(I'm not sure why but I can't seem to make the pictures any bigger, sorry!)
This weekend was a busy and a fun one! On Saturday Brad graduated from UW with his PhD in Accounting. On Sunday Claire had her baby blessing at church. We were grateful to have Brad's parents, his brother Nathan, my parents, and my grandparents come for our special weekend!
One of the highlights of the weekend was when Brad first came downstairs wearing his purple robe. Kyle looked at him and burst out laughing! He said, "Daddy, boys DON'T wear dresses!" It was really cute and very funny.
Here is Brad on the huge screen getting his diploma. They read his name in the big university graduation ceremony since Brad got his PhD--it was fun to hear his name and see him on the big screen (the kids were excited about that).
Brad got his Hood at the Business School graduation. It's so hard to believe that it's all real--after 5 years Brad has finished his PhD! I'm so proud of his hard work and great accomplishment! In some ways it's been a really long 5 years and in other ways it's gone really fast. We've loved living in Seattle and we will really miss it here. 
Olivia & Kyle stayed home (and went to bed) while we went to the Business School Graduation Ceremony Saturday night. When people saw Brad & I with Claire, they kept congratulating us on having a baby while Brad was getting his PhD. We smiled and said thanks but we had to laugh later since the baby they saw was not our 1st baby like they thought, but actually our 3rd baby born during the PhD program. Another memorable moment was when Claire decided that the hooding ceremony would be a good time for a blowout! We were able to wait (without too big of a mess) until Brad was finished and then we had to go out to change her. There was nowhere to change her but the floor so I found a corner and once I got started I realized I didn't have any wipes--I always have wipes!!! What an adventure! :)
Sunday was Claire's baby blessing. She has been our happiest baby and she was the only one who cried and fussed during the blessing. We're grateful for those special and happy moments and that both of our fathers could be there to help with her blessing. Claire was able to wear my beautiful blessing dress that my Grandma Alexander made. (Olivia also wore it for her baby blessing.) Here we are--a family of 5, with a PhD for a husband/father--I can hardly believe how blessed we've been! 
And in just a few more days we'll start the next part of our lives, in Oklahoma!
Olivia & Kyle stayed home (and went to bed) while we went to the Business School Graduation Ceremony Saturday night. When people saw Brad & I with Claire, they kept congratulating us on having a baby while Brad was getting his PhD. We smiled and said thanks but we had to laugh later since the baby they saw was not our 1st baby like they thought, but actually our 3rd baby born during the PhD program. Another memorable moment was when Claire decided that the hooding ceremony would be a good time for a blowout! We were able to wait (without too big of a mess) until Brad was finished and then we had to go out to change her. There was nowhere to change her but the floor so I found a corner and once I got started I realized I didn't have any wipes--I always have wipes!!! What an adventure! :)
Sunday was Claire's baby blessing. She has been our happiest baby and she was the only one who cried and fussed during the blessing. We're grateful for those special and happy moments and that both of our fathers could be there to help with her blessing. Claire was able to wear my beautiful blessing dress that my Grandma Alexander made. (Olivia also wore it for her baby blessing.) Here we are--a family of 5, with a PhD for a husband/father--I can hardly believe how blessed we've been! And in just a few more days we'll start the next part of our lives, in Oklahoma!
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