Happy Day! :)

Hey all!  This pic cracked me up and is totally how I've been feeling about work lately.  

But, after working my usual  Wednesday overtime I got home late to the best surprise!  The following pics are of the sweet surprises: my cold glass of water with a sweet letter, fresh baked plate of cookies (i had mentioned the night before that i'd been craving them), blanket and ipad ready for relaxation, and my comfy clothes laid out with options for if I was hot or cold.  Oh and the house all cleaned.  The most amazing part of it all is that Bryce was the most exhausted I have seen him that morning because his soccer game was at 9:40 the night  before.  It was just such a great surprise and it makes my hard work worth it :)

The last pics are more Bryce brags.. a before and after picture of a piece of sheet metal he shaped and then pin striped - his first day of pin striping!!  He is so talented and I'm so happy we can be here pursuing his passion.

Less than one month before Bryce's graduation!!  I'm so excited for family to come visit.  We love and miss you guys!

Graduation and Ellie Turned One!

Well I am absolutely terrible at formatting this dang blog and getting my pictures in the right order!Just read from left to right, one column at a time! Hopefully you can still enjoy this forever long post!

Friday night we spent the night in Logan at our friends' house so that we didn't have to drive up so early. I got all dolled up and then Jordan dropped me off at the Quad to meet with all of the other graduates. I found some friends to chat with since we had another hour before the ceremony would start. Jordan liked that they had the president of Nike speak to us. My favorite speaker was our valedictorian. I also really enjoyed doing the Scotsman for what might be the last time. :)

The second ceremony was for the college of Science and it was short and sweet. Jordan recorded me and mom snapped a bunch of pictures so you can see if she puts those on facebook. Mom, Dad, Charley, John, Kathy, Tyler, Justine, Eric, Tayvia, Jordan and Ellie came to that ceremony and then we had lunch at Village Inn after. So fun to have so many loved ones to celebrate with!

Ellie and I enjoyed a nap on the way home so we could be ready to party. Not sure Ellie got quite enough sleep though. At least eating her cake cheered her up! She wasn't so sure about the birthday song though...

Cute candy graduation caps made by mom!

Marti and me! She is so awesome that the University even mentioned her by name in his address to all of the graduates. I was proud to say I am her friend!!!

Mom, with the help of Grandma Bailey, Made me this cute graduation bear cake. Hoping to cut into it tonight.

A picture by the bull. Should look familiar to all of you Aggies! Hopefully just because you have seen it, not ridden it..... sick!

Jordan was busy with secrets secrets and printed all of these beautiful photos of me. His mom put together the banner to hang for our graduation/birthday party.

Not a great picture but I thought it turned out looking great! I set up the table and kindly requested Kathy and Justine to make cupcakes for it. They did a great job! Aggie ones for me and cute birthday ones for Ellie!

Mom made Ellie this mini bear cake!

Ellie went to town on her bear. These are his remains. :)

This little dog is just one of her many new fun toys. She also got a bunch of adorable clothes. Pictures to come. :)

Her and I were both showered in gifts. This isn't even that far into the gift opening that we already had this much gift wrap!!! Won't need to buy gift wrap for a while. Thanks for the many gifts!

Welcome in summer!

I don't think I need to say how cute I think this sweet little girl is. 

It was finally nice weather so we took Ellie out for a horsey ride on daddy's shoulders!

We went to the temple yesterday. Sure was good to be there! This is my first baby bump picture for this pregnancy. 14 weeks :)

Jordan only has two weeks left of this semester and is looking for jobs and internships for this summer.

I'm counting down... 29 more school days :)

We sure love to read your posts! Keep them coming.

Miss Ada

Trying to keep up with life :) better post some pics while I am thinking about it :)

We are loving having Ada with us :) she is so perfect, and LOVES to cuddle, which Matt can't get enough of. Link is also in love, and he always gives her kisses and hugs. We are still working on the "girls are fragile" thing, but hoping he gets it soon :) he is such a wonderful helper, though, and loves to sing her songs when she is crying, to make her feel better, which I love, and so does she :)

We are going to have a tough time when mom leaves, so wish me luck emotionally :)

I'm amazing!

I was awarded the student of the month for world lang and now I have my asl comp on Saturday! I'm super excited!
I got in the top seven jyst fyi saterday!

Let's Play Ball

I've been feeling yucky with a huge explosion of cold sores taking on extra work for coworkers that are out on bereavement leave so it was great to have a nice relaxing date night with Bryce!

Bryce got some great tickets for free from school and everyone is always asking if we've been to a game yet because we live so close to the field and now we can say yes!

Don't mind that my pictures aren't very photogenic; it is very difficult to smile with a healing lip :)

Love you all and welcome to the world baby Ada!!

Picture Time

I just thought I would add a couple pictures from some of our recent adventures. Unfortunately doing it on my iPad only allows me to put them all at the end so I will explain them all now :).

The first few our from our trip to San Fransisco with Collette and the kids a couple weekends ago. We had a great first time there :).

The pic of the two of us at the pond is from our picnic date night last night. That's one of our favorite spots these days.

The last group of pictures are from the Jerry Manuel Foundation Inaugural car show we helped out at this morning. Bryce set it up as a service project for the eagle techs. He got me my own eagle tech shirt to wear so everyone thought I was a student at wyotech but it was fun. Jerry Manuel was a famous baseball player who's foundation gets African Americans education in school and baseball (www.jerrymanuelfaiundation.com). We got the parking all set up, relaxed and enjoyed the show, and even started some pickup games of basketball. I played the first game with the wyotech guys (I scored at least once) and my team won :). Then a bunch of the baseball players asked to play so there's a pic of that :). Overall we had a great time, won a free meal from our raffle tickets, got sun burnt noses, and enjoyed the opportunity to be a part of such a neat event. We met Jerry Manuel and everything :).