Graduation Day!

Today I received my bachelor's degree! It was a GREAT day!

We rode to Flagstaff with my in laws. Each of the girls coped differently with several hours in the car.

Heather read on her Nook and then watched scenery while listening to her mp3

Emily read half of Pride and Prejudice while listening to her mp3

Megan took a nap most of the way north, but she deleted the picture so I took this staged photo. She also listened to her mp3 and stared out the window.

 

Not many students from our program graduate in December.  Here is the gang I graduated with.  I will miss them and everyone else in the program.

 

Emily, me, Megan, Heather

Me with Mom and Dad

 

As we were leaving the Skydome it began to snow. I told Heather it would be fun to have a picture with snow in my hair.  THIS is the photo she took -- of nothing but snow in my hair! I DO have a face, honey!

This is the make up photo.  Please note the snow in my hair!
(Only someone from the desert would even care about snow.)

Emily and Megan were freezing. I had them pose for a photo of being cold and Grandpa photobombed them. This is my very favorite photo from the entire day!

 

Grandma and Grandpa brought us a plate of Christmas cookies! Yum!  Papa wouldn't let us eat them in his new car.  :-(

 

Heather fell asleep in Megan's lap on the  ride home. Megan got quiet so I looked back and saw her asleep on Heather's shoulder. Too funny! 

(Please note they both have their mp3 headphones in, even in sleep!)

 

We returned home to this!

 

And this....

 

YES, I DID!

 

Yeah. There is NO WAY I will ever wear this!

Travel Wishes

Blog Challenge:

What places in the world do you want to visit, and why?

There are so many that I don't think I can pick just one. 

I have ALWAYS wanted to go to London.  It just oozes history!

I don't know if I could ride on one of these buses without thinking of Harry Potter and his wild ride through London.

Big Ben is a must see.

As are the guards at Buckingham Palace. 

You gotta love a group of men in uniform!

I love the sense of history that surrounds England. 

Besides, every girl wants to step foot in a real castle at least once in her life!

 

Likewise, the Scottish Highlands are so beautiful

as are the Scottish castles. 

I love to listen to bagpipers.

* Funny side note: I once attended a fireside where an elderly sister missionary had just returned from Scotland.  She said not all men look good in kilts.  It made me laugh because she had looked when she shouldn't have been looking.

It could be fun to do some checking of my own. Besides, I love listening to that Scottish brogue! 

I was told once that EVERYONE needs to make at least one trip to Paris in their lifetime.

My brother served his mission in Italy and a good friend served in the same mission immediately afterwards.  After writing to missionaries there for 3 1/2 years, I learned to love all things Italian.

If I did visit Italy I would want David to come with me.

I have always loved kangaroos

and koalas

and Outback dusters.  Ha Ha  I am seeing a theme here!

All joking aside, I have always wanted to visit Australia.

Closer to home, I have always wanted to visit Washington, DC.  Although America does not have any centuries old castles, there is tremendous history in the Washington, DC, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area.  I would love to spend a month there, just so I could see it all.

Lincoln is my favorite president so this would be a must see.

The site of MLK's march.....and where Ben and Riley discuss stealing the Declaration of Independence in National Treasure. 

Gettysburg and so many other Civil War sites hold such a powerful historical significance that they would be moving to visit.

I would love to take a Church history tour, starting in Palmyra, New York, then going on to Ohio and Missouri before arriving in

Nauvoo. 

I would love to walk where the early pioneer Saints walked and feel of their spirit and then visit some of the sites along the pioneer trail.

I hope someday to visit at least some of these sites.  I did find a Scottish castle that was for sale.  Perhaps if I start saving now....