Summertime!

Aahh...summer. After a grueling 2nd year of graduate school, the last day of final's week is definately the best day of the year.

Summer officially began this year when I woke up at 4 am and came upon Tanner, sound asleep, sitting on the couch with the t.v. on and a piece of floss stuck between his teeth. I laughed for quite awhile.

Thegraduate school here is awesome! They always throw the best end of year bash for everyone. This year Tanner played in their golf tournament. It was fun to trek Liam along and mingle with the professors. The dean even drove around on a golf cart giving out munchies and cold drinks. Tanner was in total-fun-mode.

That night Wal-Mart threw all the students an end of the year barbeque/fun night. They really went all out.. there was live music, a clown, crafts for the kids, a bouncy balloon castle, and....

face painting!!! Liam decided he'd do his own face painting with some cake icing, even though they had a real face painter there.

We really had a great time and felt very grateful for the much deserved "thank-you" from the school for another year of hard work done.

Carrie's Trippin'

Liam and I were trippin' big-time as we drove 13 hours alone to Women's Conference, a graduation and Tanner's family.
Women's Conference is just what you'd think; a bajillion loud, crazy, and lost women frantically rushing to a bunch of classes on a huge BYU campus. I was excited to go and see all my family who came to listen to my Aunt Betty who was asked to speak. One thing she said about service that I liked was, "Even the smallest act is greater than the best intention."

After 900 miles, two fevers, being away from my honey, and a blizzard I had the opportunity to drive through myself (there were snow plows involved!) the trip seemed worth it to see Kat's face as I suprised her by showing up to Sam's graduation.

While I was gone Tanner decided to catch up on some "studying" (click on the picture for a bigger shot). Actually, this is picture of a trip we took in Grace not too long ago. This summer we have 2 trips planned to Californina. If they turn out like this past one, tough times ahead!