Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Brendan's Swearing In Ceremony!

After passing the Bar, the final step before being an official attorney is being sworn into the Florida Bar. They typically have mass swearing in ceremonies throughout Florida right after the bar results are published. Lucky for Brendan, he has an inside connection! My dad got him a private swearing in ceremony with the Chief Judge of the 13th Judicial Circuit, Manny Menendez, today!! We got to go into his private office and have a very personal exchange! Brendan looked handsome as ever and the Judge even brought him into his personal chambers to see his Gators stuff. When they walked back in, the Judge said that Brendan passed the Gator test (I am sure he did no realize what a big fan Brendan was until after Brendan was able to rattle off all of his sports trivia knowledge). Skyler was a big hit at the ceremony. The Judge asked him what his name was and Skyler said "Jo,Jo." So for the rest of the time we were there, the Judge continued to call him Jo, Jo. Amazingly Skyler responded to it every time. They had two photographers taking pictures of the ceremony and they already sent us the pictures (such a nice touch). Unfortunately we all had difficulty trying to determine who was taking the picture! Now that Brendan is an official Attorney, we thought we might have a nice lunch. But NO! Straight to work for him ... He is going to be starring in a trial next week (crazy!) and has a lot of work to do!!! Hope you enjoy these pictures :)


5 comments:

Brie said...

YAY brendan!! Im so sorry we werent there for it. Congrats! We love you guys!!!

tessa said...

What a sweet little family you guys are. We miss you! Congratulations on the very, very exciting day!

Mitzi Kemp said...

Awesome - way to go Brendan!! Thanks for FINALLY updating your blog! I check it all the time to see how ya'll are and to see how Skyler is. We miss you guys! We will be back to Florida in 3 weeks - yeah!!!

Terri said...

I ran off hard copies of al your swearing in pix - love that little family so much1 What a special day!
Terri/MUM

sandi said...

Geez Brendan, I can still see you in your missionary suit carrying around your scriptures and looking forward to college and law school. I'm so happy for you guys!