More from graduation weekend

I am way behind in posting. Here are some more pictures from graduation weekend. One of the best parts was having half of my family all together in the Oquirrh Mountain temple doing sealings for our ancestors. What a great feeling it is to know that we can all be together forever.
Jared receiving his diploma.
I guess I was a little camera shy. It was such a nice program because as we walked across the stage they displayed a picture and some background information about us.
Woohoo!







This is my roommate from freshman year, Hannah!! It was so funny we were talking about her and she and her family pulled up in their car to take pictures the same time as us! So fun! We started together and finished together. Congrats Hannah!

Here's a Little Taste of Fort Worth

Our cute home for the next year. Yes it's on 3 different levels. I'm going to get nice calves and buns :)
Our view out of our balcony. You can't see it very well from this picture but we can see the skyscrapers of Fort Worth from here. And our complex is surrounded by grazing longhorns in pastures. Love it!
Living room. Lenny has found a new favorite sleeping place. He loves that chair.

We went to the Fort Worth botanical gardens one Sunday. Its a couple mile stretch of plants and gardens and ponds-all free, right in downtown Fort Worth.
Then we had free tickets to the zoo. Best zoo I've ever been to. Jared's favorite was the wart hog. Can't you tell by that cheesy grin?

Scary salt water crocodile. Hard to believe something so prehistoric looking can still exist.
The giraffes were my favorite. Can you tell my hair is loving the humidity? Not.

3 Years and Counting

We have been married 3 years! We got married on May 4. Little did we know that May 4 is also Star Wars day. May the fourth be with you! Haha
This year we celebrated early since we knew we would be busy on our special day. We went and stayed a weekend at Zermatt Resort in Midway, UT. What a fun and romantic atmosphere! The whole resort is designed to be like a Swiss village. And actually, much of the town of Midway designed the same way because of their Swiss heritage. We loved all of the free swiss chocolate truffles. So yummy! We enjoyed the spa quite a bit too!

Then for our real anniversary, we went out to lunch at one of our favorite restaurants-Panera Bread Bakery. They don't exist out west so we couldn't wait to eat there once we got to Texas. Jared of course bought me flowers (he is so sweet and always buys me flowers!).

Look Who's 27

Ahhhh....isn't he so cute? Happy birthday last week Jared! Love you!!

Welcome to Texas

Our arrival in Texas was kind of rough.

1. Jared got a $200 speeding ticket. Four out of the five tickets he's gotten in his life have been in Texas. Ha. I guess they have it out for him.

2. When we were in Wal Mart that night somebody did a hit-and-run on our SUV. The whole driver's side door is smashed in. Who does that sort of thing?? Luckily we have full insurance coverage.

Oh well, makes for a good story I guess. We are just thankful to be here and that we arrived safely. Jared is loving knocking doors here and has already sold 4 systems in two days. Woohoo! Our apartment is super sweet too and I'll post pictures later. :)

Some Projects

So here are some things I worked on this last month or two. The first two pictures are of interchangeable flip flops. These aren't the ones I made-I haven't taken pictures of them. Anyways, its a fun idea because you can use one pair of flip flops and yet have many different styles by pulling off the velcro. I made one with a purple ruffle and then one with black polka dots and a black tulle flower. The instructions are found here.I have tons of friends expecting babies any day now. So I made these baby blankets for the sisters I visit teach. The one on the left is flannel and super soft and the other is a picture of Noah's ark. Thanks Kas for helping me put them together!
Next I made bow/clip holders for all of our nieces. I got this idea also from the make it and love it blog.


Then I made this flirty apron which I love. I didn't exactly have a pattern so it was kind of a learn as I went project but I think it turned out good. Except now I don't want to wear it because it will get dirty. :)
Next are these cute kitchen towels that I embellished a little for my Mother-in-laws birthday. All I did was sew a strip of fabric on them and then made a pinwheel flower by cinching together a circle of fabric. Super easy so I made a whole bunch of them.

I'm trying to decide what to do next. Do you have any cute craft ideas for me to keep me entertained while in Texas?

The Graduates

The big day finally arrived. We graduated! It was so special to be able to graduate together...we did it! I am so proud of Jared!
Mom and Dad made it down to celebrate with us, thanks to Jake and Rachel for watching the cows while they were gone. Thanks a bunch you guys!


The actual ceremonies were really good. On Thursday Elder Christofferson spoke to all of the graduates. He joked with us and told us our parents are really proud of us and now would be the opportune moment to ask for money. LOL. Then on Friday was the college convocations and we walked with Jared's nursing college. The speakers were great and they prepared a special powerpoint with pictures of the graduates as we walked across the stage for our diplomas. Mom has more pictures of that and a video of Jared's pinning ceremony. Woohoo! Done with school!