Christmas in August?!

 Earlier int eh summer (I can't remember if it was June or July) we took LaWayne to a Bees game because tickets were buy one get one free. At that game there was a table for the school Western Governor's University who was pairing up with the Bees to give away some scholarships to cover tuition for the upcoming school year. Cass had just applied and been accepted to WGU so he picked up the flier to bring home. After looking it over and a quick phone call he learned he did qualify to apply for the scholarship so he did.  Time went by and we heard nothing so we figured he didn't get it, bummer. Then one Monday monday morning there was an email saying he was a finalist and he needed to answer 5 questions before noon the next day. 6 winners would be chosen based on the answers to these questions, they would be notified on Wednesday and then be honored at the last home game for the Bees that Friday August 22nd. Holy cow were we excited. Cass did a great job answering the questions and on Wednesday we found out he was a winner. We got free tickets to the game for us and both of our parents. The game ended up getting rained out, but they still did all of the awards and presentations they had planned for in between innings.

Look how much water they were pushing off the field!

Waiting in the rain for the presentation to start.

Yea! Cass got a BIG check! 

Posing for pictures

The official one they sent to us

There was a nice story done up on the school's webpage and we still had a fun night. Cass got to keep the giant check as well as another bag of free WGU stuff.

Proud parents

Alden didn't mind the rain as long as he got to play grandma's Ipad. 

I am pretty pretty proud of him too.  This helps us out tremendously.

The original flier that started it all. 

How thankful we are that we decided to splurge on the original baseball game. If everything works out to plan now Cass should be able to get his master's degree in about 3 semesters with an incredibly low financial burden to our family. I am thankful for Cass for continuing his education so that he can better support his family. Grateful for his work ethic and the things he is teaching our son by trying to constantly better himself.  We hope all of our friends and family can have times in their lives when they feel as blessed as we do right now.