Monday, July 12, 2010

Graduation

So its been a really, really long time since I've posted. So here is an update of graduation, our Europe trip and life in Lake Jackson, TX is to come.

Dan and I graduated together in April. It was great to be able to walk together. My parents came to see us graduate. Kala and Hunter were also able to come visit. It was great to have my family there.

The last day of finals I had a beaver tail party which I invited all my friends. It was a great way to say goodbye to lots of my friends I had during my 5 years at BYU. It was sad to say goodbye but hopefully our paths will cross again. The next day was commencement with Elder Christofferson as the keynote speaker. The marriott center was packed with graduates, they actually ran out of space for the graduates and had to move the families back many rows. Dan and I sat beside Jeremy at commencement. I was able to see my best friend Janie one more time before we both took off to the real world!
I also wanted to thank my parents for all their support they gave me during my college years. They have always been there over the past 5 years. Thank you Mum and Dad! As a thank you I gave them a stole of gratitude.
We went to went to dinner at the alumni center afterward.

The next day was convocation. Since we are both engineers we had the same convocation. I still sat with my chemical engineering friends and Dan was with his friends. But we saw each other walk. I walked with Elizabeth Call my best friend in ChemE. It was fun to graduate with her. We went to Europe together, then we were room mates the hard core junior year of engineering and we really helped each other out. Junior year we both dated guys and got engaged. After convocation the Engineering department had a lunch for all the graduates and their families. It was also a good time to say thanks to all my teachers and goodbye to fellow classmates.

We had to take a picture in front of the Clyde. It was our second home for the last 3 + years. We have spent many hours and late, late nights at the Clyde.

That evening we had a wonderful graduation dinner. My mum has always wanted to have dinner at the roof restaurant. So we enjoyed a wonderful dinner and a beautiful sunset behind the temple.

I love skiing with my dad because he taught me so well. But I have now surpassed the teacher! We go skiing every time my dad comes to visit. This time we went to Snowbird and Dan came too.
Family picture with beautiful spring blossoms. Hunter was not too happy with the sun in his eyes.

Well I had 5 great years at BYU and learned a lot. Now I am an engineer and I guess its time to move on and new experiences and new goals to accomplish.