Candidate for Graduation

Brad went through the graduation ceremonies for BYU in August. He officially graduates in December hence the candidate for graduation. BYU only has graduation ceremonies in April and August and when a poll was taken among his classmates, most decided that they would graduate in August before they officially done with classes instead of coming back to graduate in April. Sorry, that was kind of a lengthy explanation for the meaning behind the title. His mom, two sisters, and older brother plus family were nice enough to come down for the occasion. Here are some more captivating memories of the wonderful day--sure do wish he was really graduated though! :)

Me and the Grad
So apparently none of the other pictures will upload through blogger so here they are via another slideshow. Sorry for the repetition of the slideshow format--apparently it's the only thing that works for me!

Stay tuned for more updates on our fun-filled August! I know you are excited--I'll have more postings in the month of September than the rest of the months on my blog combined. I'm amazing!

Camping in Utah's Outback

Hopefully this is one of many post since August was crazy for us. Starting the month off, Brad and Adam took a little hiking trip into the wild to camp for a few days. They headed up into the Unitas not to be heard from for a few days. Many people asked me where they went. Being the caring wife that I am, I said somewhere in the Unitas, who knows. If there was a problem with them not returning on time I knew Brad had some maps of the area of where they were at on their computer so there wasn't a huge worry. Anyway, their planning for this hike started way back in January. Needless to say they were very excited for this trip. The purchasing of many hiking items began as well as talking about where they were going to go, downloading of ariel maps, and then came the test run to make sure they could hike with all the weight of their packs. Well the highlight of their trip to me anyway was that they made it home in one piece and lived to tell about and take pictures. SO here a few of the shots they took while enjoying the great outdoors!