My Brother, The Law School Grad

My trip to Philadelphia this week and weekend was for a very good purpose: my brother's graduation from Temple Law. We had a great time and I'm so proud of him for this achievement!

Here he is getting a special award. It's basically the equivalent of Mr Congeniality, which is awesome.

I'm so glad my parents and sister could come out for the event. Don't we look fantastic?

While waiting for the commencement, my parents and siblings decided to become an album cover.

And here he is with the woman who has supported him all through law school (and paid the bills).

On the stage, diploma in hand

Graduating and cheering for a graduate take a lot of energy, so we all went to Olive Garden for dinner.

On Friday, we did some sight-seeing around Philadelphia. By the end, our bodies were tired and our feet were sore, but we'd seen a whole lot of history and learned lots about the USA's founding.

In front of Independence Hall

Christ Church Burial Ground, where Ben Franklin is buried

At the Liberty Bell, but mostly I just really like this picture of me

We saw many more places, and had lunch (a Philly cheese steak, of course), and meandered all over.

Then Pete and Jordyn hosted a BBQ back at their place. It felt great to kick back and relax a bit.

With their wonderful neighbors

Saturday morning-ish, we coordinated and headed out to Bird in Hand, PA, also known as Amish country.

I was afraid the gingerbread man was going to actually show up and kill us all

Pops, just being awesome, as usual

Homemade Amish root beer and whoopie pie. Sooooo good.

Showing proper jug-drinking form

For dinner, we found a little place that served an Amish buffet. This entry arch was perfect for pictures.

The parentals

The couple

The siblings

Congratulations on graduating from law school, brother!
And thanks for showing us a great time in and around Philly!