on my way home...

Finals.
Finals.
Finals.
Grading.
Finals.
Emails.
Balancing act.
Finals.
Shattered plans.
Fixed plans.

And when all this was done, we had a barbeque.

This is the 'we'.  This is always the 'we'.

Hosted at the OAKLEY house by Bree's family who came for her graduation.
After basically not eating for about a week because of finals stress...this was the best food ever.  It was probably really good to begin with, but there is no competition here.

Tanner

Bree has a brother named Tanner.  He is 7.  He has an iPhone and he sat and told us jokes for like an hour.  Then Lacey, Matthew, Tanner and I had a "Go Fish" tournament. We played 2 games.  Boys vs. Girls and then Tanner and I vs. Lacey and Matthew.  None of the old people were quite sure why we were playing on teams, but we did.  It almost goes without saying- I am the Go Fish champ. ;)








We stared at stars, we watched a movie....we relaxed for the first time in a very long time.

Ben (officially met him that day- my new neighbor), Matt, Aria, Martin,
Seth, Kylie, Cami, Christy, Lex, Aaron, Lacey, Bree

I woke up, packed for my flight, printed my boarding pass, hauled everything with me and booked it to the Commencement Ceremony.  Sister Elaine Dalton was the speaker.

Bree graduated

Whitney graduated

It was lovely.
It was sad.
It was exciting.
Outside it was sweltering.
It was long.
It smelled really good.
It was crowded.

Immediately after the picture with Whit was taken, Cami took me to the airport where I embarked on my journey home.

to these guys