My Graduation!

Between tax season, an adorable little squirt named Peyton, and an exciting pregnancy waiting for Cohen, I have neglected to say anything about my graduation that took place over the weekend and my entrance into grad school last month. So here is a little school update! First here are some pictures from my graduation:

The best part of the day was seeing a proud Hubby and Buggy clapping in the crowd, Peyton even clapped when no one else was ... he must have been really proud!
Joel, Brandon, Bree, Jill, Marita and me before all of the festivities began. We were trying to figure out HOW to wear those stupid caps ... who designed the graduation outfits? They need updated!
THE GIRLS! Being our normal selves =) Poor Marita ... the smallest person always gets picked up!
My fun and exciting knocked up graduation picture! The sad thing is I so look 16 ... not 26! But seriously how many people get to have such a fun graduation picture ... with a belly?? =)
I hardly remember my parents even taking this picture ... everything was such a bluer! This is me as I was walked back down after getting my diploma.

Where's Waldo? Can you find me in the crowd?! I am the one looking at the camera =)That brings me to today, I have the tiring yet quite enjoyable job of sending out all of my thank you cards to my friends and family that celebrated with me this weekend! I am such a nerd and LOVE filling out thank you cards! I only have 3 more to do then I will be done!

Now a quick update on grad school ... I started last month and did not say much to too many people because I was not sure I was going to be able to handle it. My confidence has since grown! It is a little overwhelming and the homework load is nothing like what I was used to in my undergrad, who ever heard of 15 page papers due each week?! There is a massive amount of reading as well. Once I really delved into it, and lived through the first class ... I loved it! Hard work is not ALWAYS a bad thing =)

The information I am learning is exciting and applicable to so many areas of life, it is addictive! I love how the more I learn, the more I see how much I do not know, and I want to learn even more! I ended up choosing a school that allows me to attend school one night a week so I am not taking too much time away from my family which was imperative for me, getting less sleep for sure, but keeping all my family time!

Thank you so much to those of you who were keeping me in your prayers while I was making this big decision. I have a complete peace of mind and a revived enthusiasm for all the different directions God is taking my life!