On Sunday, we had a wonderful worship service together. M and Grandpa did the sacrament, and M led our Come Follow Me discussion. I love sharing church with other members of our family when possible. I made dinner for Grandpa and Uncle John and Aunt Karen. I was grateful to be able to help them, they are in a very busy time of year at the greenhouses. We also got to visit with Mikey and Mandy on their way into town, and once they left we went to the cemetery. We put the flowers out on Grandma's grave, as well as Aunt Shara's two boys, Grandpa's baby sister, and his parents. It's a special cemetery and we enjoyed our time there. We also went back on Monday to make sure everything was watered and still looking clean and fresh.
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| The Crew |
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| Grandma's Grave |
Monday was a day of work for us. I dusted the house and M did all the lawn trimming. Grandpa can do most of the lawn with a riding mower in about two hours, but he struggles to do the trimming that has to happen by hand. M was happy to do it, and on such a beautiful day, I was a little jealous he was the one who got to be outside mowing! ;) We also made some yummy caramel popcorn, just like Grandma used to make. I love vising the greenhouses too, they are so beautiful this time of year! And, this year, especially empty which was amazing. They've been busy!
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| M, mowing |
I also tried to teach Grandpa how to use Google Hangouts on his tablet so if his phone stops working he can have a way to call people. He's great at learning new technology. He writes down all the steps and is willing to try, which has not always been the case. I love being able to help him in small ways while we visit.
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| Grandpa and I learning Google Hangouts. |
The following weekend, M finally got his cap and gown and we celebrated graduation! Woohoo!! I am so proud of him, he's worked so hard and for so long. He's done with the CPA tests and all of school. I'm amazed with all he's been able to do. He also graduated Cum Laude, which is in the top 10% at BYU! Amazing! And, with a 3.96 GPA, I can't believe it wasn't higher. Master Matthew is surely a blessing to everyone and is just starting on his journey to bless the world! We had a really nice Zoom graduation with our parents. I shared photos from our time together at BYU and brought to us by BYU, M shared a few thoughts, and then our parents shared thoughts. It was so wonderful to hear from them in an intimate manner. Each of them shared their testimonies and love for us, which meant so much. We wrapped up the event with a slideshow of all the pictures submitted by every family to celebrate M. It was so sweet and I am so grateful the family participated. The surprise was a little ruined, but M was a good sport and very happy with it all! We also got to take pictures all dressed up too, which was HOT and fun!
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| Graduation via Zoom! |
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| Go Cougs! |
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| This is when M got his diploma in the mail, he was so excited! As he should be! |
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| Every grad needs a yummy treat to celebrate. |
The cherry on top for our graduation weekend was a visit from Kara! She was originally going to surprise me for Jay's baby blessing, I would have been happy beyond measure! And, what a special weekend it was to have her just here on her own. We got to go for walks, sit around, shop, play, laugh, and have fun. I miss sister time so much being in Utah, it's one of the things I am looking forward to the most about moving back to Colorado!
To get our legs moving one afternoon, we went to Ross to see if we could find Kara some maternity dresses. I have NEVER seen a Ross so empty. It was crazy! The maternity section had one shirt, the same style in like 5 sizes...one shirt per size. And other racks, just totally empty. I did find a pair of shorts for myself which was super awesome. We got Arctic Circle shakes that evening to celebrate M and Kara being with us.
Saturday evening, we went to Aunt GayLynn and Uncle David's for a winnie roast. It stormed at our house, but we hoped it would be okay out there. It was windy windy...so windy we did part of the cookout inside. The only one who didn't mind the wind was Jay, funny kid! I tried making some homemade graham crackers and enjoyed my s'mores in the microwave because the fire died in the wind.
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| Jay loves Daddy so much! |
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| BBQ after we went back outside after the worst of the storm |
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Windy hair - don't care.
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| Book time is starting to become a regular. |
We loved having Kara, and so did Jay. He got so much attention! He loved every minute of it. Jay is still working on rolling over, super Aunt Kara got him to do it a few times. He loves laughing, and has now tried green beans - it took a few tries for those to stay down and he's doing really well. Kara also taught us more about how to play with babies, so that was very helpful!
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