{ congraduation }

my little rowan girl graduated from pre-school yesterday! well... sorta. she still has one year. which i'm pretty grateful for, cause this year went by way too fast. i have been unbelievably impressed with kids village. they were rated top private pre-school for utah this year! and for good reason. rowan loved every minute she was there! they had a darling little program, where my once-shy little girl sang her heart out on every song and knew every word and action. her daddy and i were so impressed! we also got a folder of all the things rowan has been working on this year. i wish we lived closer so she could go to kids village next year too.  but anyways, congraduation my little graduate! we're so proud (and sad) of how much you've grown this year. 

love you littlest bug!

{congraduation}

my little twinner girls graduated from high school last week! we were so consumed with baseball, and then a family reunion over memorial day that all of a sudden it just snuck up on us. these two girlies are the babies of the family so you can imagine how hard my parents are taking this. but im in shock myself how fast it happened! 

they have grown up so quickly, from this.....

to this.....!

{senior pics}

{graduation}

when it was their turn to be called, they walked up together to the "T"

and started to do their handshake, and i started to tear up (surprised?),

cause i just thought about how precious they are- and the best of friends

and then they kind of messed up. and it was kind of hilarious.

... and then my (almost) tear dried up, and i laughed. typical twinners. ;) 

love these girlies so much.

now they're off to utah state in the fall,

and i cant wait to share all my secrets with them!

congrats, beautiful grads! 

congraduation!

well. a ton of changes in a few short weeks.
a baby.... changed our whole lives.
a graduation.. jord and i got to walk together.
a job.... jord was hired in a management position at target in centerville. {im so proud of him!}
a big move... out of logan, my home of the last 6 years.

here is more about graduation:

a little late... but jord graduated this semester, and we both got to walk together!
honestly, it was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.
school hasnt been the easiest thing for me, and it took me 12 semesters to finish (gasp, i know).
but graduating from college is something that i am proud of... and jord is too.

but i have to say the most emotional part of the day was walking hand in hand with my husband,
and holding my little girl (in her cute little aggie outfit!) as they called both of our names.
alot of hard work, paid off. for both of us.
and to be holding our little girl while walking was the "cherry on top."

the best parents in the whole world

and the best support team(s) in the whole world

and the best fellow-graduate in the entire world ;)

we really are so sad to move out of logan.

i have been begging to get out of logan for so long.. and now that we have left, im really sad!

i have so many good memories from my college years,

but its where jord and i met, had our first apartment, had our first baby. (etc).

and had many memories with the most amazing friends.

we will miss you guys more than you will ever know! thank you thank you for your friendships!

so we have closed a chapter to our lives... but opening another.

wish us luck!

graduated...

i walked out of my final final last night.
and since utah state did away with december graduation ceremonies,
im graduated.
i honestly dont know how to explain how i feel....

5.5 years of really hard work. 
in a really hard major. (im 2 classes shy of applying to med school....)
really good and really bad teachers,
watching all my friends and youngins' graduate before me.
a couple of changes of the major,
some really hard classes,
some really hard semesters,
a last semester full of barfing and an unbelievable amount of stress,
and a teacher who told me he would do anything to keep me from graduating (honestly, who says that?)

i did it. and it feels dang good.