Congratulations, Matt!

It is the season of graduation time and our family got to honor our very own graduate. Matt has been working on getting his master's degree for the past two years through an online program offered through the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Mattey and I spent some time talking about where the two years have gone. It was kind of sudden that he even decided to enter the program. My roommate Liz had started this program and was talking to Matt about it. At the time, I was one year into my masters and we had just had Kelsey. Matt knew he eventually wanted to get his master's degree, but he wasn't sure how he would fit it in with coaching football and baseball, running intermural basketball, teaching full-time, me getting my degree and a brand new baby. However, he took on the task and here we are two years later. His classes were very demanding and required that he be on the computer daily to make posts, do readings, or complete assignments. At times it was very stressful, but he made it work. We are SOOOO proud of you, Mattey! What an amazing accomplishment.


To start the day on Saturday, we were up bright and early to make our way to Menomonie for the 9:30am ceremony. Dave, Vickie, Stacey, and Lucas went, too. When we arrived, it was pretty chaotic. We had to stand in a line that wrapped around the field house just to get in. Once we got in the field house, things went pretty quickly as far as graduations go. The set-up was nice too because there was an open area next to us that we could get up with Kelsey if needed. For getting up early and shaking up her schedule, she did really well. My roommate Liz also walked at the ceremony and she and Matt sat next to each since their last names are close. How ironic since that is how it all started!









When we got back to Owatonna, Matt's family, along with my brother and sister, had a party to celebrate all Matt's hard work. I really do love when our families get together because it is such a fun crew. Everyone gets along really well and all the kids play great together. The weather was perfect and we had a great day to grill out and play yard games. At one point, we had a big game of kickball. It was quite a scene. I spent most of the time laughing at the adults trying to organize everyone and get them to kick the ball and run the bases.



Thank you to everyone who brought food to share. It made my life a lot easier! Thank you for helping get everything set up and cleaned up afterward. Thank you for making it so easy to host everyone and being with us to honor Matt and his accomplishment. We have such amazing families and we always feel so lucky to be part of this group.