Ryder and Audrey's Wedding

I went to New York with my parents and sisters to see my cousin, Ryder, get married in the Catskill Mountains at a little mountain resort called Full Moon in Big Indian, NY. We flew into Newark and drove to Big Indian. We made a couple stops along the way, one stop being the Hudson River.

Here is a picture of one of the houses on the grounds of the resort. It was very rustic and I loved it! I stayed in another home up the road that was probably a 100 years old. Shay and I shared a little room upstairs.

My AWESOME family. It is always fun to get us all together because it doesn't happen very often. We were missing Jeff and all of the kids.

Shay and I right next to a creek where the ceremony was. It was so green there and there were so many rivers and creeks that were running everywhere.

The beautiful bride and groom. They live in New York. My cousin is an artist and his now wife Audrey is a designer.
Ryder is the closest thing to a brother that I had growing up. We were best buddies and have some fun memories. I was so glad to be a part of his big day!

Kindergarten Graduation

Kiera has met her first educational milestone! Not sure why they make such a big deal of graduating from kindergarten but bring on the paper graduation hats. It is definitely a proud moment for her and Jeff and I. She had an official ceremony at Morningside and a party at Edith Bowen. She has changed so much over the past year and learned so much. She is getting better and better at reading and the progress she has made over the school year has been amazing. Below are some pictures of her at the Morningside graduation where she graduated with Brinlie. Kiera was so serious during the ceremony we could hardly get her to crack a smile.
After it was over we were in the car and telling her how proud we were of her and she said "You know I feel like my next step is college." HEAVENS NO, not yet. We had a good laugh.

Sister Hair Cut

Kiera has had about 4 hair cuts already but this one was Ellie's first. She did pretty good in the chair but towards the end the stylist gave her the squirt bottle and let her go to town squirting the mirror and anything within range so that allowed her to finish up. We decided to cut most of it off because she had so many different layers. I guess I didn't get any after pictures because the one of Kiera is before as well as the one of Ellie, ooops.

Saying Goodbye

I took a new job at Weber State University at the end of March. It was a very difficult decision to leave Utah State but I felt strongly about pursuing this opportunity. I will always been an Aggie and plan to keep in close touch with the people that I have built relationships with over the past 12 years!!! I will certainly miss everyone. Some girls from the softball team dropped by to say goodbye on my last day. As you can see my office was completely cleaned out. It was a tough day. The transition has been tough but rewarding as well.

Morningside School Spring Program

Kiera's school had a program and the did their own rendition of Chicken Little. Kiera was Chicken Little. They students made their own costumes. It was a lot of fun and Kiera and Brinlie did such a good job and definitely knew all of the words to the songs. Kiera particularly got into "Where is Thumpkin".
Ellie got dressed up for the occasion and loved being Kiera's supporter. Konie was able to make it which is Kiera's daycare provider for the first 5 years of her life. Thanks Konie for being there!