WARNING: This post is a total brag-fest. Read at your own discretion:)
Graduating from college while living with your parents as a typical college student is wonderful and amazing.
Graduating from college after you're married, working full time, and scraping by to survive is extra wonderful and amazing, but ...
Graduating from college after you're married, working full time +, holding big boy church callings, and being a father, is freaking wonderful, amazing, and a blasted miracle.
My man chose the third way to do it and he is freaking wonderful and amazing! Jon has not stopped working his brains out since the day he left for his mission. He returned home a few days into Spring semester 2006 and started right up. He got a job within 2 weeks of being home, and he proposed to me within 3 months. We got married 5 months after his return and we had little Tag about 21 months after that. All the while working full time and attending school full time, and up until about a year ago, he was working a second job picking up bodies for a mortuary (we cannot wait to share that story with the grandkids:).
So, he earned his Bachelor of Accounting and I am so so proud of him. He has really held it together and has worked hard to give Tag and I the time we need from him while balancing his work, calling, and school. The past 4 months or so he has been working for an accounting firm through the busy season....that means late nights and every Saturday. We missed him a ton, so I can only imagine how lost he felt rarely seeing us or being at home. We are thrilled for the summer and are going to take advantage of every minute together. Fingers crossed, and on to Grad school!!
Congratulations Babe! Tag and I are so proud of you and grateful for all your hard work, so we can hang out at home together all day!
Finals Week Studies
Cheering for Daddy
President Ann Milner
We bleed purple. 
That night we had a little party with our family. Plenty of Weber memorabilia.
College tuition for 2 people...$50,000+
9 comments:
Jon congratulations, that is a huge accomplishment. Matt and I don't know how you guys do it. You are amazing at everything you do. We are so lucky to know such wonderful people.
Way to go! That is really quite an accomplishment. We are proud of you.
Congratulations! I am sure that that was so hard and it is amazing that you accomplished so much and still had time for you family and calling. You will do great things!
I see you rewarded yourself with that little number from pay-less Melissa! Way to go on your accomplishment of dropping the pounds! :)
Oh, and way to go on your accomplishment too Jonathan!
Congrats! Graduating from college is such a huge accomplishment! We know how tough it is...seeing how Aaron took that third route as well! It is sure worth it in the end though!
Sorry we couldn't make it to graduation or the cake party...we really wanted to come celebrate with you guys. Thanks for inviting us though! Hopefully we can get together soon! Tag is so cute...he needs to play with Bracky again. They are quite the buddies when they get together! :) FYI Melissa you look fabulous!
Congrats Jonathan! You always look so dang cute. I loved your Easter dress, and dress you wore to graduation. That pic of Tag between the fence is adorable!
Ya! that is awesome tell him congrats- let me tell you its so nice to have Ty done with school :) Its sickening to realize how much you pay in tuition by the time your done hu
Way to go both of you! We did the two jobs, school full time thing too. It's so hard! Good work, Jonathan, that's awesome!
Way to go Jonathan!! That is a great accomplishment!
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