I drove Mom and Dad up to Mizzou on Saturday morning, May 14th, for Zach`s graduation party…Mom wanted to get there early enough that we could take some family portraits there on campus somewhere. The dinner and party were going to be held at The Heidelburg, a local bar and grill not too far from Jesse Hall and the Columns, so we parked in the parking structure on top of the hill behind it and then met up with everyone across the street and walked down to the area by the Columns…it was a bit cool, Dad and I had our jackets on, he in his Mizzou jacket and me in my UP jacket…let me just say that everyone there thought it was cool except for Zach…he wore shorts. We stopped off next to a statue of Benjamin Franklin where Dad and Courtney sat down with Ben and Mom stood behind the bench for a portrait….

…Court`s a lot of fun when it comes to getting her picture taken….we spotted a pretty beech tree nearby and I took a photo of it for Mom…called a Tri Color Beech….

…and we avoided the Columns which are a very in demand backdrop as you can tell here, everyone and their brother and sister were out there on them and around them in close proximity to them….

…we opted for the steps in front of Jesse Hall instead…and we were not the only ones taking portraits there either…great minds apparently do think alike….Landon, Zach`s roommate, took the first portraits for us after I prefocused and set the flash….

…and then we headed over to The Heidelburg for a good lunch and fellowship….

Congratulations to my nephew Zach for his successful completion of four years at Mizzou !!