I know I am way behind on blogging so I thought, as I sit at the airport, that I could at least post some pictures from graduation!

We had a wonderful family filled weekend and were so grateful for everyone who sacrificed so much to be with us on our special day!

Michael and Jason

 Jason and Fam!

Saying goodbye to the Y-serve office!

 The Graduates!

 Don & Mom!

 Jedd and Karen

 With Uncle John & Jay! Dad and Carol were there too but not pictured!

 The big brother. I love you :)

We had a blast! Off to Europe now ! Talk soon!

Boot Scootin'

We had such a great Texas graduation party with our friends! 

We donned our boots and had such a good ol' time. 

Everyone came and enjoyed delicious Texas favorites like pimiento cheese, pulled pork sandwiches, black eyes peas, pecan pie, queso dip, mango salsa, beau monde dip and other stuff. haha I had fun cooking! 

{Look for these recipes on my food blog in coming months}

True friends wear cowboy boots together :)

We love all of our friends. Thanks for coming to say bye & thanks for being our friends for the past 5 years. We love you and we will miss you!

Grown Ups

I can't help but talk about graduation every day these days. All of our current and future plans revolve around that one day.


April 22



The day that my husband and I graduate from college.
The day we become grown ups.

Honestly, we have been pretty grown up for awhile now: bills, major life decisions, trials etc.

But I know that this is the mark of a new chapter, usually considered the transition to being a grown up out there in the big scary world.

Now, you and I know differently.
That no one can make you grow up.
No one can prevent you from staying up all night watching Psych. No one can prevent you from getting frozen yogurt every other day. No one can make you stop giggling or tickling or being ridiculous just because you are becoming a so called "grown up."

And I am glad of that. I am glad that although we are quickly approaching this new chapter, that Jason is still Jason and I am still me.

Sure, lots of new adventures, trials and discoveries are nearing on the horizon but I am still trying to enjoy the here and now.

I am still soaking up seeing the gorgeous mountains as I walk around campus. I will miss those.
I am still soaking up every possible girls' night because I will miss those ladies.
I am still soaking up:

my job
my friends
my education
my memories in the place that brought me:

best friends
the love of my life
a knowledge of who i am
desires for the future in the world & in the home
finally appreciating my parents and family
fears about all the things in the world I can't change
but hope for all the things that I can change.

I am ready for the next step.
But I am not ready to leave behind all that I have found here.
No moving, no graduation and no "being a grown up" can take all this away from me.

Thanks BYU for bringing me all this joy in my life. My time here will never be forgotten.

Lately

Lately we have been doing all sorts of things. Here is a little recap. 


We had the privilege of attending dinner in Park City with the fabulous Veater family. We had both amazing company and amazing food: 

We also got to attend a BYU basketball with "Jimmer." It was quite a show and so fun to see all the hype! It even included the amazing old ladies dancing during half time and a crazy light show at the beginning! 

Last Saturday we headed up to Salt Lake since I had some training for an event I was working for my Event Planning class. We stopped by the little French bakery in the Grand America hotel. We had some cute cupcakes [which actually weren't good at all]. Perhaps next time we will try the macaroons! 

Way too many cute things!

Then we headed to Temple Square. We were able to go to the Salt Lake Temple! It was amazing, such a beautiful temple and such a unique experience. I seriously loved it and if you haven't done a session there before, you must! The temple is so beautiful and its so amazing to see how much hard work the pioneers put into that sacred building. 

After the temple we went to the Church History and Art Museum. They have lots of pioneer artifacts and cool things from presidents of the church. They also have a children's exhibit featuring drawings/painting from kids in the church called "The Gospel blesses my life." 

They were all so sweet and it was so cool to see the different areas that kids found blessed their lives: missionary work, the gospel, family, temples etc. Here are a few of my favorite pieces, some funny, some quite talented and then a few pieces of art from his and hers truly. 

Baby blessing. A little creepy but so cute. 

Check out the thought bubble:

Kids say the darndest things. 

I think a Japanese kid did this. Isn't it amazing?

And finally....we drew each other on this electronic drawing pad. Here are our creations:

This is Jason, by me. 

Apparently I am a missionary? haha. Jason is very talented. 

Anyways, we have been soaking up time in Provo & Salt Lake and loving every minute.

To come: Rex Lee Run, adventures with Flat Stanley, and loads more fun stuff. 

Did I mention we graduate in less than 6 weeks. 

WOAH.