What A Weekend!

This past week has been crazy! We finished finals, had all of our family here, graduated, blessed our little princess Anna in church, packed everything up, drove across the country, stopped in St. Louis to check everything out, and now we're enjoying relaxing in beautiful ol' Georgia. We've been SO busy but it's wonderful. It was great to have both of our families come to support us for graduating and to be there for Anna's blessing.
I have been so excited for Anna to be blessed in church but the day far exceeded my expectations. It was a very special day. We dressed her in the blessing dress that I wore 22 years ago. She looked beautiful in it, and it made it all the more special.

The night before I realized that I packed Anna's bow somewhere and there was no chance of finding it. To say the least, I was distraught. I have this thing with bows- she's just got to have one everyday. Of all times to go without a bow, it could not be now. So, at 10:30 at night, my sweet husband was off to the store in search of white ribbon to make her bow for her blessing. I am SO glad he made the trip. You just can't go without it!

This is the whole crew. We loved having everyone there!

We took a lot of pictures and by the end, Anna was too tired to smile for even one more.

We Did It!!!!

This was one happy day! We finally did it! We're BYU alumni and are so happy. BYU has been so good to us. Now, we're excited to move on to the next phase in our lives. It's been quite a journey filled with lots of wonderful memories along the way. We took a TON of pictures so enjoy!

This is a signature jump for us. We did this at our wedding and it turned out great, so it's become quite the tradition.

We had to take some with our little bundle of joy.

This is my dad and me. Cool shades huh?

Things are always more fun when my mom is around.

We like this picture because it has the "Y" and the Tanner building in the background, so it was perfect for Josh.

Aww.....

Anna is dying to come to BYU and become a cougar!

Josh, looking studly and smart.

This is a shot of the actual graduation. The Marriott School had the most graduates out of all of BYU. It was a LONG ceremony but wonderful.

You probably can't tell, but this is me and Josh walking across to get our diplomas. We were SO excited. It was a very fun moment for us both. We were especially glad that we got to walk together. I graduated from a different school within BYU but we wanted to walk together at the same ceremony. It was very fun.

This is Josh's whole family. They all came up to support us for the weekend. It was so nice. We just love them.

My parents made the trip too! We felt so loved having them there. It was wonderful to be surrounded by the people you love most.

OK, now isn't this an awesome picture. We were just SO excited!

I just really like this picture of my dad and Anna. This is right after graduation. It really tuckered her out.

It was a great weekend!

Final Days in Provo

When Anna woke up one day this week, I found her bow had miraculously turned upside down! I just died laughing. I thought it was so cute! The very next day, when she woke up from a nap, I found her bow on the very back of her head. I guess she wiggles a lot when she sleeps. So cute! Josh and I are moving from Provo in FIVE days! I can hardly believe it. When I first came to college, I remember thinking that graduation was SO far away, but time has really flown. We're both graduating at the end of this week! We are both very excited. I finished my last final on Monday. Can you say relief? It was such a good feeling to know that I don't have to take another test for like 20 years. I want to go back for my Master's one day but for now, I'm very excited to be a stay at home mom.
BYU has been so good to us. We've both made memories here that we'll never forget and friends that will last a lifetime. We were lucky enough to find each other here and get married. Now we have a beautiful little baby and are just as happy as can be. We both feel very blessed that we got to attend BYU.
Since we're moving, I wanted to see my old roommates one more time. So, we had a roommate reunion last week. It was SO much fun. These girls are just incredible people. I'll love them forever. They are all going to do great things in their lives.

So silly.....

Our AMAZING bishop made ribs and chicken for our whole ward on Saturday. He brought his grill, (that he made himself I might add), to our apartment complex and made a delicious feast. It was very fun and very nice of him to do for us.

Mmm....

The weather here has been incredible lately. On Sunday, we went for a nice stroll around the neighborhood. We took Anna to the duck pond to see all of the ducks. She didn't seem all that interested, but I think deep down she really liked it. I remember before I had her that I would always see people taking their kids to the duck pond and was so jealous. I wanted to do it so bad because it just looked so fun. Now I have and it was just as fun as I thought it would be.

Called To Serve

My little brother began his two year mission serving as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Young men are encouraged to go on missions when they turn 19 years old to preach the gospel. Currently, the Church has a little over 53,000 missionaries serving all over the world. Before going out to preach, the missionaries spend several weeks in the MTC, Missionary Training Center, where they perhaps learn a new language and how to be better teachers. It's an incredible place. This MTC is currently teaching 52 different languages to prepare these young men and women to serve in various countries. That's probably one of the main reasons 75% of BYU students speak a second language. So, that's where Greg is right now. He's learning Spanish to serve in the Merida, Mexico mission. I'm so proud of him. He's giving up two years of his personal life to serve the Lord and is SO excited to do it. If you want to learn more about what the missionaries teach exactly, visit http://www.mormon.org/ .

I got to put his missionary tag on him. I was so excited to do it.

We told him that when he gets back, Anna will be running around telling him what to do.