GRADUATED!

On Friday April 22, 2016, we graduated with our bachelors degrees from Brigham Young University!! Dustan now has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. I have a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education with a minor in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (or TESOL).

It was absolutely lovely to have my family in town (all of us together for the first time in almost a year)! We spent a lot of time with them over the few days they were here. We ate good food, chatted a lot, played games, and watched movies. We also enjoyed spending time with the Freis, good family friends. Another thing that we did is called Get Out Games. It's a place in Provo where you are locked in a room with a theme (ours was an Egyptian tomb), and you have one hour to get out before you "die". We had a blast but didn't make it out in the hour. Thankfully they let us finish anyway!

We decided to skip the commencement ceremony of our graduation. We'd rather spend time with family than sit in the Marriott Center with thousands of other people listening to speeches/talks. But of course convocation (walking across the stage to get our diplomas) was a must! Dustan, being the lovely husband that he is, chose to be my walking partner in the McKay School of Education graduation. I really enjoyed being able to graduate with the great friends I made in my program.

The Elementary Education girls I became so close to during the program

Dustan with some of his closest friends--ones from both high school and roommates in college

You would think that convocation with the education department would be entertaining, or at least the speakers more engaging. Basically... Graduation was boring. But it was exciting to walk across the stage to cheers and clapping :)

We are so grateful to have received educations from Brigham Young University--both of us learned and grew so much during our five years. We are also thankful for my immediate family, for coming to our graduation to support us and celebrate with us. And now, we are on to the next phase of our lives! Though Dustan will be returning to BYU this upcoming fall for his master's degree, things will be a little different. I will be getting a full-time job while Dustan also works and studies for his degree. This summer, we will be in southern California for Dustan's internship.

Coming up next: Our trip to Europe!!