SEBTS Graduation

Bert graduated from SEBTS (Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary) with his Masters of Divinity in Christian Ministry on May 18th.  We've lived in Wake Forest for four years.  He's completed 90 hours of course work, worked full time, led a small group at our church, and made me and the girls feel like we were number one.  He's worked so hard.  I've seen it.  I've seen him stay up until 2am many, many nights to finish a paper or study for a test.  His alarm was almost always set for 5:30 so that he could spend time in the Word before heading off to work for the day.  He's done an amazing job, and it's not just me that thinks so. He recently received the Joe B. Brown Preaching Award from Southeastern, which was nominated by the faculty.  

Bert and I have been looking forward to May 18th for quite awhile.  Here are some pictures from the day...

Bert and Dr. Akin (President of SEBTS)

So proud of my hubby!  

Bert with his parents.  They were so proud too!!  I think his mom was smiling the entire time!:)  

Bert's grandparents (Mamaw and PawPaw) drove up from Florida.  We were so glad they were able to come!  

Bert and his sisters...so sweet!  

My parents wouldn't have missed it either.  Even with a flat tire on the way, they were there with bells on.:)  

Us with our good friends, Corey and Sunni!  Corey and Sunni are taking over leading our small group after we leave WF.  They are going to do such a GREAT job!  

Our friend, Whitney Gordon, kept the girls for us during the ceremony and then brought them to us when it was over so that we could take a few pictures with them.  Unfortunately, Emily wasn't in the picture-taking-mood.:)  We did manage to get a few cute family pictures though.  

Hannah is not a big fan of the bottle these days.  She will just hold her mouth open, gag, or cry to let you know that she's not planning on taking that bottle.  She'll eventually take it from her Daddy.  He has learned some tricks on how to get her to drink it.  So, as soon as we finished pictures we headed over to the nearest bench and Bert started feeding Hannah.  I had to get a picture of him feeding her in his cap and gown....he's such a good Daddy.:)  

This is what Emily wanted to do while we were wanting to taking pictures...run around!  

Group shot of Bert's fan club.  

We're all so proud of you, Bert!  You are such an amazing husband, father, son, grandson, son-in-law, and brother!  We love you!