A Day for Celebration!

 

We did it!  

 Apparently the ceremony was a tiny bit boring for these three!  They had to entertain themselves somehow!

 

This is my good friend Jimmy.  We did the whole program together, he teaches fourth grade in another school district and is an outstanding teacher.  We mentored each other through the whole thesis process.  His wife is the one who decorated our cars on the last night of class.

 

Tim surprised me with a party after the ceremony.  I thought we were going out for a family dinner, but I came home to co-workers and friends.  What a fun night!

 

Another chapter completed!  

If you would have asked me a few years ago if I was going to pursue further education, the answer would have been a definite "No"! I was content staying home with my babies and being a mom.  But plans change, and I am so grateful for the opportunity to grow and learn, now that it is complete!  I am definitely walking away a much better teacher!  And yes, I am going to pursue further education at this point.  Not for a few years, but I do plan to go through another graduation and eventually complete my Ph.D.  Yikes!!!!  It is even scary to admit that.