Graduation!!

Three graduates at one university at one time! How cool is that! Grandma Reid and I took the trip to Rexburg to BYU-Idaho to watch Chelsea receive her associates in Nursing and April her Bachelors of General Studies with a math emphasis and James to receive his Bachelors of Business. It was wonderful and the weather was great until the day we had to leave! All are planning to continue their education, but are excited for this milestone. President Uchtdorf was the guest speaker for graduation and the dinner we attended beforehand.

FW: Richie FHE

FW: Richie singing Popcorn Popping

Richie singing popcorn popping

Thanksgiving and Graduation

Well, I just completed my last nursing class! I still have to take a few tests for nursing, but other than that I am done. I feel like I have a million things to do by next Wednesday but I just keep thinking that soon all of it will be over.
Zac and I had a great thanksgiving, we went to his parents house for a few days. Zac went to a Basketball game with his Dad and brother and we all got to go to The Forgotten Carols the night before thanksgiving. I really enjoyed it. We then went to Salt Lake for thanksgiving and the few days after. It was fun to be with his family, but it will take a little getting used to. It was hard being my first thanksgiving away from the family. So Zac's sister's are obsessed with Twilight, and that is an understatement. So I decided to read it over break, and we all went to the movie. Zac hated it, but I enjoyed the entertainment value of it. I liked the book(not necessarily my favorite), but the movie just didn't do it justice.
We have both been busy the last week as Zac has been working at his old job, where he gets frustrated with his boss everyday, and working at H&R Block two nights a week. So we don't see each other a lot. He has been hired to be a manager for H&R Block for January to April and we are very excited. He is a little nervous about managing many people who are quite older than him, but it is a huge blessing for us. Pretty nice to make salary with benefits and work as a manager all for your internship. My husband is wonderful!
We are so excited for Christmas and I have been counting down the days till we go home. We are excited to play with nephews and run around. Zac says his goal is to get a tan for Christmas so we will see what happens. :)
I think that taking pictures will be a great idea. And jeans is always good, we could do two colors, everyone where red or brown. Or something, we could try the every family thing, but I think every family could only wear one color and that will just be confusing, I think for the most part we choudl all be uniform. Maybe not red this time since we did it last time. But I love red so I wouldn't mind. Black or White shirts is always good.
Well, we love you all, Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas.

I can't believe its December already! Thanksgiving was great with my family, but I missed all my girls! Gratefully Dad and Alex stepped in to go Black Friday shopping with me - thankfully we got what we needed without resorting to violence.

I can't wait until we are all together for Christmas! It is going to be so fun and a tad bit crowded, but luckily its warm enough to get out of the house, so don't forget your tennis shoes! (Chelsea) Also I'm thinking we should have some pictures taken by my photographer friend - so should we have a theme? Jeans & ??? or each family choose their own? Open for options! I figure it will be almost 3 years before we have this opportunity to again. I LOVE MY FAMILY! You are all so amazing!

Grandma and I are headed to Rexburg next week for 3 College graduations! That's right April, James and Chelsea are all receiving Diplomas. Dad was planning on going, but it looks like he's getting bogged down at work!

Tis the season to be jolly - Merry Christmas!