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Graduation!

Teaching at BYUI, I get to attend a lot of graduations, but this one was extra special because we had our very own graduate--Austin! It felt so great to see one of our kids accomplish this great goal and head off to Phoenix to work in software engineering. 

While lining up for commencement, I bumped into a high-school friend, Marci Wasden Field, who completed her Bachelors via online classes. So fun to see her!

It's always fun to chat with colleagues before we march in. One of the traditions of graduation is that the faculty line the walkway and clap for the students as they march through to commencement. I remember how touching that was to me when I graduated from Ricks.

Before Austin's convocation, we had a little refreshment sponsored by his department and got a few pictures of Austin's little family.


Since Austin has a large college, their convocation was held in the Hart Auditorium. We sat on the bleachers so that Andy could run around--she is an active little girl!






Overall, it was a great night and we are so excited for Austin and Leah as they start a new phase of their lives.

The day after graduation we helped Lakyn finish moving to her new house. It was an exhausting day but we accomplished a lot.

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