Daphne's Graduation!

This past weekend we got to go to Utah and celebrate Ragnar's sister's graduation. She got her PHD from Utah State University and we were super excited for her diligence in finishing and all the hard work she put into it. Ragnar's sisters Sandra and Pamela were there along with Ragnar's parents, Ursula and Hellmut. In true Hartzheim fashion...there are a million pictures, so I will only post some of the hundreds ;)

 Here she is the night before. 

Ursula never disappoints. This is the sign she had made to hold up at her graduation!

 Standing on the "A" is a must at Utah State University!

Old main!

She looks so pretty!

Wahoo! She's finished!

 Deacon was enjoying Utah grass! SO much softer than Texas grass!

Joy!

 Won't be long until he's graduating to ;)

Family picture...minus the 3 children we left in Texas.....

I know graduation pictures are for Daphne...I just couldn't get enough of this blue eyed, cute chubby cheeked boy!

The parents

We got to Logan Thursday night and on Friday afternoon was graduation for the Masters and Doctorate candidates.

Here she is walking in!

The proud mother!

We got through some of it ;)

 Almost time to walk the stage...

Here are all the people who were able to be here for her! We had a fun BBQ that evening to celebrate and it was at a beautiful house with a beautiful view of Cache valley.
The next morning we went for a short walk/hike until it started raining.

 Enjoying the Utah weather and scenery.

Love this picture of Ragnar's dad Hellmut.

 Deacon loves being outside.

Great picture to sum up the short weekend. We got to spend it with his family, celebrating a wonderful accomplishment. We were so grateful to my parents for watching the other kids so we could go. We were also so glad that Daphne allowed us to join in her celebration and we got to see Ragnar's family. Deacon got to meet his grandparents and although he didn't have a lot of time to warm up to them, I was so glad they got to meet their grandson. We are so proud of Daphne and look forward to having her closer as she accepted a position to teach in Baton Rouge at LSU!