he's a graduate!

kyle is officially a graduate now! he finished his internship on june 15, and he took his national certification test the next day. and with that he was ALL. DONE. he now has a B.S. in clinical lab sciences, and since BYU doesn't hold a graduation ceremony at the end of spring term, we had our own little celebration!

kyle's parents were in town for the weekend, and it was great to get to spend some time with them and with kyle's little brother scott who just got back from his mission to denmark. so, saturday after kyle finished his test we went to BYU and had a little photo session and then kyle's parents treated us to a yummy graduation dinner at our favorite place--pizzeria 712! the favorite pie of the night was a corn and goat cheese combo, so gooooood mmm....

congratulations baby!! i'm so proud of you and all your hard work!

good-bye BYU!

the proud parents!

my handsome graduate!

the next day we headed up to kaysville for a delicious brunch with aunt pat. it's always fun to see her, and she was extra thoughtful by telling me and kyle that she tried to make some food that we would eat. haha, which included a meatless quiche AND she even got the eggs from her next-door neighbor's chickens! not to mention the delicious sour-dough bread, fruit, and potatoes. it was all so so good!

later in the afternoon, after church and some digestion time i made a 3 salad dinner, potato salad, pasta salad, and green salad. along with some herbed foccacia and strawberry lemonade. then we all just lazed around with full bellies and chatted and half-watched soccer until i made some bittersweet chocolate and pear cake for dessert. afterwards we played clue, and i was even able to persuade kyle to play with us!

the next morning kyle's parents treated us to kneader's yummy french toast and then it was time to say our good-byes. but we're looking forward to seeing his parents more often after our move to texas!

brunch with aunt pat!
scott, aunt pat, me, kyle

saying good-bye