Thursday, September 17, 2009

Family Reunion 2009



The family reunion was so fun this year. Whitnee's husband Derrick was out of state and Ashlee and her family could not attend because she was too pregnant, but other than that we had a great turn out. Camping at Island Park was wet but just like I remember. The family hasn't all been together in so many years...at least not at Island Park.


It was great to see everyone. There was a lot of rain, especially on the day we went through Yellowstone. What memories. We had to find a place to eat but ended up pulling off in a picnic area and making sandwiches in the car and distriuting them around. Crazy memories.


We all saw Footloose in West Yellowstone and had a nice lightening storm on the way back to the camp sight. It was neat. I remember Dustin falling asleep for a few minutes because he was too excited about it and stayed up too late with all the cousins. So funny. Great show.


After Island Park we went to Grace and attended the fair and the rodeo was there too. The following Saturday there was a big Millward reunion in Pocatello and a great talent show. Dad and Max and Bella and Cody all did tricks and magic tricks and Dustin adn Whit showed off Mia puppy's tricks. It was fun. Great to get a picture of everyone. I love family reunions. I'm glad Dad was able to come up for everything too.
The best part of the reunion was having over thirty people at Grandma Graces house with one bathroom. It was funny to look around and see where everyone was sleeping. No floor space available after everyone settled. So fun though.




Graduation



Finally I'm posting someting about graduation. It only took five years but I graduted BYU-Idaho on July 23, 2009. It's great to be done...I think. It hasn't set in yet. Now, I'm just busy being pregnant and wanting to have my baby here already. I have no idea what I'll do wen we're back in Idaho come January. Just run ahousehold to start with I guess. It'll be different not having homework.
It was so fun to see everyone for graduation. Mom and Dustin came and Whitnee surprised us too. Grandma Grace, Grandma and Grandpa and the Lloyds came and TJ's dad Ted flew in. We had a great dinner. Mom was awesome at putting it all together. We had so much food left over that TJ and I ate it all for another week after. It was a long week having to move out of our first apartment, have family come for graduation, fix up a big dinner, clean the whole house, and woe is me...pregnant it was a lot harder keep on my feet. Tj was great at getting everyting done. He had a ton of finals all that last week too. Mine were pretty easy. I'm so proud of all that he got done that week. He was so patient with me too.
After everything....graduation was great and the speakers and all the family visiting...but it also felt like a means to an end. We'll see how everything feels when back at Rexburg though. All in all I'm grateful for my time in school and for all my families support. I couldn't have made it through the last few semesters without TJ's patience and help. I love family. Couldn't have made it through school without everyones support.