Wednesday, November 7, 2007

The Graduate







In honor of the occasion, Tate wore his "I dig my Dad" shirt.












Well Tate and I are now the proud wife and son of a college graduate. This past Saturday Chris graduated with a business degree from the University of Phoenix. When we were first married, I remember Chris and I were sitting in our apartment at the kitchen table, and were deciding what classes Chris should take and when he would graduate. It seemed like it would take forever until he was done with his bachelor's degree, but halleluiah the day finally is here! He decided on the U of P because he could easily work full time and just go to class 1 night per week, without having to leave work in the middle of every day to go to a campus. So anyway, he has been going there since Summer of '05. And I think that he would recommend U of P to anyone that is thinking about their programs. And as if that weren't reason enough to go there, they also hold their graduations at the brand new Cardinals "University of Phoenix Stadium" Whoo hoo!











Tate and the graduate, Chris
















The graduate bought himself a graduation present that I'm sure he would love to show off. His name is Chip, and Chris is in love.









P.S. Ashlee, I can't find your blog. Can you leave me your address?

11 comments:

Lindsay Riggs said...

Congrats, Chris! What a relief to be done!!

Spencer and Marlee said...

CONGRATS CHRIS!!! It is so nice not having either of you in school. I sure have enjoyed it. Spencer is starting up again in January to get his Masters. I am glad he has the drive because I don't!

Gina Lee said...

Wow, tell Chris congrats. Thats so fun that he is done. Kameron has another year, but it will be here before we know it.

As far as volleyball goes I will keep you in mind, I already asked my other friend if she wanted to play (they only need one other). But she will be in her last semester of nursing school starting January, so she may not even want to play. So if she doesnt play I will let you know. Hope you have a great weekend.

Garet and Amanda said...

Congrats! It must feel nice to be done. I will graduate in April and we are hoping to move home in March. Look forward to being bake in Arizona. Well we finally have a blog it is garetamanda.blogspot.com Tate is super cute.

Jen and Bryan said...

Melissa, Wow, I am so jealous that your hubby is done with school... one of these days I'll be able to say that. :) I have a Canon 20D. I really like it and am taking a class in January. Make sure you do all your homeowrk before you spend an arm and a leg on a nice camera. My advice would be to save up until you can get the exact one you want. Let me know what you get. Congrats again and Tate is quite the little chunk! Isn't being a mommy fun?!

tim and priscilla said...

if you haven't been tagged yet, i am tagging you! if you have, just ignore this message. tell chris, tim and i say congratulations!!!

Erin said...

Good!! Yeah, I really liked how my pictures turned out... and she's also a really nice girl, so that's a plus too. Be sure to post your pictures on your blog when you get them!

Erin said...

Congratulations, you guys! It's an exciting time. You all looked great.

Gina Lee said...

So you wanna venture down to sierra vista?? I think I can probably go those days, weds & thursday 28th and 29th! I do have to be back on friday to help my sister in law paint her house that she is also closing that week. But I am going to talk to my hubbyt and see if we can work something out. Let me know if you are serious about going and if those days work.... Talk to you later.

Gina Lee said...

Hey! Yeah I would want to leave first thing the morning of the 28th. She said she is done with work around noon, so I was thinking we could be there by then. Then thursday night when the boys go to bed get in the car and come home. Porter goes down around 7:30, so I am not sure what time Tate goes down, but that way they would sleep the whole way. Would you want to stay at Marlee's house or would you want to stay at my Parents house? They have room if you wanted to stay with me since I have the car, but its totally up to you. (I dont think Marlee will have anything in her house at that point yet. Anyways, I talked to Kameron and he said that would be fine for me to go, so let me know what Chris says and we can get it planned!

Gina Lee said...

No, thank you for inviting yourself! =) I hate driving by myself, so you will keep me company! Then its a plan! And I talked to my mom and she said that would be fine for you to stay at their house. It would probably be quieter for the babies to sleep there since its just my parents and their two dogs. lol. Anyways, sounds great to me and I will call you later to finalize things.

Do you have a home phone? My cell doenst work in the house, but I do have a home # that can call other 520 #'s.