Auf Wiedersehen, Edward!

Ed graduated from Calvin on Saturday and left Monday morning for a summer practicum working at TRW in Koblenz, Germany.  He returns in mid-August for a few days before grad school at Notre Dame.  We had to make an event of the morning trip to the airport because it's the last time our famly will be together until Christmas.  You see, Maria will be leaving for the fall semester in Peru before Edward returns. And so, I had to take their photo one last time in front of our house.

Last time till Christmas, no big deal...







Then it was time to start boarding, but always time for a few more shots...




At last, the time arrived, but first smile for Mom,



then start to go,



 then hear her say, "Eddie, one more"


then turn into a silhouette...


We watched him go off through airport security and saw that he had to take his shoes off.  The last we saw him, he just had his socks on, so as we walked out, I texted him to ask if he had put his shoes back on.  John & I laughed at the irony of asking that of our son who just graduated with a degree in Computer & Electrical Engineering.  Yes, we probably asked him 100 times if he had his passport, but maybe more to check ourselves.

Of course, we stayed to watch the plane take off...


...and off he went.