Saturday, December 18, 2010

Pomp and Circumstance

After four years of online classes in the evenings, Mike finished his Master's Degree! He defended his thesis in November, which he passed with flying colors. So last week, we were able to drive out to South Dakota for his graduation ceremony!
I sat alone...Aidan was sick and stayed home with his grandma, and Mike's dad is a professor at SDSU, so he wore his gown also and sat with the other professors.But all of us are so proud of Mike! Way to go, honey - you're amazing!
Luckily we were able to stay at my in-law's house that weekend: while we were gone, Rochester had a HUGE storm (15 inches of snow in one day!), and the freeway back was closed. We ended up getting to stay an extra day waiting for the road to open again. Aidan loved the time with his grandparents. Here he is trying to fill his grandpa's shoes!
P.S. More new posts below!

4 comments:

Sheila said...

Please tell Mike congratulations for me!

Ann Michelle said...

Congratulations to Mike!!

jessica said...

Yay for graduations!! It always feels great to mark something so significant off a to-do list:)

Spencer said...

Congrats to Mike!

I love the new posts. And the new pics. Whitney and I think your family looks really cute!

ps - We also think Aidan looks a tidge like Ralphie from "A Christmas Story."

(Don't be offended. That can definitely be a good thing).