All Done!!

So I did it! I finally graduated from college. Phew! Deep breath in and out. It's a good feeling. It was a rushed week with finals ending, my family coming into town, commencement on Thursday and my college convocation and I look back now and it just feels like a dream even though it was less then a week ago. It is still kind of surreal and it hasn't really hit me yet that I am done with my undergraduate work. Now comes the stress with "real life", the GRE and applying for grad programs. Just pray I get in somewhere:) But the commencement was incredible and Elder Nelson and President Uchtdorf spoke. It was awesome!

Me and Amy. We really have been through so much together.

Me and my biggest fan:)

Kaden and I at the dinosaur museum. It was fun to relax with my family the rest of the time. On Saturday we went to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point and the boys just loved it. I am excited to be able to go home and spend more time with my family and my adorable nephews. Rachel is due on November 9th and I am really hoping for a niece.

I am waiting for some more pictures to be emailed to me so maybe I can post those later.

HAPPY GRADUATION!!

Reminiscing

A week from today I will officially be graduated and no longer a college student. Today is my last Saturday in the library and up on campus and it is quite a bittersweet feeling. I keep thinking, "This is the last time I will sit at this table, walk this hall, eat at the Cougar Eat, walk up to campus, ect." It's weird but exciting! I keep thinking of all the things I want to do in my so called "free time."

So I got to rummaging through my old photo albums and found some funny pictures that I completely forgot about. It got me to thinking of how life was during those pictures and what mattered to me and what I thought was a big deal. It's amazing what we learn the older we get. But some of you may get a kick out of these pictures.

This is my 6th grade picture. So funny! I just wanted to share. I still have that shirt. Just kidding:)

This is when I went to Nauvoo with a group of single adults. I thought you would enjoy this Katy.

We went to Disneyland and California Adventures the May after I was diagnosed and it was so fun. I think it was the last vacation as a family since before missions and I can't wait until Spencer gets home so we can all go together before Dallin leaves. I have a funny story about this picture. So I had to cut my hair (thank you Terri Hill) since it was falling out and it was just coming out constantly by this point. I was shedding like crazy and we went on this really really fast roller coaster. It's like the fastest one there and by the end of the ride after we are all trying to catch our breath, my brother Spencer yells from the back, "Hey Bekah...Do you still have your hair?" I about died. I guess it was pretty funny. And then we had to get me a wheelchair by the end of the day b/c my energy was so low but my brothers loved it b/c it got us to the front of the line. But I looked normal so I know people were wondering what I was doing in a wheel chair. And so we get on this elevator to take us up to the front of one of the rides and we were sharing with a guy and his girlfriend who was on crutches. So it gets all silent on the elevator and I know these people are just thinking we are totally ripping off the system, and so my father of many words says admist the silence, "terminal cancer." We all just about died. So awkward but funny.

Wow blast from the past! This was at one of our cheer competitions. I hated those uniforms. But I loved my squad!

Highschool graduation. If only I would have known then what I know now. But I guess that is the beauty in life. We don't and that's why we have something called FAITH. I can't get over how little Dallin is.

For MORP in high school, we took our dates to Knottsberry Farm and it was in February so there was like no one at the park. We would actually just stay on rides and they would run it over and over for us. I can't believe how young we all look especially Danny and Chase.

Lena and I made a trip to Utah after graduation. Amy coulnd't come for some reason but we had a good time.

Salena and Steven's wedding. The sweat dripping from my face is just awesome along with my tan line. But it was in the middle of July. It's a good think I love Salena to bear it. And thank you Kim for letting me borrow that dress. Do you remember that?

And now my awesome friends. I love these people and am so grateful for them. Too many good times to choose from.

And the reason I am here and about to graduate. I couldn't do it without these 7 people. I love them so much and I am so grateful for their strength and constant support.

Well that was fun! Have a happy Saturday and week!!

Update

It has been awhile since I last posted so I will post one now because I am sure you are tired of my graduation pictures.

This is how I feel. I have 15 more days until I walk the line and I can hardly wait. I am pretty tired of school now and studying in the library and classes but the last day of class is Tuesday. Hallelujah! And then my family comes up in two weeks from yesterday. Can't wait to see my nephews and the rest of the fam.

I still love my internship with Kids On the Move. I love my supervisor. She is so funny and so fun to work with and I am learning a TON from her. It's great. And the kids are so adorable and it is really rewarding to be able to see the improvement and the excitement from the Moms when their child can finally say the /b/ sound or the /r/. We have one that is really shy and he speaks in complete sentences at home, but once you put him in a social environment, he shuts down. Well he is doing a lot better and today was actually the first time I have ever heard him say a complete sentence. He has such a cute little voice.

I went to the Suns/Jazz game a couple of weeks ago and we lost in overtime. It was horrible. I can't stand Jazz fans. Just kidding but it was pretty annoying. Thankfully my date was super cute.

Here is one annoying thing that happened this week. I went to the temple on Tuesday to try and get a better feeling about what I need to do when I graduate and there was a young womens group there. And I was the lucky winner who happened to be sitting by two young Beehives who laughed and talked the entire time in the waiting area. It was so hard for me to focus and think and I wanted to turn and say something, but I didn't. (How sad...I go to the temple and have negative thoughts about taking out this little 13 year old.) Anyways, it got me thinkning of my poor mother and how silly I was in Young Womens. I would laugh all the time but we never did that in the temple, did we Salena? I hope not. I now know how annoying it is and I apologize to all my young womens leaders. I am the one that would always get kicked out of Mr. Spalding's music class in Elementary. And I was the one that would take John Palmer, Neil Anderson and Wes Wright with me and get them in trouble too. I was chatter box and for that I am deeply sorry. :)

It is raining here and still pretty chilly outside. At least it isn't snowing! Yesterday I wore shorts hoping that it would be the trick to bring out the sun. Ya...didn't work. It was cold. I haven't had much of an appetite for like over a week now. It just must be nerves and stress but life is seriously so good!

That is it for now. Happy Thursday!