Graduation and A Niece

On Friday,

Colton graduated from BYU-Provo.

He's been ready to graduate 

basically since the minute he started.

Congrats babe! You did it!

I'm so proud.

Sexy Grad

                    

And then!

At around 2:00 a.m. last night,

my sister-in-law, Kristy,

birthed the prettiest, sweetest little babe:

Welcome to the family,

Sydney Ashley Clarke!

Look at that blonde faux-hawk.

That brings the count up to 2 nieces, 1.5 nephews.

We love those little people. 

It was a pretty eventful weekend, to say the least.

*Graduation Tip: Take your gown out of it's packaging to allow it some de-wrinkling time. Please note-this process requires more than the hour prior to the ceremony.

Happy Easter!

I hope you enjoyed your Easter ham as much as our 2 year old nephew did.

 

Covers

I love a good cover.

Here's few of my all-time favorites.

The piano makes everything sound so classy.

Enjoy!

Self-Portrait of the Artist, circa 1991

I knew Colton was special almost the moment I met him.

But he has long since been aware of this.

My Spring Break was this week,

so we took a trip to Denver to visit Colt's family for a few days.

We had a blast! 

His sweet sister Lindsey was also flying home this week from Michigan, so we decided to surprise her.
A few weeks ago, we bought tickets for a flight that landed an hour and a half before hers, so we could sneak up on her as she walked out of the gate.
Worked like a charm. 
We may have scared her a little, 
but I'm pretty sure the tears were happy ones.

 We also went to the zoo with our cute little niecey,

dyed Easter eggs, ate doughnuts for breakfast,

went for a sweet motorcycle ride,

looked at Colt's *childhood pictures,

and visited some neat exhibits at the 
Denver Museum of Nature and Science...

but this is the only picture we have to show for it.

I love my little artiste.

*I hope our littles look exactly like Colton did as a child. Believe it or not, he was even more adorable than he portrayed himself in that glorious self-portrait.

Why April Is Grand

Colton graduates from college forever.

Spring Break is next week.

The weather is finally starting to warm up.

The countdown to summer is officially on.

We are taking a mini-vacation to Denver.

New niece scheduled to arrive this month...

So family will be here for extended visits.

All but two of my IEP meetings are doneskies.

"April is a promise
that May is bound to keep."

What Is More Precious Than Gold, But Cannot Be Bought, Earned, Or Saved?

Time. The answer is time. 

I only know because I googled,

so now you don't have to.

Yesterday marked a year since this happened:

I can't believe it's been a whole year.

I love you, schaatje.

Also, I need to thank the talented, 

although somewhat homeless-looking,

 Kurt Vile.

His sweet jams have a way of keeping 

my wandering mind on task and working for hours.

My stacks of paperwork and I thank you, Kurt.

Without you, I think my hair would fall out.

My Hero

We took this picture as a joke,
but it's a pretty accurate depiction of how I feel about this gentleman.

Especially after he spent well-over an hour

massaging the nausea-inducing aches out of my head last night.

This guy deserves a medal.

Preferably an edible chocolate one filled with peanut butter.

He probably wouldn't eat it, but I would.

And he'd let me.

That's love, everyone.