Bryant was supposed to be at the Smithfield Building at 10AM and the graduation would start at 11. We left at 9:15 and didn't arrive there til 10:45. He ran in and we went and parked. Inside the seats were already filled except the very back and the far upper sides. We chose to go on the side and it turned out to be perfect. We were looking at the graduates faces and we were on the left side where he'd walk down after they handed him his "diploma". The ceremony was really fast and Brooklyn did awesome sitting there. She loved trying to find daddy in the crowd of graduates. It was so cute. At the end they told everyone to cheer for the graduates and Brooklyn was the first person to yell. She yelled "Yay Daddy!" Everyone around us thought it was soooo cute.
(***Warning*** There will be lots of pictures. It was a long hard road to get here and we couldn't believe this day finally arrived so we were a little camera happy!)
THE CEREMONY:
Aunt Kylie and Brooklyn waiting for it to start.
Grandma and Avery
Bry bought BYU shirts for the girls. He wanted them to wear them today.
Braden and Ash
You can't really see them, but that's Grandma Winnie, Terri, Marcus and Paul. They were across from us.
Brooklyn in her BYU shirt
This was very exciting for her. She's cheering as Bry walks in.
Where's Bry?
Avery's first bottle. She took it great!
Uncle Braden burping her.
She was VERY smiley
She smiled tons at Braden
Me and my girls!
He did it :)
Smiling at Daddy
PICTURES AND THE LUNCHEON:
She ran to him.
Daddy and Brooklyn
Daddy and Avery
(Both girls were obsessed with the cap)
Daddy and his 2 girls. Typical BYU Graduate :)
Brys family: Mom, Avery, Grandma Winnie, Bry, Brookie, Dad, Ash, and Braden
Bry and his parents
Kylie, Bry, Brookie, and Mom
A couple classmates
Showing Avery off.
Talking to Bro. Fry (program director)
We were starving!
DINNER AT TUCANOS IN GATEWAY
Celebrating continues with the rest of the fam.
Braden, Ashlee, Danielle, and Cam
Kylie, Paul, Marcus
Randi, Isaac, Danni, Terri
Great Grandma Winnie, Great Grandma and Papa Christensen with Avery
Brooklyn LOVED this place. The pineapple was her favorite. She loved when they walked through drumming too.
Grandpa Wotring and Avery
Proud of their Daddy!
Bry I'm so proud of you. You worked hard and you are going to see the reward when you've got your dream job designing shoes for Nike! I LOVE YOU.
It has been such a long road to end up at this day. Lets see: 3 schools, 4 states, 2 internships, 2 daughters, student loans, and long stressful nights (sometimes never coming home from school). But he made it and I also survived :) We could not have done it without our families help. We so appreciate everything you all have done for us. We love you more than you know. We also know that we have been so blessed from our Heavenly Father! There's no way we could not acknowledge that. It has seemed like everything has worked out perfectly and that is a blessing. I'm also grateful that we were able to trust in our Heavenly Father and know that he sees the whole picture and if we were answered something from our prayers we listened! We had 2 beautiful girls while Bry was in school, not knowing how that would work out and I was able to stay home. Anyway my whole point is THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for everyones support. LOVE YOU ALL!
