Coby's BYU Graduation 4/25-26/2013

On Thursday night Coby graduated from BYU.  We were blessed with perfect weather.  There were two graduation ceremonies. One for the whole graduating class at BYU and another for the students who graduated in their college department.  We had everyone in our family come on Thursday  night except Colton.  And on Friday Matt, Colton and I were the only ones who could come.

Coby's name in the very thick program for all the graduates

The keynote speaker for graduation was Elder Tom L. Perry!  He did a superb job.  

6,001 students graduated from BYU

After his graduation we went out for dinner at Old Towne Grill---yummy!  If you can believe it, BYU and UVU had their graduations on the same days.  So it was a zoo all over Provo with everyone celebrating.   It was fun to see so many happy families with their graduates, but it was also INSANE!!!  

Right after the graduation

Coby with his boss of 4 years where he worked as a Research Assistant of German documents

Matt and I with our 1st college graduate child

Yummy food at Old Towne Grill

Coby ringing the bell--there was a long line of other students waiting in line.

Right before Friday Mornings graduation

 On Friday Coby's college department had graduation at 8am.  We left our home at 6:50 to be able to be in our seats by 7:40.  I thoroughly enjoyed the Friday graduation. It was a much more intimate setting and they had a wonderful keynote speaker named Robert King.  He gave a great talk about how choices and the forks in the road that we each experience.  He talked about how up to this point, a college students life was laid  out before them.  He quotes some stats they were surprising to me.  He said between the ages of 18-44 most American will have had, 11 jobs.  He also said between the ages of 20-39 that 24 percent of youth will live with their parents.  WOW!!!

Coby graduated in Middle Eastern Studies/Arabic · International Development · German Literature. He has been very busy, and has traveled many miles to graduate in his majors.  The caliber people at BYU, and in his major is incredible.  They are so INTELLIGENT and AMBITIOUS.  They had the students raise their hands and the majority in his group spoke at least 3 languages and some knew up to 5 languages.  It is a pretty small major because of it difficulty which made me so proud of my son and his achievements. 

Coby and his close friend Seth

Coby in front of where he will be moving soon

Coby wanted to go inside his college departments building, where he spent so much time and take pictures.  Here are a few of them. 

We are so proud of you Coby Matthew Vail and we are excited to watch you continue to excel in life!