It started out with my girlfriends and I decorating our graduation caps on Tuesday evening. Kate and Mandi opted to not decorate theirs, Chrissy and Denica did their caps with "2010" in gold letters outlined in maroon glitter, and I bedazzled mine to no end. In huge black gems it says "2010" and then to fill in the rest of the top of the cap it is covered in white jewels. It's amazing, and girly (which is odd because I am not), and I loved it. Wednesday I woke up bright and early and headed over to the college of education and picked up my teaching certificate, which was not a fancy ordeal, but exciting nonetheless because it made me an official teacher. That evening Tim's mom and sister arrived and Laci and Tim made tacos. It was a very nice, relaxing evening. My parents arrived later that night and we all visited for a few hours. The next morning we woke up bright and early for convocation. This is the huge graduation with all of the schools in ASU graduating together. Unfortunately, as I was in my seat with my fellow graduates, preparing to take my first picture, my camera broke. So.... I have no pictures. But our speaker was the ASU president Michael Crow. It was good, quick, and painless and I was proud of my family for not crying :) Later that day Kyja arrived and we all just hung around the pool enjoying the day. Carol and Kate made Pollo el Floor that evening and it was filled with good friends and good times. That night I went out with friends for our first evening of celebrations. Many of them had their college graduations that day so we went out with a bang! At the Big Bang of course! Friday, the REAL graduation day was filled with shopping in the morning with Kyja and Laci. That evening was graduation and I was fortunate enough to have the Satterstroms, Dixons, McLaws, Sleepers, and some other friends all attend my graduation. My mom along with every other mom in our group was in tears (says Laci) as I walked on stage and accepted my diploma. It was an exciting evening and we were fortunate to have Ira Fulton speak at our graduation. He was an adorable old man with a heart of gold and a laugh that warmed the room. That night after graduation I went out to celebrate with all of my friends. It was filled with drunken debauchery and I loved every second of it.
The next morning I was up bright and early to head up to Payson. We did family pictures for my mom's birthday present so we were dressed to the nine's for pictures. Our photographer was the same who did all of our grad pictures and was also my track coach in high school. He was great, pictures turned out great, and my mom ended up in tears, which means it was a successful event. After pictures we rushed to get the house ready to celebrate over dinner with many friends and family. We anticipated having twenty people and ended up with FORTY! I couldn't believe all of the people that came. By the end of the night we were exhausted and practically kicking people out. My dad made his amazing ribs, my mom had a baked potato bar with all the fixings, and we had delicious cobbler from the dutch oven for dessert.
Whew! What a week! Sunday I went back to work and back to the normal life. I am so glad that I had so many people come to celebrate with me and love and appreciate them all!
This is everyone at the College of Teacher Education and Leadership Graduation
Here's a view of my bling grad cap!
My beautiful family, who has been there from the beginning!
This boy that I kinda love...
The McLaws family. I have been best friends with DeAwna since we were four!!
What a handsome lil devil!
Here's a shot of some of the people from the grad party in Payson.
My cake!
