Graduation Hurray!!

Today we had the pleasure to see Jason be "hooded" for receiving his PhD at convocation ceremony for the McKay School of Education. It was neat to see even if none of the pictures I took of it turned out. :( This is a picture of all of us (left)at the garden reception following graduation ceremonies. To the right is a picture of Jason with most of his dissertation committee (ie. the people who made his life hard while writing his dissertation) From left to right it's Dr. Yanchar, Dr. Graham, Dr. McDonald (I think he likes that a little too much), and Dr. Gibbons the chair of the committee. Not pictured was Dr. Williams and another guy from Colorado that I can't remember his name. I guess I could ask Jason, but he's all the way upstairs...
Finally I'll share a picture of Jason with his Mom. His Dad had to leave for a meeting before we could get a picture so hopefully we can use technology to photoshop him into one if we're lucky.

It is so wonderful to have Jason done with his degree and I'm so happy that he's found a job that he seems to enjoy most of the time and he's learning so much. I laugh when he tells people he works for a movie studio. Technically he does, but not the kind that people think of when you say that. It's great to be in a "new" stage of life. It gets better all the time. Congrats again Jason! We're so proud of you!

Fun Few Days

Sadly we took Carolyn to the Airport this morning so she could go home. We really had a fun time while she was here and Emily said this afternoon that she already misses her. :) I agree. So I thought I'd blog about our last couple days since that's when we did the most fun stuff with the kids. They were out of school for spring break. On Wednesday we had a relaxing time during the day and the kids just played outside and we watched movies together. Charly made Carolyn cry and that made me feel better since Jason thinks it's weird to cry at movies. lol Wednesday night we went swimming at the indoor pool in a neighboring city and we all had fun playing, jumping of the diving board and playing catch with the ball Jason brought. Thursday we went to the zoo. We got to see a bunch of different animals being fed and eating. We watched a snake swallow a mouse whole, an ape eating celery and various other animals being fed. It was great. Once we got home and scarfed some dinner I made Carolyn go to the spinning class with me again. I think maybe I've converted her...I love spinning it's great exercise and I'm sore today!! I hope you weren't too sore on the airplane Carolyn. Then since I'd raved about Sonic's slushes we decided to ruin our workout and go get one before heading home. It was great. Come visit us again soon Carolyn. We love you!

Saturday with Aunt Lynn

On Saturday we went to Salt Lake to hang out with Aunt Lynn. It was fun for all. Lynn treated us all to lunch--Thanks Lynn! Then we went to the Gateway and let the kids run in the fountains. They had a blast, but got cold. Then we went to the conference center and had a tour. I've been there lots of times, but I don't think I've ever taken the tour. We got to go to the roof and that's the main reason the kids wanted to go on a tour because that's the only way you get to see the roof. After that we walked over to temple square to the visitors center and to see the beautiful flowers that are always on the grounds there. We saw the new family exhibit there and it was really cool so if you haven't seen it you should definitely go. Above are a few pictures of our adventures.

Easter Pictures!

We had a great Easter. The kids had fun and the adults got to relax a little. Here are a few pics.

This is the Easter bunny cake that Emily and Carolyn made on Sunday. Emily had a great time making it and frosting it and everything. She chose all of the colors and decorations even though she told me that the mouth I made didn't look right. :) We were using what we had on hand.












This is the kids during their egg hunt that we had to do inside because it was too wet outside. I asked them if they were too old for an egg hunt and they both shouted NO! So I did one for them anyway.



This is the kids when they were dying eggs on Saturday. One of the eggs leaked a little while it was boiling so Jason had to make that one into an alien with it's brains on the outside. I just love boys and all their gross stuff.

A post with pictures

So many things have been going on lately that I haven't really had time to write about all of them.

Jason and I had a great time on our Cruise at the beginning of March. It was so much fun and we got to see such beautiful places and it was so nice and warm compared to the cold Utah winter that I didn't really want to come home. Back to cooking, dishes, laundry and all the other responsibilities I got to pretty much forget about while we were gone. It was a great way to celebrate 10 years of marriage and the big 3-0 for me too.

Last weekend my brother, his wife and kids came to visit while they also dropped off my sister. :) It was great to see them, but was a quick trip for them. We don't usually get to see them for too long when they come, but I guess then we don't get tired of each other. We took the kids to the park and to the Bean museum and they all loved it. Jim taught Jason how to play tennis and now Jason wants to play all the time.