Zacks Graduation!

Zack Graduated with his Bachelors or Science in Secondary History education on April 29, 2011 at 1:00pm. We started the day by giving him little presents.

My mom gave him a UVU tie that he's been wanting and he wore it under his gown. The kids and I gave him UVU shorts, since he also has Snow college shorts, I figured he could add these to his collection.

After the Graduation stuff was all over, I had put together a little surprise party for him. He thought that just his family would be there to surprise him, but I got as many friends and neighbors as I could. I was surprised and told me he had a great night. I was so stressed about it! So glad it all fell into place!

This was taken right after he walked off the stage. We were both trying to be quick about it and neither of us noticed that the folder was upside down...opps! Richard was trying to take a picture next to my and accidently pushed the button to turn the camera off :) I kind of had to giggle. He walked around to where Zack was sitting and took another one!

Right along those same lines, I left the video camera with my mom to video tap. I quickly told her how to do it then ran off to take picture of Zack. When I came back, it turns out she had pushed the wrong button and missed the whole thing. I thought it was funny but she felt so terribly bad. Its not a problem at all though. Even Zack said all he needed were the pictures. Still, She was on the verge of tears. Darn technology! :)

This is Zack and his buddy T. J. Ballard. They were both history Majors and helped each other quite a bit through the two years they were together. They still talk and Zack says he thinks they will be the kind of friends that keep in touch and help each other out with teaching. I'm so glad he has a friend like this to help him out and relate to.

Nana Chele came to visit us a few days before Zack graduated. She came for his graduation, two weddings, and to take Tami home. She was a great help to me and the kiddos just love her to death! I hope I can be half the mom she is.

We found this graduation headband at the dollar store...you cant pass up something this cute for just a dollar. It was a surprise for Zack and he thought it was awesome!

Taken before Zack left for graduation.

Zack with his parents after he graduated

Zack with Nana chele after he graduated. Thats sums up all of us that were there. We went to eat at cafe rio afterwards. Richard had to go home to work, Anita took Zack shopping, while I took my mom and kids home to get ready for the surprise party! It was a long fun day! And the kids were awesome!

Easter

So we're been pretty busy this last little bit with holidays, graduation, weddings, and so on that I havent been able to blog so much. I'll try and update as best I can. Wont have as many fun stories...but I'll make up for that later I guess! First on the list, Easter.

And what is Eater without coloring eggs? It started out fun enough, but in the end (as is expected) we had a lovely mess of color. Justin and Caitlin came over to do them with us. I get eggs for free through WIC but dont seem to go through them very fast, so this was a next excuse to us them!

Shay got this lovely little dress and LOVES wearing it. She was so excited about her Easter Basket too. She was actually with me when I went to store to get everything, which she reminded me later. We gave Zack his basket first, and kept saying, "Shaylie pink basket go? Suckers go?" She's a smart one, so I guess I'll have to go alone next time!

She also got new sandals to wear with this and for Lincoln and audree's wedding, but I didn't put them on until we were done taking pictures...of course.

Kade screamed every time we tried to sit him next to shay for a picture so we resulted in Zack holding him out next to shay. Which she was fine with because it meant she could show off her dress and hold her basket at the same time.

Looking at this picture I think he was actually trying to sleep and kept waking him up...no wonder he screamed at us! We went to Wales to watch Grandpa Port get set apart. See that lovely white shirt he's wearing? Want to guess what he did to that lovely white shirt during sacrament? yeah...right up the back! Luckily he was wearing a sweater vest to cover it up! Boys are just so gross! The day before we went up to Logan to be with Audree and jessi when they took out their endowments...he did it at the lunch afterward too! Only when we're away from the house!

Not the most flattering picture ever taken, but this is us in our Easter attire!

Keeping track!

So I've decided I'm going to try and take pictures of Shaylie every time she lines things up in her perfect little way! It'll be so much more fun to tease her when she's older if I actually have proof! Here's my quirky little girl:

Pieces of a puzzle book. The line might not be straight, but you get the idea!

The plates to her tea cup sets. I think the crown adds a little something extra too!

Nana got her this princess puzzle which she loves! It can connect in all sorts of ways, but straight in a line is the only way she does it!
Nana also got her a puzzle where you can dress a bear. She lined up the shirts (body), the heads, and the shoes into their own lines...what a smarty pants!
These are all our non-working electronics. First she stacked them on top of each other and when that didn't work, she lined them all up so neatly! I'll be keeping the camera handy to see if I can get any more of them!