Thursday, May 20, 2010

The Final Graduation!

The last few weeks have been crazy. Family in town, Gary finishing school forever, moving across the country, you know, a few things going on. (But more about all that later.) The BEST part is that we survived 9.5 years of school during our 9.5 years of marriage!! So for now, I'll cover the graduation.

We started off with the orthodontics department dinner. Here is the class of 2010. They have been through a lot together!



Gary's parents came out for the festivities. So fun to have them there. (And especially so helpful.)


Our great friends, Clark and Heidi. We would never have made it through the past three years without them. Especially the first year (Heidi and I didn't really expect not to see our husband's that year. So glad that is over!)



Graduation ceremony at UIC. The ceremony included the entire dental school and all post-grads so it was a little long, but cool to see Gary be "hooded" and "walk" again. (All my pictures of those events turned out really dark so I didn't put any on here.)





(Future grad?!!)
We had to check out the Sear's Tower before we left. (Excuse me, Willis Tower. Will anybody ever really call it that?)

The glass floor. The kids were obviously more daring than I was.


I also wanted to say CONGRATS to all our Buffalo dental school friends! Some of our closest friends there graduated a couple weeks ago and it has been fun to see all the pictures. We wish we could have been there. :)

6 comments:

Nichole said...

That picture of bryker with gary's cap on his a hoot!! How stinking hilarious! I am soooo happy for you guys! Congrats!! Hope to see you soon!!!

kristenita said...

wooohoo!!
congrats Dr & Mrs. It feels so good to be done, I bet even more so for you guys with the 3 extra years of residency. Good luck in practice, I'm excited to see the adventures you have as non-students.
I can't believe that school ACTUALLY ends.

Allie and Reed said...

I'm so happy for you guys! Congrats! I can't believe Gary won't be in school anymore. I don't even know what to expect now. It's been so long. I can't wait to come visit the Couser's in sunny AZ!

Shana said...

Graduation! Way to go Gary and Missy..I know you spent lots of time writing papers or "helping" You deserve a big horray! Can't wait to hear about the new place. And hopefully you are visiting this summer?

Brintons said...

YEAH! Congrats! I like the sign on cardboard...all us students can afford...does the other side say "homeless"?

Hydes said...

CONGRATS to both of you!!! I can't wait to see you in a few weeks and I am so glad you are going to be closer to us! LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!