Graduated Life.

The common question lately is, "What are you doing now that you are done with school?" And to answer that question on the mark of one week free from school and homework I want to answer that question.

1. I have read a book. A real book! It was so nice to have a nice and relaxing book to read that I wasn't going to be tested on in the future. And I was able to read it on my new Kindle Fire that my awesome family got me as a graduation present! I would give anyone the recommendation to read this book. It's called, "Heaven is Here" by Stephanie Nielsen. It is a story of her life, her trials, and her faith. I cried through almost the whole book, both happy and sad tears. She helps me do hard things.
2. I have explored my Kindle Fire and the world of apps! It is so fun to see what everyone has been talking about on all of their smart gadgets :) I am loving it. I use it for everything now! 
3. I was able to go trucking with Dalan on Tuesday. It was so fun to ride with him and have time to sit and talk about life. 
4. I have kept up on laundry, dishes, and cleaning around the house and I LOVE it! 
5. I have been crafting away and hopefully I will be able to finish all of the projects that I have created this last semester! 
6. We were able to watch a movie together! We watched "We bought a Zoo" and it was super cute. 
7. My mouth is healing!
8. I was able to plan a Bridal shower for my sweet friend Brittany! The Bridal Shower was Friday. It was fun to hang out with the girls and hear all about Brittany's love story. 
9.  I have made real dinners! I love being a wife to Dalan.
10.  I don't have to fuel up nearly as much . . . I am loving not driving to Logan as often! 
11. I have been able to catch up on all the the Young Women's stuff that have been piling up! We have a busy, busy summer planned for these girls :) 
12. I have made tons of chocolate chip cookies. 
13. I was able to go to mutual minus all of the stress from school and studying. 
14. I watched a helicopter land in the church parking lot. 
15. I am looking for my next book to read! Let me know of any good ones :)
16. Applied to a couple of jobs.
17. I am able to finally relax. Life is good.

Mute

There is something many of you already know about me. I am not very good with stress. I get stressed out easily, but as long as it is just a couple stressors in my way I can usually handle it and get through it with the help of my dear and patient hubby. I think I stress easily because I over think just about every aspect of my life, to every excruciating & often pointless detail. So to bring you to something that you may not know, and probably don't care to know is the fact that when the stress builds up and becomes more than I can handle I spend a night of sleeping biting my cheek over and over again for hours. It doesn't wake me up, I just wake up in the morning to the consequences and have to deal with it for weeks after. In the past I have gone to the dentist and received antibiotics. But I did it again! I did this to myself Wednesday night before my very last final and it has gotten progressively worse as the weak passes on. Today I have been a mute. I can't talk, and when I do I end up in tears as each movement of my mouth makes the gash grow larger and larger and the pain stings the inside of my mouth. I have been using hand motions and gestures to talk to Dalan and it has been pretty successful but terribly boring. I am thinking that this is a little ridiculous, I have managed to eat a little yogurt and I am hoping that this gets better as it gets worse. Because I am not good at being a mute I needed to blog about it, I need to talk! So here is my little story about how I am a big stress ball sometimes. Also . . .if you saw me or my pictures from graduation please know that my cheek and neck were swollen. . . I tried to ignore it but there are many pictures that kinda scream it . . . lovely, lucky me.

Graduation Day!

Graduation Day was a huge success! There were so many people who came to support me & show their love for me and Dalan. So first of all, THANK YOU!! to everyone!

 I want to walk through Graduation Day again . . blog style. Here are is the refreshment table at the Lilywhite building where we had a little get together with our professors and friends. It was so fun to show my family where I had spent many many hours and learned from some great teachers.

 Here is my good friend Aubree and I. She is such a great lady and will be an amazing Speech Language Pathologist!

 Of course, my mom and dad. They are just the best, and it was so fun to see the whole family! 

Here is a small group of the girls that I have spent two years learning, laughing and studying with. I will miss them.

The lovely girls of the family!

Here are my glittery shoes and my glittery cap . . .

My Grandma Dorene & Papa. They are so great! Thanks for coming and supporting me!

Girls again!

Me and my mom

My whole family!

My Aunt Sissy, who took all of these pictures for me, and my cousins, Ryan & Emalee. They are awesome! (We missed you Uncle Bill!)

Me and Dalan! He is the best and has really helped me to get through this last year of school.

He even held my purse and my hand as I walked miles in these heels.

Sorry, I accidentally picked a blurry one . . . but it will take forever to change it now. Here I am! I graduated!

Here are me and my aunt Amy and my cousin Morgana!

A line of us girls waiting to graduate! These girls are AWESOME!

Me and my Utah State sister, Kelsey! I have loved visiting with Kelsey this year in Logan! It is so nice to have family close.

The Brothers!

Do you see the glittery lined cap? That is me!

Ok, I am so sorry for all of these pictures. This is getting ridiculous . . . but it is my blog so . . . I am not filtering any of these out.

And lastly, here is me with the cover for my diploma! Crazy, crazy times. I am happy to say that I graduated Cum-Laude and as a Service Learning Scholar. 

P.S. Dalan's Family was there to support too! I just don't have any of those pictures :) 

Thanks everyone for the support, the love and the memories. 

I love you guys.