Neigborhood BBQ

On memorial day for the last 2 years we have held a Neighbors BBQ. out of all the kids Brendon is definatly the most active and playful of the bunch.

 Brendon and his Buddy Max had a blast with the ice bucket we took over for drinks. The two of them would go over and try to eat the ice then spit it out a say "too cold". Eventually they took up throwing ice and handing it to everyone saying "Hot".

 

 Nathan had a busy day as he chased Brendon around. Between Playing with the other kids and eating Brendon thought it was a blast to just make Daddy run.

This was towards the end. We set up our tent to help create more shade. Brendon went in to lay next to a friend and he kept saying "night night". They sat there for about 15 min watching the trucks and cars going by. When the party was over Brendon crashed for a 4 hour nap. :)

Mommy Walked for Graduation!

Utah Valley University hold one graduation ceremony a year. The same for the convocation ceremonies. Although I had 6 weeks of classes still I was able to walk and enjoy the ceremonies rather then waiting a year to do it after I was done.

 After the Ceremony I was so happy to be "done" it was just a matter of getting through my last 2 classes over the first block of summer semester. 

I am a College Graduate. I have a bachelors in Arts and Visual Communications with a minor in Art History.

 Brendon loves this water fall every time we go to campus. As we were taking photos he was trying anything and everything to go swimming.

 Oh did I mention that my mom and dad flew out for the trip? It was a lot of fun to have them there for me and what was even greater was seeing how proud they were of my for graduating! I am so grateful for them for flying out here to celebrate with us.

 Mom and me

 Dad and me

Brendon was so Happy to be outside and near the water after sitting in the ceremony for 2+ hours.

A Michigan Wedding

While Mom and Dad were in town we had a friends wedding to go to. What was even better was that Mom and Dad were a surprise for the Brides parents (friends from back home). 

 My Dad was a hit for his Grizzly Adams look. Brendon thought it was a lot of fun too. He loved tugging on it, petting it and trying to look under it.

Stephanie was a beautiful bride but what I loved was her ambition to ask her dad to make her wedding cake. He had done it for her eldest sister and was ecstatic when she asked. Little did he know that he would spend the whole day baking, icing and stacking the cake to have it fall. The day of the wedding he re-stacked, re-iced and decorated it. Didn't he do a great job? I love the back story with it. 

 Although they had been on flights all day the day before, got woken up by an excited toddler early in the morning and then Baby sat for 2 hours while I took a final they still had a smile on and were laughing the night a way. If only we could have gotten them to dance....

 Brendon spent most of the wedding reception in the garden out back of the reception hall. He loved being able to run around the garden with a few other kids and explore the flowers that were in full bloom. (don't worry he didn't pick any) He also loved the bridge over a small stream with waterfall. Every time he would go over he would stop to watch for a few seconds.