Graduation!

Tonight was a very exciting and long anticipated event for us, Vic's official graduation ceremony! Even though he technically earned his PhD back in the fall, Baylor only has graduation in May (for the graduate and medical students together). It was quite the eventful evening, in a very unexpected way. We met our families downtown to have an early dinner before the ceremony and after dinner (10 minutes before Vic had to be in Jones hall lined up), he realized he had locked his keys in the car, which wouldn't have been that big of a deal, except that his CAP & GOWN were in the car!! (we blame this on Luke b/c this happened when Vic ran back to the car to get Luke's pacifier!) We of course completely freaked out because after 5 1/2 years of school, there was no way we had come that far to not see him walk across the stage. After calling AAA and being told they couldn't be there until after the ceremony would begin, my dad and brother got some screwdrivers out of their car and we were going to break the window. Fortunately, about 1 minute before they busted the window, Vic realized they might have some extra cap and gowns there, ran to find out, and sure enough they did. So, Vic has a diploma and an intact vehicle, praise the Lord!! (We called AAA back after the ceremony and they came right away). We are SO proud of him, this is such a huge accomplishment and he deserves it for all of his years of hard work and dedication in school.

This was when Vic was hooded by Dr. Slagle and walked across the stage, even though you can't see it!

Vic with Dr. Slagle, his faculty mentor

Luke thought daddy looked really funny in this outfit!

Vic with his diploma :-)