Ryan's Graduation

The weekend of May 18-19, 2013 was one we had been looking forward to for two years!  Ryan was graduating :) Lots of sacrifices were made over the past two years and we were excited to finish what he started.  It wasn't easy going back to school full time, and I don't think it is something Ryan ever thought he would be doing in his 30s.  I give him a lot of credit for following through and reaching his goal.  Changing mindsets from working for 10 years and relaxing in the evenings to going to school all day and needing to study at night is something I don't know if I could do. We're all proud of you!
  

Ryan receiving his diploma.

Sunday, May 19 was Ryan's pinning ceremony where all the graduates received their PTA pins.  Poor Ellianna was not feeling good at all that day, had a 101 fever and congestion, but she took a 90 minute nap before the pinning ceremony so we hoped that would be enough to get her through.  She was somewhat fussy throughout but she hung in there.  In the picture below you can see all 13 graduates in Ryan's class.  Its interesting that in his class there was only 5 girls however in my class of 24, there was only 5 guys.  I wonder why the different ratios?...maybe based on geographic areas.

 Now we are looking forward to July when he will take his boards exam and then he'll really be able to relax!