Dear Jimmer,

will you wait for me to grow up so i can marry you someday?



i promise my legs will thin out a little by then.
i also promise to have grown some teeth.
and hair.
and to wear pants.

xoxo

another chapter CLOSED.

i've been m.i.a.

why, you ask?

because we've been partying hard and celebrating good times. because M is officially a college graduate.



(insert WOO-HOO, hallelujah chorus, and pomp and circumstance here)

i'm so proud of him.
he looked so smart in his cap & gown & robes.


it was such a wonderfully long weekend (starting Wednesday) with family and friends..
(thank you to all our family and friends who celebrated with us and made M feel so loved. it was so nice to spend time with all of you!)


a special shout-out to M's brother, Mark. he flew out from Boston to celebrate with M. thanks for making the trip, Mark! it was so fun to see you.


anyway, throughout the weekend,


we ate good food.


we laughed until we cried.



we hugged.



we kissed.


we smiled.



and we ate more good food.

Ellie was so proud of her daddy, too.
she gave him lots of hugs.


and kisses.


she was very enthralled by his tassel.


and then needed a break to eat a flower or two...


and of course, bang on the most dangerous thing in sight...an electric box that said "DANGEROUS, HIGH VOLTAGE."


and while it was all so fun, i can't help feeling a little bit...sad.

i know, i know, you're probably like, "holy cow! how could you be sad to be done with college debt and penny-pinching?"

well, i guess i'm just already tired of growing up. i'm tired of saying good-bye. i'm sad to think of leaving this little place that has been so good to M and me...it is where it all began! so many memories. maybe i'm having a little bit of an identity crisis?? do i define myself as a BYU student or a BYU student's wife? and now i'm not a BYU student or a BYU student's wife...but rather a BYU fan...and an accountant's wife instead (how did this happen??)? eek. maybe i'm not ready to be this new identity. maybe i'm not ready for it really to all be over yet.

i know,
it's not over yet.
in fact, it won't officially be over till M starts his career in september.
and that's not for 5 months.
SO.
even though i have 5 weeks left of school...
let the party begin.

fallness.

fall is always good for randomness and fun.
like this:


other randomness and fun fall things we did this weekend include:

we had some much needed time with wonderful friends:


Ellie got her flirt on with baby Wyatt (which mostly entailed of him sleeping through her massive drooling...very attractive):

we cheered on the cougars...

to win by less than a butt-crack:


as usual, we oogled and ahhh'd over our adorable cute baby Ellie:




my sisters, mom, aunt, cousin and me all got our witch on at Gardner Village:

where we looked fabulous,



where we danced like mad women:


where mom crashed into a tree:

and where we exhausted ourselves to the ultimate degree.


oh fall weekend, won't you come back again to play??

p.s. stay tuned for the reveal of our first ever chapman halloween costume ensemble! you won't wanna miss it.

weekend, shmeekend.

i'm a little sad writing this post...thinking of yet another weekend that has come and gone so quickly. i loved this weekend. it included some of my most favorite things:

a visit from my mom...aka "gammy"....which means a little time with family... and a little bit of this:


and of course this:

shopping with my mom...which means shopping for Ellie...which means Ellie got spoiled rotten yet again. (isn't this beanie to die for!?)...


lots of yummy Ellie smiles!...

Ellie hangin out in the bjorn to cheer on our cougars for yet another fabulous win...which means a very sweaty mommy...

and a very happy daddy!...

and a very worn out Ellie....who decided to hide from the crazy roaring fans underneath this little hat...


some freshly baked banana bread...with just enough powdered sugar to make it a delightful treat...


some good times and good laughs with friends at silly videos like this one (thanks Meg & Dave...this is still stuck in my head as i go to sleep tonight)
{p.s. beware, it WILL get stuck in your head too}

a newly-put-together toy (again, thanks Meg and Dave! it's a hit!)...

a very happy, curious Ellie...working very hard to figure out the mechanics of the toys...

a change of seasons to my favorite: FALL


lots of snuggling...and being adorned in baby gear...

and lots of yummy fresh baths to end our days!

good-bye weekend. come back soon!

xoxo

we are brave.

took Ellie to cheer the cougars on against the bruins...
our day looked something like this:

{Ellie all decked out in her cougar gear, getting pumped for the game by watching Baby Mozart}

{Me 'n E- notice Ellie sporting the new hat we bought her... it's obviously WAY too big}

{HUGE cougar fans}

{taking a silly break from the heat and the noise}

{check out her cute vans!}

{Passed-out-Ellie from cheering so hard}

summary: it was a huge SUCCESS. being brave paid off.

xoxo