It ain't over till...

IT HAS HAPPENED! Emily has FINALLY finished her Master's of Science in Nursing. While the overall program was finished exactly on time, the emotional journey seemed much longer. On Saturday, Emily and I were able to attend her graduation up at UAB. It was held in a huge arena where the university basketball team plays. Neither of us had ever been to such a large graduation. Overall there were about 1000 graduates there and they called off each and every name.

As you can see from the picture with the arrow, it was hard to pick out your family member in the crowd.

Through the magic of text messaging, we were finally able to spot each other. I was not in a good position to get a picture of her on stage, but I did manage to get a video of her name being called (and me yelling congratulations). They conferred all the degrees to the entire arena all at once and only gave out hand shakes on stage. The ceremony lasted from 2:00 to 4:30 and where were certainly glad when it was over.

Our friends Bryan and Julie were kind enough to watch Carter all day for us and then host a small party with some of our friends to celebrate, champagne and all. To see the rest of the pictures and videos, click here.

Congratulations Emily!