help celebrate her graduation too.

We then went out together for dinner with the extended family, before Kerry left for her all-night Senior Graduating Party.