Two Years

On May 9th, Justin and I celebrated our second anniversary. I can't believe two years have already passed. This year our anniversary was on a Monday so we celebrated mostly on the Saturday before. We didn't do anything too extravagant, but we did go to Roy's for dinner on Saturday. Roy's is an amazing Hawaiian restaurant that is at the hotel we stayed at after we got married. We went there the day after our wedding before we left on our honeymoon, so we thought we would go back this year to reminisce. It was just as delicious as we remembered. After Roy's, we walked outside the hotel for a little while. It is such a pretty hotel with little streams, pretty bridges and walkways, and a live band. It was fun to just relax and enjoy being together.

On Monday, our actual anniversary, we decided we needed to celebrate again. Golfing is something Justin and I love to do together. We went to a driving range and hit some golf balls for a little while. Nothing too romantic, but very us. We had a very fun anniversary weekend.

"I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend..."

Graduation

Ok so I'm a little late on this update, as well as those to follow, but I figure it's never too late to post about GRADUATION! Justin graduated back in December, but UVU doesn't have a ceremony in December so he never got to walk. When he started his job, they told everyone they would not be able to take time off for a year, so don't even ask. Later we found out that you could take time off if it wasn't around a holiday, but only after all your training and boot camp was over. Justin was really bummed that he wouldn't be able to walk at graduation. As time went on, all of Justin's coworkers got sick. It may seem like I'm exaggerating, but I literally mean every...single...one, except for Justin and one other guy. I don't know how he didn't catch whatever was going around. I even had it, but somehow it missed him. Lucky guy! Justin started thinking about the fact that he was one of two people that had perfect attendance. He decided there was no harm in asking for the day off and he would regret it if he didn't just ask. After a long, long wait, his manager told him that graduation is a once in a lifetime thing and he needed to go. We were so excited! The day Justin walked was also my mom's birthday, so it was fun to be able to celebrate with her as well. It was a quick trip and we wish we could've stayed longer, but it was so much fun to go be with family and friends. It was especially fun to see our niece, Avery, because she has grown and changed a lot since we last saw her. She has such a personality now. I was a little selfish and wouldn't let anyone else hold her the entire weekend. I love sweet little babies that just love to be held.

Justin walking into the ceremony and first seeing us in the crowd. His face makes me smile every time I look at this picture. You can see how happy he was to be there.

The Korean band that performed at the ceremony. I was bored out of my mind, but Justin said he really liked it... I guess that's all that counts.

This guy took my boredom right away. I could not stop laughing at his crooked hat. My mom, Sam, and I were seriously shaking we were laughing so hard.

Justin and his friend Daniel

The happy graduate

Justin and me

We were so happy Jodi could be there to support Justin.

Justin and Dallin

Justin and Sam

Oh how we miss the Van Blerkoms...

It was freezing outside so we were hurrying to take pictures and didn't even notice my mom's eyes were closed in this one. It is the only one of us with my parents at the graduation.

Oh well...