And...

He's a Graduate!!! With a Masters In Health Science. Which means he just has to take the National Boards and he will become a CRNA!!! One more month to go until that test, and then we will officially be done! Here he is walking in with his class to the graduation ceremony.

There he goes, hood in hand, cap and gown on! So exciting!

Here he is standing up and taking the oath as a Health Care Professional in the Anesthesia Field.

And here he is after being hooded and shaking hands with the Dean.

And there he goes, an official graduate.

I can't even express how proud of him I am. He worked so hard. He deserves so much in his life! All the graduates followed bag pipers and the three flags. It was incredible.

And the only picture I have of us together. Terrible. He has his eyes closed. And well, I look pregnant. And I most certainly am not.

In fact I wore these clothes home and when my oldest son saw me he said, "Mom, why are you wearing those clothes. They are crazy." Here he is with my parents. (Yes, they are the ones with ten kids, and yes, they look like they are our age... I sure hope I get those genes!)

And here we are with His parents.

Thanks so much to everyone who supported us along this incredibly hilarious journey in our lives! We truly could not have done it without you! It's been one heck of a ten year period, and we are so glad it's done... Bring on the future...

Oh and as a funny side note. We were on our way to a formal dinner that his school held for the graduates the night before graduation. We are all dressed formal, it's 120 degrees outside, and... the tire blows. Are you kidding? Really, that happened. So in his suit Eli changed the tire in 120 degree weather on the side of the freeway. We got to the dinner, everyone went to shake his hands. He held them out and we got some pretty funny looks. So he went in the bathroom, composed himself, and 45 minutes later, we were there ready to have fun! And well, the both of us just laughed. Because of course that would happen to us. So happy graduation to my husband... now we have to come up with $350.00 more dollars that we don't have to buy two new tires for his present! Isn't life grand sometimes?

We wanted to visit friends but it ended up being so fast, and we headed out right after graduation because Eli was ready to see the boys. He hasn't seen them since Easter! And he sure did miss them, and they missed him!