I am proud to announce that our oldest son Nikolas walked across the stage in his cap and gown this past Thursday June 7th, as a graduate of Minnetonka High School. Nik's journey through High School as been an interesting one. He started his Freshman year at Valencia High in Valencia CA. He spent his Sophomore and Junior years at the brand new Golden Valley High in Santa Clarita. With our move to Minnesota last summer he completed his Senior year at Minnetonka. At each school he made the most of his opportunities and left a lasting impression on all that had the privilege of knowing him.
My Dad and his wife Bonnie drove up from Milwaukee to attend the graduation ceremony. We were also able to get extra tickets so that Catie and Alex were able to attend. The ceremony was held at Grace Church in Eden Prairie. With over 600 kids graduating and each kid getting 4 tickets for family, there was an obvious need for a very large auditorium. Grace church fit the bill. The school did a really nice job of putting together and running the 3 1/2 hour event. Of course being a "W" Nik was 6th from the end so we had to wait patiently for our chance to cheer. When we finally hooked up with Nik afterward, we all hugged and shed a few tears of joy. I was sweet to see that Nik was as proud of his accomplishment as we are. In his tear chocked words, he is now "Permanently Dismissed from High School"!
On Saturday, we celebrated Nik's accomplishment with family from the Twin Cities area as well as my brother Dave's family and sister Julie's family coming up from the Milwaukee area. My Dad and Bonnie stayed in town from the graduation for the party as well. It was great to be able to celebrate such a mile-stone event with so many family members. This is something that would not have been possible in California. After dinner I premiered my "Tribute to Nik" video that I have been working on for the last couple of weeks. We had a slight technical glitch with my DVD player about 2/3 of the way through the show, so we had to move the show in groups back up stairs to the office. I've also put a streaming version of the
video online if you'd like to watch it. It's about 25 minutes long and you will want to have a box of tissue handy.
Yesterday, Nik counted up all his gift cash, added his savings total and realized he had finally reached his goal of having enough money to fulfill his dream of buying an Apple MacBook laptop. So, we headed off to the Apple store on Sunday afternoon and Nik made the purchase of his dreams. We spend an hour transferring all his account info from my Mac to his and getting all his software install and he's know up and running. He is so excited he's almost beside himself! Thanks to everyone who attended Nik's graduation weekend. You have helped make this tremendous event even more special for him. I have also created a
photo page on the family web site to share some of the highlights of the weekend.
I am proud to announce that our oldest son Nikolas walked across the stage in his cap and gown this past Thursday June 7th, as a graduate of Minnetonka High School. Nik's journey through High School as been an interesting one. He started his Freshman year at Valencia High in Valencia CA. He spent his Sophomore and Junior years at the brand new Golden Valley High in Santa Clarita. With our move to Minnesota last summer he completed his Senior year at Minnetonka. At each school he made the most of his opportunities and left a lasting impression on all that had the privilege of knowing him. 
My Dad and his wife Bonnie drove up from Milwaukee to attend the graduation ceremony. We were also able to get extra tickets so that Catie and Alex were able to attend. The ceremony was held at Grace Church in Eden Prairie. With over 600 kids graduating and each kid getting 4 tickets for family, there was an obvious need for a very large auditorium. Grace church fit the bill. The school did a really nice job of putting together and running the 3 1/2 hour event. Of course being a "W" Nik was 6th from the end so we had to wait patiently for our chance to cheer. When we finally hooked up with Nik afterward, we all hugged and shed a few tears of joy. I was sweet to see that Nik was as proud of his accomplishment as we are. In his tear chocked words, he is now "Permanently Dismissed from High School"!
On Saturday, we celebrated Nik's accomplishment with family from the Twin Cities area as well as my brother Dave's family and sister Julie's family coming up from the Milwaukee area. My Dad and Bonnie stayed in town from the graduation for the party as well. It was great to be able to celebrate such a mile-stone event with so many family members. This is something that would not have been possible in California. After dinner I premiered my "Tribute to Nik" video that I have been working on for the last couple of weeks. We had a slight technical glitch with my DVD player about 2/3 of the way through the show, so we had to move the show in groups back up stairs to the office. I've also put a streaming version of the video online if you'd like to watch it. It's about 25 minutes long and you will want to have a box of tissue handy.
Yesterday, Nik counted up all his gift cash, added his savings total and realized he had finally reached his goal of having enough money to fulfill his dream of buying an Apple MacBook laptop. So, we headed off to the Apple store on Sunday afternoon and Nik made the purchase of his dreams. We spend an hour transferring all his account info from my Mac to his and getting all his software install and he's know up and running. He is so excited he's almost beside himself! Thanks to everyone who attended Nik's graduation weekend. You have helped make this tremendous event even more special for him. I have also created a photo page on the family web site to share some of the highlights of the weekend. 
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