Hooray. Spencer passed his CA exam and all his requirements to become a CA (Chartered Accountant). After all the hard work, sacrifice, time and effort it is all finished. As a means of having some closure and after my encouragment Spencer decided to convocate. It is a very time honored tradition for the CA profession as they have their own set way to do it. All the new CA's get the opportunity to be introduced to the president of the CA association of Alberta, by another CA. So Spencer had his one of his bosses introduce him. They get to give a 2 minute introduction and go up on stage. The highlight for us was that Spencer actually got his CA certificate that day as we walked across the stage.
Of course it was a good idea at the time to bring our kids along to see Dad complete the whole school process and to see him graduate. They saw him study, go to school, do homework, take tests all along the way so we thought it would be a good experience to see the end product. It was a long day to say the least. The ceremony started at 8am, Spencer had to be there early, we all drove together so we were up and out of the house earlier than a school day and this was on a Saturday and had to be dressed up! I packed some snacks and things to do to help keep the kids quite. That didn't last as long as I would have liked, but with a few bathroom breaks we lasted mostly the whole morning. The ceremony lasted about 2.5 hours. Yikes! Hopefully the kids will remember something positive about it.
Here we are very early in the morning for a Saturday and all dressed up to boot!
Here we are sitting in our seats waiting for it to start. Everyone is still in good spirits.
Here are my boys toward the end of the 2 plus hours of being at the Winsper center. It was best for everyone that we were outside in the lobby.
Later that night there was a fancy dinner celebration for all the graduates and thier special guests. As part of the ceremony all the CA graduates were Piped in. Spencer's parents were able to be there to help us celebrate. The theme was Hollywood and the Shaw Conference Center was decorated very nicely. There was a delicious dinner and dancing later that evening. Since it was a very early day we didn't stay too long after dinner and dessert were served. But we did get a fun picture of the two of us dressed up in front of a theater with a movie theme. I'll have to have Spencer scan it for me sometime.
