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love.

may 9, 2009

On May 9, 2009 Byron and I celebrated our 6 year anniversary.

On May 9, 2009, Byron received his Masters of Science in Speech Pathology.

Over the past 2 years Byron completed over 60 hours of course work and 500 plus hours of clinical experience at schools and hospitals. He also completed Stats 221 through BYU's Independent Study program and worked on (and continues to collaborate with) a seasoned Speech Pathologist at UNC Hospital on a video to help Head and Neck Cancer Patients.

He not only excelled in his program, but shined.

While a student, Byron received the Dr. Sylvia Campbell Speech and Hearing Sciences Scholarship. He gave this program and this experience his all and it paid off.

We are so proud of him and lucky to call him our husband and "Daddy".

We were also so happy that so many of Byron's made the effort to come be with us. Byron's Mom and Dad, Grandmother "Maw Maw", newly returned missionary, Logan, and new BYU sophomore, Codi.Dr. Melody Harrison was one professor in particular that really supported and believed in Byron. If she has it her way, we'll be back in a few years to get our PhD. Why would you wish such a thing upon us Dr. Harrison? :)

We discovered very quickly once we moved to Chapel Hill, how wonderful Byron's classmates were. They were good friends and supports to Byron and our family. It'll be fun for us to stay in touch and see the wonderful things everyone does throughout their lives.

All, in all, it was a great, great, wonderful ,wonderful day. It was the culmination of a lot of planning, praying and effort and we're just so proud of Byron!

sleeping beauty

sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet

movin'

last night, when i went to make dinner, i left Kylene playing on her mat, here.when i came to check on her a few minutes later, i found she had traveled here.


do you see what i mean?

she's been rolling all over the place and reeeeaching and woooorking to move herself forward. connor wasn't really moving all around until 8 mths and here we are at 5.5 mths. heaven help us all. :)

KDoll

One of my Monsters was featured on Tutus and Turtles today. Thanks to my friend, Julie, for passing the word along!

cousins

Connor and Kylene got to meet their first cousin, Zach, this past weekend when we drove up to Buena Vista, VA to celebrate our brother-in-law, Jon's, graduation and Zach's baby blessing. My parents drove over from Indiana and we all laughed a lot and ate a lot. Ahhh, I love both of those activities.

Connor was beside himself with excitement. This was our first time staying in a hotel as a family and Connor was THRILLED. Byron and I didn't know how things would go, but both our kids did great. Now, if only Byron and I could have slept well, then we would have been in business. :)

Connor particularly enjoyed his Uncle Jon and Grandpa. Our first morning I woke up to Connor next to our bed saying, "Mommy! I really like Uncle Jon!" and when my Dad entered the room, Connor enthusiastically clapped. :)
I was so thrilled to meet my nephew Zach. He just seems so sweet and we're so thrilled to have another little guy (or off-the-charts big guy in Zach's case) in our family.
Below, Zach is pictured with my Mom and Dad (Connor and Kylene couldn't be coaxed into another picture). Has anyone noticed the kids' matching outfits? Darling, darling, darling. Thanks Nana and Grandpa.

We all missed Ben and noticed him missing the whole weekend, but I guess we'll let him kick butt at BYU. Don't worry Unc Ben, we'll catch you at the beach. :)

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