Spring again!

Today is officially the first day of spring! It was a sunny day and not too cold either. I've been looking forward to this so much! Spring has brought a few new things with is. Richard graduated and now has his bachelor's degree after working fulltime and studying for 3.5 years. Now he can finally relax and focus his energy on moving up in his career. I started school last September and now I am almost done with my first year! Studying in a new language isn't too bad, however I do miss English and it takes me longer to write a paper than it would if I could do it in English. School is sucking up all my time, but I am enjoying studying again. 3 years to go (mixed feelings about that haha)!

I also recently decided that I will be spending the entire summer in the USA :) I am sooo excited... except for the fact that Richard can only come for half the time. I am looking forward to relaxing and enjoying the fam. It's gonna be so much fun!

Here are some picture of Richard's Graduation. No caps and gowns here as a tradition. It's quite different. They get called by project group (unless you did your final project alone) and they sign their diploma. Then the teacher resposible for their class will say something about their final project and them as individuals. Richard finished with really good grades, almost Cum Laude.. he missed it by .02 points!! I'm so proud of him!

Richard about to enter his school for the last time!

Richard signing his diploma with the exam board as witnesses.

Richard, Joost, and Wim being set in the spotlight. Their final project grade was a 9 and the business where they did their project agreed with the advice they reported and will impliment the suggested software system.

Here is the cake I ordered for Richard. I had to used the cheesiest picture I could find :P