Cruisin'

To celebrate my college graduation {finally!} and one year of marriage we decided to kick off the summer by cruising down to Mexico. 

During the semester I would be at school from like one in the afternoon {sue me, I'm not a morning person} to nine at night and Brady would go to school before I woke up and come home around five. Basically, we never got to see each other. 

 It was so nice to get out of Provo and spend some quality time together, just the two of us.

Our activities consisted of...

hanging by the pool

playing mini-golf on the ship

jet skiing and snorkeling in Cabo

looking at pretty views

taking walks around the ports...

...and on the beach

zip lining through the jungle in Puerto Vallarta 

 and lastly, eating MASS AMOUNTS of food, especially chocolate frozen yogurt {for me} and chocolate/vanilla twist frozen yogurt {for Brady}.

Some of our interesting experiences consisted of::

-our dinner table teaching us how to take a water bottle lid off without breaking the seal so we would know how to sneak alcohol onto the ship 

-seeing these signs around every corner {I decided to leave this picture off facebook, but since this is a journal I just had to include it here because it was the cause of at least 50% of our laughter during the vacation}:

-watching the hairy chest contest {sorry, I know everyone is DYING to see a picture, but the only one I took was even more inappropriate than the sign above}

-and getting asked if we wanted to get high in a super creepy voice from at least fifteen Mexican men after we said no to all of the other activities they offered us.

It really was a magical vacation.

A BYU Grad, Finally

University:: Brigham Young University

Degree:: Bachelor of Art

{side note:: I had no idea I was getting a Bachelors of Art until I picked up my tassel. I mean my major was Political SCIENCE so I just assumed I was getting a Bachelors of Science. Whatev.}

Major:: Political Science

Minor:: Middle Eastern Studies

Date:: April 19-20, 2012

Here are some pictures for your viewing enjoyment::

{my awesome diploma holder}

{getting my awesome diploma holder}

{my lovely parents}

{my great in-laws}

{mother}

{father}

{husband}

{ashlyn and I at commencement} 

{my mom loves door signs, I love Dr. Pepper}

Thanks to::

-Brady, for putting up with my school  related breakdowns (well actually all breakdowns, but this is a graduation post so we will keep it about school}, and helping me combine millions of excel documents. I  know you loved every second of it :).

-The in-laws, for coming up to support me and letting me drag you guys around City Creek.

-Ashlyn, for helping me graduate with a decent GPA and for suffering through 328 with me. 

-My professors, for teaching me really cool stuff, and not failing me. 

-Subway, for making Turkey the "sub of the day" on Wednesdays, my longest day on campus.

-My dad, for putting up with years of school related breakdowns, helping me with my econometrics homework, giving me directions to buildings on campus {even my senior year}, and for always making sure I knew that whatever grade I got  was good enough as long as I tried my best.

-My mom, for creating the best house in the world to come home to when I needed a break from school, for always letting me talk to her about anything, for editing my papers, for helping me decorate my apartment, and giving me groceries every time I came home, which definitely made my life less stressful.

-And to everyone else for making my BYU experience great! 

The Rundown

Now that my life is not taken over by papers/presentations/tests I can stop neglecting my blog. 

Cool. 

So this is what we have been up to the past month or so...

1:: City Creek!

I don't know why, but I had been dying to go to this mall for quite some time.

Opening weekend I dragged my friend Ashlyn with me.

It was awesome. Well, I thought so at least. 

{purchases}

{no purchases}

2:: School Mishaps

Let's just say I failed miserably on my capstone presentation. 

I emailed myself an unfinished version of my powerpoint.

The powerpoint I emailed my self included the word "billionssssss" {yes, with every single "s"} in the space where the total cost of the Iraq War was supposed to go.

AND

I talked about the Obama REGIME instead of the Obama Administration.

Oops. 

On a happy note, I am done with school forever!

{graduation post coming soon, because it is too cool to be included in this catch up}

3:: Easter

We went down to St. George for Easter and it rocked.

We went to some awesome family parties.

Participated in the First Annual McArthur Pickleball tournament.

{we lost in the second round, chance and konner took home the trophy}

I got to see my favorite pregnant person {erin}.

We played some games, and went on an extreme Easter egg hunt. 

We got to see some of my favorite children.

We dyed some easter eggs {all ten of Anna's were straight pink}

{max looks terrified, but he love us all, I promise}

{Easter Sunday}

4:: The Nursing Learning Center

After four years, I am done working at the NLC.

Even though the manikins were creepy, 

I will miss it. 

"That's all folks!"

Near Death Experience

The combination of these boots:

And this hill:

Almost took my life. 

Story: I got out of class at 6:30 on January 22, 2012. When I walked outside I found snow now covered the sidewalk, grass, everything (background: the bottom of my boots are as smooth as silk, there is literally zero tred). As I started walking I carefully would place each foot firmly in front of the other to keep the chances of slipping to a minimum. Everything was going pretty smoothly until I reached THE HILL (obviously the hill right by the Clyde Building). I began to slip the second I started down the hill. Every time I put my foot down it would immediately move somewhere else. Then I saw someone walking next to the sidewalk. For some reason I thought that it looked like a good idea. My train of thought went something like this: they aren't slipping (well neither were all of the normal people walking on the sidewalk), maybe the snow covered grass provides more traction? This was a bad train of thought...As I began walking next to the sidewalk (on a slope) I immediately just began slipping right back towards the sidewalk. By this point the people around me were not even concealing their laughter, and i cannot blame them. My next idea was to walk close to the fence so if I needed to I could grab on to prevent myself from actually falling down. This idea idea just gave me whiplash. I decided to go back to my original plan, firmly placing one foot in front of the other (kind of shuffling). At this poing I have made it about tenish feet down the hill. Then, I lose all control. I slide down the remaining tenish feet. I get to the end of the hill and can't stop. This is an even bigger problem because there is a construction zone at the bottom of the hill, marked off my yellow construction tape. As I approach the tape I realize that the only way I am going to stay on my feet is if I lift up the tape and slide under, so that is just what I did. I went under the tape, off the curb, and into the street. Since the street was not as snowy I FINALLY came to a stop. Everyone around me began clapping (I mean I did stay on my feet the whole time, quite impressive). It was humiliating. Those boots are officially retired until the snow is gone.

THE END.