Ryan's Graduation

I can't believe it. Ryan is done with his MBA. We are done with our time at Notre Dame. It's so weird. It went by sooooo quickly! We are so grateful for the wonderful experience it was to be at Notre Dame and for all the amazing people we met out here. We have made friends and memories that will last a lifetime.
Congratulations to Ryan and thank you so much for all of your hard work to get your MBA! I am so proud of you and love you so much!

Before the ceremony I left to change Riley and look who we bumped into! Ryan was waiting in line with the other graduates waiting to walk in.

Before graduation

Before graduation with Matt Benscoter

Ryan and some of his Mormon friends/classmates right before graduation

Before graduation with John Henry. I wish we had gotten a pic with all of the Henry's. We really had so many fun times with them at ND and did lots of dinners together. They are an awesome family. 

I spy Ryan...

Ryan walking up to get his diploma

Shaking hands

Hello there MBA grad!

That diploma looks good on you babe.

Riley congratulating Daddy.

Daddy-daughter pic

Riley and Daddy

Ha :) That little face

Sweet picture, even though Riley looks a little angry... :) 

Family Picture

I think Riley was ready for nap time.

With Nate and Miriam Richards and Natalie and Joe Dickey

We will miss these guys.

Ryan and his momma

Ryan and his parents. So wonderful to have them out there for Ryan's graduation. We are so glad they came!

Guess I was right when I said it before... Riley was ready for nap time :) 

Some of Ryan's good friends in the program

Goofballs

Ryan, Nate Richards, Joe Dickey, Tom Nelson

Matt Benscoter, Ryan, and Nate Richards

Ryan and Pulat. Pulat and his wife Rihanna are from Kazakstan and speak Russian so it was really fun to talk to them!

Ryan and Nate. Nate will hopefully travel a bit to San Francisco for his job with Deloitte, so we hope to see him often!

This girl became one of my very best friends. I will miss her so bad. We are saying goodbye and laughing at ourselves for being such babies and crying.

I miss her!  

Excited for her baby to come!

Ryan and Matt (Matt will be working in Ohio for Nationwide).

Proud of this guy!

This is outside at the business building.

Ryan looking good.

Ryan spent a lot of time here! All of his classes were in this hallway.

Love you Ryan!

In front of the Golden Dome. So glad we came to this place!

My handsome MBA grad in front of the Golden Dome

For a celebratory dinner, Ryan's parents took us to our favorite restaurant, Corndance! This is our appetizer...you'll never guess what it is! Fried alligator! Surprisingly really does taste kinda like chicken :) It was good!

SO MUCH FOOD! Everything was amazing!

Thanks to Mom and Dad Van Wagoner for the amazing meal and for being there to celebrate Ryan's graduation!

And the amazing desserts! We were so full afterwards!

The next day was the OTHER graduation. I always forget which is which. 

Ryan and Nate on the way to "other" graduation.

Look at his knees! Man this is one time I am happy to be a short girl!

Riley was super comfy though :) Just sprawling out along me and Nana's laps.

I think she slept through pretty much the whole thing!

In the football stadium

In front of the "touch-down Jesus"

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Really love this one 

When all the festivities were over we packed up our house. Ryan and his dad did an incredible job packing up the U-box and utilizing every last inch. It was like moving-Tetris! We could NOT have done this without Ryan's parents' help! Huge thanks to them! I can't believe we got all of our stuff in the car and ONE U-box. 

While Ryan and his dad drove alllllll the way across the country with our car, Riley and I got to fly home with Nana! It was so nice to not have to drive and to not have to fly alone either :) 

Two sleeping beauties. 

We will miss ND but we are ready to take on our next adventure and spend some time with each other and our families in Utah this summer! Then it's off to California. 

 Congrats again Ryan! Riley and I are so proud of all of your hard work to get your MBA. We are so lucky to have you! We love you so much!