Proud father moments

[Houndoc]

My oldest had her "white coat ceremony " as she starts her veterinary school experience.
She is doing the double doctorate plan and doing her DVM and a PhD simultaneously.
Thankfully with the support of her husband and son.

 

[kmboren]

This is cool. 😎

 

[Tonkaman]

Saturday afternoon I took my daughter out for her first dirt bike ride on the mountain. About 3:00pm we headed up AFC to ride the 157 ridge line trail. That was a bit too intimidating so we turned back and rode nearly the full length of 252. I knew that fast flowing single track would get her hooked! She’s been begging to go back since

 

[BlackSheep]

This is cool. 😎

That is so amazing! Congrats to Katelynn and to you as well Kevin!!

 

[kmboren]

That is so amazing! Congrats to Katelynn and to you as well Kevin!!

Thank you.

 

[kmboren]

Podcast

So after Katelynns Roll we were contacted by a couple of different people to do a Podcast. First ever time doing this but it was fun. I guess the regular podcast they do have a lot of swearing but they kept this one clean for Katelynn. It is a group of XJ owners out of Massachusetts and Connecticut.

We interviewe with Whine, Whiskey and Wheelers next week for another one.

 

[kmboren]

Katelynn made this pumpkin for Halloween all by herself.

 

[Gravy]

My oldest boy rebuilt his motor all by himself. New cylinder, piston and miscellaneous gaskets.

(with the exception of breaking loose the bolts and the wrist pin clips.)

 

[Thursty]

And now she moves on to 1st grade.

 

[DesertRam]

No fancy pictures, but my son (a junior is HS) just finished his year with a 3.7 GPA and his little sister completed sixth grade with a 4.0. So yeah, I'm pretty proud of them.

 

[Pile of parts]

No fancy pictures, but my son (a junior is HS) just finished his year with a 3.7 GPA and his little sister completed sixth grade with a 4.0. So yeah, I'm pretty proud of them.

Nice job! My 4 year high school GPA may have totaled 3.7, adding up all the years. Let's just say I was not very focused.

 

[Thursty]

I hated high school. I got my license and was MIA for the next two years. Met my future wife who encouraged me to graduate and with whose help I did but just by the skin of my teeth. Went to college and graduated with honors. It’s all about finding your “why”. It’s different for everyone, but man, when you find it nothing can hold you back.

 

[Cody]

Just go to a school in the shitty part of town. I had one quarter with more absences than days attended and still lettered in academics ha ha. In some schools, just kinda showing up gets you there.

I'm toying with getting a masters again, and my current regret is that I should have spent less time wheeling and more time on school my last two years of college. I had a 3.6 in the honors department when I was admitted to upper division between my sophomore and junior years, and graduated with a 2.97. I took the C's get degrees a little too literally ha ha

 

[Houndoc]

The graduation and school accomplishment posts are fun to see. There is something to be said for being able to look at your kids and see that at least to this point they are headed in the right direction (mostly defined in my mind as being decent humans.)
My son and his wife graduated BYU this year (well, she finished in December). His next step is medical school at the U.

 

[anderson750]

In the last 2 weeks I graduated 1 and married 1

 

[glockman]

In the last 2 weeks I graduated 1 and married 1

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My experience is that families with money often raise useless kids who become useless adults. You and Russ have absolutely killed it raising awesome kids that are turning into awesome adults. Congrats!

 

[Medsker]

My son in law graduated Columbia Medical School. I couldn't be prouder. He now starts 3 years of residency at Columbia Hospital in Internal Medicine.

 

[xjtony]

Highschool graduation. Honestly a day we didn't know for sure if it would come. My son finished 3 years of highschool in the last year to accomplish this. Couldn't be prouder.

 

[Gravy]

Brian, thanks for the inspiration in the electric mower thread. Oldest kid (7yr) learned today. He's not *quite* big enough (read heavy enough to create enough friction to push up the inclines) but with some help he got it done.

 

[Houndoc]

This year was the first time we did Lake Powell with a house boat (although have been going regularly since 1970.)
When I caught up in the boat, I was surprised to find out it was my daughters co-piloting (one driving, one navigating.) We ended up letting my 22 year old basically become captain for the week, including beaching and docking at the fuel dock.