Justin's Graduation Surprise

Justin graduate from college with his bachelor's degree in Agricultural Systems Technology in December. After much deliberation over whether to walk or not this spring, the decision was made for us when we moved to Portland and our good friend decided to get married the week after the ceremony.

I didn't want Justin's hard work to go unnoticed so I planned a surprise for him. I stole part of the idea (the balloons) from a pinterest post and modified it a bit. I invited our family members to write congratulation notes. You can see these attached to the balloons. I also made him walk down the hall with the black gown and cap on while pomp and circumstance and the Scottsman played. He didn't know quite what was going on because he had just gotten home from being gone on a work trip for three days.

This is what it was supposed to look like for him when he walked in:

and this is what it really looked like :

He had to stay an extra night on the road for work. I was a little sad, but he was still surprised. 

A couple of the sentiments from family. Thought they were clever :)

My six year old nephew wrote that one.

One of his presents was this t-shirt with a chainsaw on it. Justin LOVES chainsaws- my sister-in-law got him a t-shirt with a chainsaw on it a couple of Christmases ago and it was getting worn out. He likes this new one.

Congratulations Justin! I am so proud of you and you have once again proven why you are such a stud. Way to go babe.

Justin and Ruth Blazzard