Graduation

Well I graduated from college this weekend. I still have to complete my student teaching before I can get a job, but no more going to class for me! It was such a great feeling to finish my classes. We had our convocation ceremony in one of the stake centers here in Rexburg because our group was pretty small (less than 100). It was only for education majors (Early childhood/Special education and Elementary Education). It was nice and not horribly long so that was good. My family was able to come up for the weekend; it was so great to see them. We got to go to dinner before graduation, that was awesome and so delicious. I was sad to see them go today, but I’ll get to see them again soon. Lacey walked in the same place so we were able to sit by each other and share the experience of graduating together J that made it perfect in my opinion. I have just a few weeks off until I start student teaching, so I plan to get my house organized and basically do very little of anything so I can fully enjoy my break. It was such a wonderful weekend, just so much fun!

Before the ceremony

Walking across the stage to get my "diploma". Really just a nice empty diploma holder lol.

Anthony was at the end to get a good picture :)

He is so proud of me

We did it!

A picture with the boys

We met Mandy and got a picture of the 3 of us.

The yummy cake my family brought for me

Nothing to do with graduation , but a fun little side note....

My cousin Cayla was visiting from California and she brought her pet pig, Stevie. Anthony tried so hard to get it to come to him and let him scratch his belly, and he succeeded! He was so excited, so I had to get a picture. The sound of the camera scared Stevie though and he ran away about two seconds after this picture lol.

4th of July!!!!

For the 4^th we took a trip to Yellowstone! I had never been there and Anthony was so excited to take me, he’s been talking about it for weeks. We got to go with Lacey and John which was so much fun. I think we wore them out though, in fact we were all wore out. Poor Anthony was the only one who didn’t get a nap on the drive home. We saw some elk, and buffalo, but unfortunately no bears, although I don’t know that I really wanted to see one any way. We also got to see so many geysers! There were some really pretty ones. We also were able to see Old Faithful. We watched it go off not once but twice! It was such a fun day. We had a yummy little picnic at the Old Faithful area. Lacey and John introduced Anthony to Doritos on his sandwich and let’s just say he’s in love. He wants one all of the time now J After seeing Old Faithful and walking around all day we were pretty tired, but we still had enough energy to walk around West Yellowstone and to get some huckleberry ice cream. 

The first animal we saw that day. A little elk.

This buffalo was just off the road!

Mud Pot

This one looked like a rainbow, but

you can't really tell from the picture.

We're waiting to see Old Faithful go off.

We got there at just about the right time.

Old Faithful

Anthony found a funny hat at one of the stores

This is the Old Faithful Lodge. It is huge!

Later that night we headed to Idaho Falls to watch the fireworks. They have a really good show. I went a couple of years ago and it wasn’t that great. I was watching it from quite a ways away though. To say the least this year was much better. We put our little blankets down, ate some snacks and had a great time. I love fireworks and these are definitely worth the drive to Idaho Falls. We were so happy that Lacey and John were able to come with us, it was a great 4^th of July!

Waiting for the fireworks to start

Lacey and John. I thought this was such a

good picture of them.

Fireworks!!!

Great picture :)