Graduation(s)

Aaron and I are officially MSIIs. Wow. I'll dedicate an entire post to that feeling sometime later this week; right now, I'm trying to wrap my head around the fact that the first year is over.
It was a big weekend in our families. Aaron's youngest sister graduated from high school Friday evening. Unfortunately, we weren't able to make it because our Neuro final ended too late for us to make it in time.
One of the toughest sacrifices medical school demands is time stolen from friends and family. My sister and his oldest sister graduated from the University of Arkansas this past Saturday. Due to Snowmageddon, our finals week got pushed back a week, which put Aaron and I in a precarious position.We had a final all day Monday and two the following Tuesday. However, we gave up an entire day of much needed studying to celebrate the momentous occasions with our families. My beautiful, intelligent, sweet sister graduated with High Distinction in the top 10% of her entire college with a BS in Communication Disorders. I wouldn't have missed it for the world...every single second was worth it. I couldn't be more proud of her.

Could she be any more gorgeous- inside and out?!

My grandfather obtained his Masters and Doctorate from the U of A, so he and my grandmother celebrated with us Saturday. We heard some interesting stories from their time in Fayetteville and how different the campus, and town, were back then.

Aaron attempted to study before Macee's ceremony began since he attended TWO that afternoon. He was really disappointed that his graduating sister chose to spend the evening with friends when he had made such a sacrifice to spend time with her, but he got to spend some quality time with his sister Celeste and his parents, which made the trip worthwhile.
It's now been 3 years since Aaron and I graduated from the University of Arkansas. It was so surreal to be there for my little sister, whom I often still see as that precious 2 year old shadow of mine. Mom made the comment that the next time we'll be there is for our children's graduations - you can bet they'll continue the tradition and become Razorbacks themselves!!!