The Month of May

For the entire last month I have been telling myself that I needed to blog, but let me just tell you, school has been so crazy busy it's ridiculous. The good news is that I'm doing really well in my classes so I should graduate :) James left at the beginning of the month for a few weeks to go to Houston to find a job... And he found one! It really came out of nowhere, but it's a really great opportunity and we are extremely thankful for it. So we will be moving two days after my finals. I can't even think about the move right now, school is all that occupies my mind. But as terrified as I am to graduate and leave Utah (sadly I thought I would never say that) I am excited for our new life in Texas. It will definitely be different.

While James was gone my friend Mandy was such a doll to stay with me. We had so much fun! We've been friends since I moved to Jacksonville in 8th grade, but since I've been married we haven't seen eachother very much. It was really good to reconnect. Mandy bakes cakes, so the first couple of days she was here I helped her make this cake for one of her co-workers. I think it turned out so cute!
Mandy teaches preschool and she and Houston got along so well when he came to visit. I also got to have a girls night with some other friends from Florida. I made dinner and we just talked for hours and hours. It was so fun and really good to catch up with these girls.

My friend Shara's little girl turned 3 and at her birthday party I ate a hot dog! First time to have beef/pork-whatever is in a hot dog- in a really long time. It was delicious.

Now that I'm all caught up hopefully I won't get behind again. There will certainly be lots to share over the next month or so!

Graduation!

Last week my family came to visit for my "Graduation"! I use the quotation marks because I'm not totally done yet. I'm taking three classes that will end mid-June and then I WILL be finished. It was so fun to have them here and all the graduation events were fun too... I can't believe I'm nearly a college graduate! On Thursday we had the Commencement, after which we went to Cafe Rio and this little frozen yogurt place. This is the dress my mom made for my graduation. I love it! I think she's going to make another similar one for me in a light coral. Can't wait! James and my mom were making fun of the fact that it was so easy to pick me out of the crowd because of my big blonde hair. Can you find me?! :)After the Convocation (where I actually walked and got my diploma cover) on Friday we went to Rodizio's. It was fabulous. On Saturday morning we all got up and hiked the Y. After that we went to Magleby's for french toast and pancakes! We ate a lot over these few days! Also while my family was here we discovered that Lily loves be in purses! If you lay one down she will find a way to crawl in. It is the most adorable thing I have ever seen!

My mom, Lauren, and I went shopping on Saturday for a prom dress for Lauren. Thanks to my fine shopping skills, we were successful in finding one in less than two hours! I took pictures of her wearing it, but I'll wait to show until I get ones from the actual prom night in two weeks.