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Hidden Guest-Of-Honor Board What could be on it? |
Sneak Preview Only one way to find out...hey, it's Dad! |
Beth and Margaret We had all shown up to see Dad get this award, of course. |
Tim and Margaret You can tell how excited we are at this hour of the morning. |
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Tim, Beth, and Car The sod-car was pretty neat, even if the light was bad. |
First Customer... ...no, wait, that's Lori Kae. |
First Customers, For Real People really did want to get there early, apparently. |
Gardens The students always put an insane amount of work into these things. |
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Gazebo I mean, would *you* put up a gazebo for a weekend? |
Hula Girls And they dress up! So strange... |
Parents Arrive Dad's first order of business is always "greet the students"... |
Smily Dad He seemed excited to see me. He didn't suspect why I was there, though... |
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Early Customers Just looking at everything that's around. |
Still-Oblivious Dad He sitll hadn't worked out why he was there. |
Starting the Speeches The first order of business: thank everyone for coming! |
Kevin Well, and everyone else that was blinded by the light. |
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Perked-Up Dad Notice that he had *wandered off*. We thought we were going to lose him! |
Expectant People Everyone here was in on it. Everyone. |
Victory Revealed Behold! Dr. Skirvin, this is dedicated to you! |
Dad Gets It ...and starts standing up to check it out. |
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Accepting his Award He really was proud. |
Speech! Well, reading the pamphlet anyway. |
Dad and Kevin It'd have been a good shot with decent lighting. At least you can see Dad's maniacal grin. |
Students, Dad, and Car Dad loved that car too. |
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Dad and Poster I have no idea where they found those pictures. |
Applauding People I believe they were all trying to get him to tell his Fainting Goats story. |
The Poster Board You can read it all if you zoom in. Yay! |
Honorary Pickle-Jars Several students made pickle-jar arrangements this year, to honor Dad's work (and silliness). |
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Dad and Kevin, II There, this lighting is better. Kinda. |
Dad and Other Student I don't recognize him, but I think he's the current president of Hort Club. |
Picture Board Commemorating the work the students put into this. |
Volcano An interesting garden layout... |
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St. Louis Arch After the apocalypse, when plants have grown all over it... |
Dad's Pickle-Jar Dad *always* does a pickle-jar arrangement for these things. |
Dad's Pickle-Jar, II This year, he included a ketchup bottle too! |
Dad's Pickle-Jar, III The label: "Trying to Catch Up". |
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Gardens More of the exhibits at the flower show... |
More Gardens ...there were dozens like this. There are *always* dozens like this. It's scary! |
Vase Flowers Wow! These are a good deal. |
Beth and Flowers She *really* liked the flowers I got her. |
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Beth and Tim with Flowers "What, my picture's being taken?" |
Beth and Tim with Flowers, II I need to smile more in life. It'll keep Beth from killing me. |
Hannah and Darren A nice shot of the pair of them. At least Hannah is a morning person. |
Parents and Hannah They seemed to like her. |
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Dad, Straightening Glasses I think he decided to pose doing this for once... |
Huge Crowds We came back after brunch with Mom to find, well, billions of people. |
Long Lines People were waiting a pretty long time just to buy a few flowers. |
Huge Crowds, II But this is really Dad's element. That's why it was all dedicated to him. |
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