a little vacation…

At the beginning of this week, Eric and I took a few days off work and went down to Fish Lake with Eric’s family. I guess this is something they’ve done as a family reunion pretty much every year for a long time. We stayed near the Fish Lake lodge in a couple of cabins, so it wasn’t too rough. Eric enjoyed all the fishing he got to do, even though he didn’t catch any fish until the last day – but then he caught the fattest fish of anyone! I loved being able to wake up early and sit on the porch of the cabin looking out on the lake and relax and read. It was pretty good weather, although a little windy, and we enjoyed going out on the boat whenever we got the chance.  It was a fun couple of days with Eric’s family, and a nice break from work and super hot weather in Provo.

happy fourth of july!

Happy 4th everybody! It’s a busy day today for us since we have so many family things going on (including a parade and two barbecues), but I haven’t posted anything real (hah) in a while. We are grateful we have the chance to celebrate our freedom with family…and the Jonas Brothers. Hah again. Yes, we’re going to the Stadium of Fire tonight since Eric’s parents got tickets before the performer was announced, so…at least the fireworks will be good!

a whole month??

I kind of can’t believe how long it’s been since I’ve posted on this blog! We’ve had a lot of fun the past month, in between being busy working and Eric taking a class this summer.  We got to go on a camping trip down to Moab with Mark and Lindsay a few weeks ago, and Eric and I were able to take a short trip out to California for Katie’s wedding about two weeks ago.  We drove out to San Francisco first for a day to get a little vacation in, and then drove back to Elk Grove for the wedding, which was, of course, awesome.  I loved the outdoor reception.  Congratulations to Katie and Shaun!

And as far as summer movies have gone, we’ve seen Star Trek and Angels and Demons and are well into our list.  We LOVED Star Trek and highly recommend it.  I like Angels and Demons better than the Da Vinci Code, and it had great shots of Rome throughout.

What else…Eric’s brother Kelly got home from his mission to Milan, Italy on Friday so we spent the entire weekend with his family catching up and hanging out.

Work is going well for both Eric and me. And that’s about it.

I’m posting a Facebook album of our little jaunt California, so you all can check that out.

Hopefully it won’t be another month until I post again…

on the golden gate bridge...windy!!

graduation/convocations

I finally had my official graduation ceremony this last Friday. Although I graduated in December, I didn’t really feel like it was totally “official” until I had worn the cap and gown, walked across a stage with several hundred other people from my college, and received a diploma cover and shaken hands with important people. The convocations for the college of Family, Home, and Social Sciences was at 11 am at the Marriott Center and it took way longer than I anticipated. There were SO many psychology and political science majors…it felt like it was never going to end while they were reading the names. Matt Holland, a political science professor and my American Heritage teacher from freshman year (aka God’s gift to the BYU student body), spoke at the convocation and it wasn’t a bad talk. All the talks had a similar theme however: the economy is bad and you are not going to find a job so have a Plan B and a Plan C…at least.

But it finally ended after a couple hours and we were able to leave. I went to Tucano’s for dinner with my family and Eric’s parents to celebrate my graduation and I got the gift of a Brazilian happy birthday song with accompanying drums since I had the birthday free meal card. And my birthday was 2 days before. Anyway. It was a pretty good day, although I was really tired and just wanted to go to bed by the end…

Lindsay and I decided it would be fun to take pictures together in our caps & gowns on Thursday since we weren’t going to be going to the commencement/standing in line with 5000 other graduates and marching into the Marriott Center. No thanks. We took pictures at several places around campus, and they turned out pretty well (if I can say so myself). I’m so glad we took the pictures, as it’s a nice commemoration of the five years we spent together as students at BYU…and we finally made it to the end!

At least she did anyway. I’ve still got another 3 years there. Hmm…

Link to the Facebook album with pictures: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2256427&id=17800720&l=b1bfbcfd2e

I think it’s the public link this time so you shouldn’t have to log in or anything.