Graduation - Finally!

So here are a bunch of pictures of commencement and convocation. I'm glad we went to both. Elder Perry spoke at convocation and I loved his talk! It is one that I really hope I'll remember and follow his counsel! 

Lining up to march

Blaine randomly ran into his first roommate and good friend, Mike,
 and a childhood friend from Delaware!

It was a beautiful day!

Blaine was kinda tired

Such a privilege to have him speak at our graduation

We were planning to meet up with Mechaella
but also ran into her randomly! Love this girl!

Same thing happened with Ryan!

After commencement, we went to the Provo temple to take pictures. It was such a great idea. The temple grounds were gorgeous and it wasn't as crazy packed as campus! 

We love this lady so so much! 

We wouldn't be where we are today if Grandmom and PopPop
 didn't make the choice to be baptized!

The love of my life

My moms!

For convocation, we were able to walk together in Blaine's college. I didn't mind walking with him because I didn't want family to have to sit through 2 ceremonies and I didn't really have a ton of friends graduating this year. And it was nice to share that special moment with Blaine! It was long, but it was nice. 

Before walking - with our girl!

Nina came with Luna. What a brave new momma!

Couldn't have done any of this without the
support of my amazing sister!

If you can't tell, the  Y is right above us!

With Dev!

The whole family minus Aunt Cathy who was taking the picture

Stace & Chris came too. They were also brave to come with 3
little ones!

Blaine loves his big sister and so do I :)

Love my in-laws

Blaine left Keith's wallet empty! Haha!

Hanging out with Miles

I chugged my favorite chocolate milk
ever right after we were done!

Where he spent many many hours studying

In front of our place. Miss it so much

Miles warmed up to Damaris at Cafe Rio after.

Melinda and Bryce got us this graduation cake. Thanks guys!

It was 2 crazy, busy and long days of graduation exercises. But I'm glad we both participated and had our family join too. I can't believe that we finally graduated! We officially received our diplomas in the mail last week. Even though we're away from Provo and BYU, we will be forever cougars!

Family Visits!

One night before my sister, mom and Blaine's parents flew in, we babysat Miles, Tyson and Trey. Stacey and Chris went to Spark on a date. We love babysitting them. They are such smart, sweet and fun kids. Miles liked Rue a lot and did so well with her. Trey and Rue really got along as well. By the end of the trip, they were best buds! Tyson, who at first wasn't so fond of Rue, was brave and warmed up to her quite a bit. 

Reading scriptures and bedtime stories

Some of my favorite little boys

She couldn't stand being separated!

Buds

Love this little guy!

I can't wait till Nyla and Omari join these awesome kiddos so that we can babysit all five of them! We love them all so much! It was nice having some time with them alone before everybody came over. When the kids were in bed, Blaine surprised me and grabbed some dinner to-go from Cubby's.

Looking back, I barely remember what we did when family was in town! I feel like it all happened so fast! We ate at a lot of our favorite restaurants, walked around the Riverwoods, went to all the graduation exercises and ceremonies, hung out all together at home, randomly went to Comedy Sportz last minute and packed up our place. Everybody was really helpful! We had 20+ people at our house several times. Aunt Jan came with Grandmom and PopPop for 2 days. Melinda, Bryce and the girls came over several times. Not gonna lie, it was crazy! I wasn't the greatest hostess and had lots of help with cleaning, coordinating plans, and feeding people! 

Breakfast at Kneaders

Walking around the Riverwoods

Dad

Stace & Chris completing the ropes course 

And I got to cuddle with a sleepy Trey :)

Uncle Dave & Aunt Cathy

Enjoying caramel apples

Lunch at Molly's before convocation

At Comedy Sportz

It was so nice to have a lot of family together in Provo. We are the ones who usually do all of the visiting, so it was a nice change! I wish we had more time to hang out with everybody, and I wish that more than half of my house wasn't packed up. But we appreciate everybody making the effort to visit us. Graduation was a lot more meaningful with family around!