Sam's Graduation

Sam has officially graduated with a Masters in Healthcare Administration from the University of Minnesota!  I am so proud of him.  All of his brothers and sisters except one were able to come to his graduation, and we had a grand time showing them our city.

We started off by showing them our apartment complex and all the wonderful friends our girls have to play with.

Then we took them to the Mall of America.  The only picture I got was Sam's mom Susie with the girls eating a snack.

I surprised Sam by making these t-shirts for his whole family.  The top says "Team Sam" and the bottom says "MHA all the way"  and you might remember that picture of him.  I took it after we cut his hair into a mullet for a day.  He never knew it would come back to haunt him like this...but I think he got a kick out of it!

We also took Sam's family to a Twins game.  We left Lilly with a friend, but Grace got to come with us.  Thanks to Grandma and popcorn she enjoyed the whole game!

Sam's with his parents and brothers and sisters.

Tony, Stephen, Karen, A.J. , Sam, Susie, Sherri, Melissa, and David

Sam had a luncheon with his class the day of Graduation.  It was held in the TCF Bank Stadium, and it was a lot of fun to be up there with a view of the whole stadium and city.

Sam and his favorite professor Dan Zismer. 

All of the mha wives.  

Alicia, Melissa, Danielle, Heidi, Holly, Kinley, Heather, Kritin, Lindsey, Me, Codee

Kinley, Cory, Sam, and Me.

Cory and Kinley were our partners through this whole adventure.  It was always so comforting to know that if I ever needed someone Kinley would be there to help me out!

Sam's class got there picture on the stadiums jumbo-tron.

While we were at the luncheon Grace and Lilly went to play with their friends Stella and Hazel.  Grace and Stella have been bffs for a long time now, it was sweet to have them play together one last time.

Susie picked up these dressed for the girls at the bookstore.  Perfect timing for graduation.  They looked so cute!

Sam, after he received his diploma, and was walking back to his chair.

All of Sam's family that came to the graduation.

Nate, Sam, Sean, and J Dee.  

Sam's friends in his class.

After graduation Grace got to play with her friend Abe one last time.  Grace tells us all the time that she is going to marry Abe in the Nauvoo Temple.  You never know...it really could happen, and we would be perfectly happy with that!

I am so proud of this guy and all the hard work he has put into getting his masters degree.