YEAH KATIE ! ! !

I just need to take a moment and say Congratulations to my amazing wife, Katie. For those of you who don't know, Katie received her Bachelor's from BYUI on December 12th. When Katie and I were married she had one semester left for her to receive her Associates degree, now over four years and two kids later, she has completed her schooling. I want to publicly say how proud I am of her. I have had a front row seat to the many challenges and struggles she has had to face to accomplish her goal. She has proved to me just how amazing she is, to have done all of this. About a year ago Katie was offered a job while still pregnant with Jimmy, which would have paid her well (more than what I make, which isn't too hard) and been a really promising career

that could have opened a lot of doors for her. She came home from the interview and told me she was offered the job and then she said she turned them down, because all she ever wanted to do was be a mom. She is a great example to me and to our kids. Our kids can look up to their mom who accomplished a great goal and chose to do the most important thing she could think of with her college degree, teach our family. It was so fun to sit in the audience last Friday with our two boys and watch their mom walk across the stage and receive her degree, after she stepped down, our two year old looked at me and said "hey look, mom graduated" I love you Katie!