Pomp and Circumstance - Master Matt has graduated!

Matt graduated on May 6th from the University of Utah with his Master Degree in Information Systems. He would like to be called "Master Matt" now which I definitely do not do but oh well, he tried.

I am so proud of him and so happy to be done! Matt has had a long, hard journey through college and I could not stop thinking how amazing it is that he has persevered and stuck through it all. I have never seen so much hassle through financial aid EVERY SEMESTER.  It seems like every semester, they lost his paperwork and he had to worry up to the last minute whether he was going to have to drop his classes.

Matt in his all his graduated hotness with his wife on his arm

We also love that he was the last of his siblings to get his Bachelor's Degree but the first to get his Master's Degree. And he is the first cousin on the Folsom side to get his Master's. I like to brag for him if you couldn't tell :)

We were honored to have his Grandma and Grandpa Folsom join us at the ceremony. It was not an easy event for them with all of the crowds, the walking and the sitting but Grandma was determined to make it since she was not there for his BYU graduation last year. I got to shuttle everyone around in a mini-van while Grandpa told me I'm definitely not a Utah driver. I took it as a compliment but I'm not quite sure if that's what he meant. Since we were in the Sugarhouse area, they even had me drive by the house where Grandma grew up.  It was nice to hear her share stories about her life and the area.

Matt's parents also came out for the trip and the ceremony and Johana and her three girls joined us as well. They are probably the only 3 kids I know that would sit through a whole graduation ceremony without complaining - especially since they came to the BYU graduation last year and definitely knew better. 

All of the Business school graduate students during the Graduation Ceremonies

Jeraldine and Johanita waiting for Uncle Matt's name to be called

Proudly displaying his diploma

Matt with his cute nieces who sat through the whole ceremony for him

The morning of Matt's ceremony, we went down to Provo to watch the twins Chinese Presentation. It was weird to not be able to understand anything but it was so cute to watch and they did a great job. Below are some pics from that.

The girls standing in front of their artwork for their Chinese presentation.