IS IT REALLY HERE?

I know that Brandon's graduation isn't for a couple weeks still, but I wanted to do this post now, because he finished his internship, which is the last step of his "training/education", except of course for the official graduation and the board exam.

After almost 3o years of school.......
he is at the end!!!

He is so excited to be done and has been counting down the days!! We were talking the other day about how weird to have your goal and something that you have been working towards your whole life actually happen.. Now what? It is SO exciting and a little scary at the same time!

I can't believe that it is actually time for this to be happening. The last 3 years have GONE by SO fast... for me anyway.. not so sure it has gone that fast for Brandon. I remember when we moved to SLC and to think of 3 years, it felt like FOREVER. Well.. guess what? We made it and it really IS time for GRADUATION!!
Here is the announcement that we sent out ( I was too cheap to buy the real ones)/ I can't get it to go bigger.. I will work on it and post the other one for the actual ceremony!

I can't even begin to express how PROUD I am of Brandon!! I was SO emotional all day on Friday thinking about how far Brandon has come and how much he has accomplished!! I found myself in tears a couple times because I was so excited and SO proud of him! I am sure the emotions are a little out of control, thanks to our little growing baby girl!! Note to self: Take tissues to graduation!! I will be a mess!

Some of the qualities on my "future husband list" was a person that had high goals, someone who had more education than I did, and someone that would choose a successful career and make something of himself. CHECK! CHECK! CHECK! I never had any doubts that Brandon would make this happen and I won't stop believing in him to keep setting his goals and aspirations high!! He is so determined and I feel SO BLESSED to have him as my eternal companion. I have no idea what I did to deserve him..but I am sure glad he is mine! :) It is so fun to watch someone that means so much to you accomplish something this HUGE in their lives.
He has worked so HARD to get to this point!! He has spent so much time studying and doing his very best. There have been times he has been very stressed, but kept going to make sure that he could provide an excellent future for our family!! It hasn't been an easy road by any means, but we are so glad to be able to have learned and grown SO much as a couple! I can't wait to have our evenings together and not having to study and work on school stuff all the time!
He has done NUMEROUS projects and even completed his doctorate project successfully (doesn't sound one bit fun to me), that hopefully will be published in a medical journal in the future with the help of his professor. I also have to brag for a second about how stinkin' smart my hubby is!
He is graduating with a 3.8 GPA!!
That is in a DOCTORATE program, people!
I would have failed before the first class even started!!
I would like to send that GPA to some of those schools that rejected him and show them what they missed out on!! Again, I am SO proud of Brandon and the huge goal that he has accomplished and I know that he will make an EXCELLENT PHYSICAL THERAPIST!! I LOVE YOU HONEY!!!

We know that we couldn't have gotten to this point without the support, love, and help of the Lord and all of our family and friends!! WE LOVE YOU ALL!! THANK YOU!!

I had to spoil Brandon with some gifts for making it this far.
I will keep the big and exciting things for his actual graduation day!

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