Graduation

It is official...I am a BYU Alum. Graduation was this past Thursday and Friday. It was neat to have my family there (both sides too). Thursday morning I was able to have brunch with two of my good friends who were also graduating. It was hard to say goodbye knowing that we wouldn't see each other for a while.

Thursday's commencement was really good. President Uchtdorf and Elder Nelson were our guest speakers. They kept it short and sweet.

Friday's Marriott School of Business Convocation can best be summed up in one word: LONG. Total time for the event was almost 3 hours. Good news is that I didn't trip going up to receive my diploma and didn't have any other clumsy moments.

Now I have another 6 weeks or so until my next grand adventure: moving to the Deutschland.

Rain and My Nephew

Can I just say how much I love the rain? Personally, I'd rather have it rain than snow any day. Being cold all of the time doesn't mesh too well with me. It has been raining all day today in Provo. And I absolutely love it. I guess living in the Southern Utah desert has made rain a "glorified substance" to me.

And in other news, I got to see my nephew Sammy (Sam) yesterday for a couple of hours. I try to watch him on Fridays so my sister Steph can focus on work until tax season is over. He is one of the cutest kids around. He became 7 months old on Friday and is becoming quite the character. I'm amazed at how fast he is growing up. He's been branching out to other foods like squash lately. Yummy....maybe not. Sam's got one of the best smiles around and is one happy kid. This picture is a little dated (taken 2.5 months ago) but it's one of my favorites. Sam's hair grows so fast, seriously, he's had two haircuts since this picture was taken.

January '09 Happenings

After the wedding and a two week Christmas break, Jon and I had to part for a short little bit because he still had to finish his engineering officer course and BYU was beckoning me back for my final semester. Around mid-month, I decided to play hookie and fly to Missouri to see Jon receive a certificate saying that he was now mature enough to lead 30 soldiers in the field.

After packing up his stuff and shipping some items to Germany, we drove all the way from Missouri to Utah....what a fun drive (insert sarcastic tone). Thankfully we snuck through the Great Plains without having to navigate through a snowstorm. The trip gave me a chance to 'break in' the car as a new co-owner.

We were able to spend about a week in Utah together. Jon was able to see how I operate on campus as a BYU co-ed and laugh at me while I had to study/do homework in the evening. Jon's parents flew in from Maine to send off their boy for war and we had a little family shin-dig at Mer's Place (The World Famous Dyer Hotel).

Another highlight of Jon's time in Utah was being a guest speaker to the 4th graders at Adelaide Elementary where Meredith Dyer teaches. Jon even did his legendary re-enactment of the Meet the Robinsons "I got a big head and little arms."

Wedding

So...I have been terrible at keeping this blog current. I partially blame being busy with school as my excuse. Now that my college adventure is wrapping up, I feel like it is time for an update.

On December 20th, 2008 I was married to my best friend Jon. Thankfully it wasn't extremely cold, although it was a little too nippy for my liking. It was great to see all of our friends and family at the wedding and reception. We were lucky to have so many people travel from afar to see us.