She's the one in the middle, isn't she gorgeous? (Of course Lauren and Carly are also gorgeous)
And then headed over to Ghirardelli Square. Yum.
And then someone decided (Ok, maybe it was me) that we should walk up this huge hill to Lombard Street and then head over to Union Square.
After several breaks and about three hours of walking up and down hills, we somehow ended up back at my parents' hotel (this was not planned) and by the time we got to Union Square it was time to walk back to the Wharf to go to dinner and pick up our car. It was great to just be able to talk to my Mom and Eric and Harper enjoyed being carried around by everyone.
We ended the day with a delicious seafood dinner. It was great to see my Mom and Eric and I'm looking forward to seeing them when I head to Utah in a few weeks. Thanks for letting us hang out with you all day!
. . . to see the coastal redwoods at Muir Woods.
Here are Tom and Harper looking up at the trees:
They were pretty amazing. The not-so-amazing part of the experience was driving up and down winding roads to get there. But we made it. 
We then went to Golden Gate park. There are lots of fun things to do there (museums, gardens, and an aquarium), but Harper was so excited to see all of the ducks and turtles that we just ended up walking around the lake and playing on the swings.
Mostly we just enjoyed spending some time together. Harper really seemed to like staying up late and going swimming at our hotel. 
The other day I was ricocheting slowly
off the blue walls of this room,
moving as if underwater from typewriter to piano,
from bookshelf to an envelope lying on the floor,
when I found myself in the L section of the dictionary
where my eyes fell upon the word lanyard.
No cookie nibbled by a French novelist
could send one into the past more suddenly—
a past where I sat at a workbench at a camp
by a deep Adirondack lake
learning how to braid long thin plastic strips
into a lanyard, a gift for my mother.
I had never seen anyone use a lanyard
or wear one, if that’s what you did with them,
but that did not keep me from crossing
strand over strand again and again
until I had made a boxy
red and white lanyard for my mother.
She gave me life and milk from her breasts,
and I gave her a lanyard.
She nursed me in many a sick room,
lifted spoons of medicine to my lips,
laid cold face-cloths on my forehead,
and then led me out into the airy light
and taught me to walk and swim,
and I, in turn, presented her with a lanyard.
Here are thousands of meals, she said,
and here is clothing and a good education.
And here is your lanyard, I replied,
which I made with a little help from a counselor.
Here is a breathing body and a beating heart,
strong legs, bones and teeth,
and two clear eyes to read the world, she whispered,
and here, I said, is the lanyard I made at camp.
And here, I wish to say to her now,
is a smaller gift—not the worn truth
that you can never repay your mother,
but the rueful admission that when she took
the two-tone lanyard from my hand,
I was as sure as a boy could be
that this useless, worthless thing I wove
out of boredom would be enough to make us even.
The ceremony was . . . kind of strange. The first two speakers kind of rambled on about some random things and everyone kept talking about the economy and how the law field has changed in the last three years. 
But then the Professor of the Year (Professor Stark, one of Tom's favorite professors) spoke and that was great. I snuck up to the front to get some photos of Tom getting hooded and walking across the stage, but I was still pretty far away so these aren't that great.
Here are some of us during the ceremony. We sat in the back in the shade which was nice because it was HOT yesterday. Poor Tom in his hot, black robe . . .
Here are some post-graduation pictures.
This is most of the graduates from our ward. Sadly, I took 4 pictures and this was the best one.
And here is a before and after. The first picture was taken May 1, 2006, when we visited UCLA for the first time and the second picture was taken after graduation.
We are so proud of Tom and all of his hard work and are very excited that he is going to be working at Irell in the fall. We were really happy that his parents were able to join us for the day and we really appreciate all of the love and support that everyone has given us during law school. It doesn't quite seem real, especially since he starts Barbri in a week and several of his friends are going to be in his class.
