Graduation!

It really happened! Mike graduated Dental school on May 30 the day before our 7 year anniversary. Now two months later it is really all kind of a blur.

Mike received the prestigious award of "Best Dad"

Two night before graduation we went to the Senior award dinner at a beautiful hotel. It was fun to get dressed up, it felt like prom but with a way better guy and a much nicer view.

The night after dental school prom we went with our parents and Mikes class on a night cruise of the Ft. Lauderdale waterways.

Of course we also said goodbye to some of our best friends. I am so grateful for the families that made life good while we were so far from home. Katie chose the hymn "Each Life That Touches Ours for Good" on our last relief society meeting and I think that hymn pretty much sums up the friends we said goodbye to. Of course I had to include a picture of the three girls who spent almost every night together at 18 months while the dads where studying. We use to say, "Can you believe they will be 5 years old when we are done?"

So after the parties, graduation and goodbyes we packed up this fine UHAUL and drove 23 hours to Kansas City, MO for Mikes residency in periodontics. I am very, very grateful to our parents who helped us pack, clean, take the girls to Idaho and drive across the country. I can't imagine how miserable it would have been without you!

We spent three wonderful family filled weeks in Idaho and now we are in Missouri. Hmm what can I say about MO...There are a lot of bugs. The girls in the ward have been wonderful. I didn't have a car this first month but I've gotten picked up almost every day to go the park, library or swimming pool. The best, right!? After apartments the last 7 years we have enjoyed all the space in our little rental house. We also love catching fireflies at night (I had never seen one!) Our neighbors on both sides have gigantic gardens and we have gotten the best tomatoes, cucumbers, and corn.

I am glad Mike knew to bring us here even when I wasn't so sure. Things have worked out here so smoothly and now we get to begin our next chapter in life.