A Visit to Salt Lake

The past couple of months have been extraordinarily busy, and among all the appointments and trips, we’ve been filling our sparse downtime with discussion about our future and specifically where we will live: from the months after graduation, the next several years, and, of course, the rest of our lives.  It always looked like we’d shift from super-busy to normal-busy when we got back from Salt Lake City, but now that we’re back I still don’t see any calm water on the horizon.  Gratefully, the ride is fun.  Yesterday and as I drove over Lake Washington and through the rural areas East of the lake, I started to realize how much I am going to miss Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.  But since we haven’t made any decisions yet, I can focus on enjoying where we are now.

Here are a few photographs from our trip in Utah.  We had a great time.

My mom and Susanna looking at the clouds at a park near her home:

Susanna and her cousin playing in their Brazilian hammock:

Andrew crawling across a bridge in a Kayesville wetland:

Susanna and Andrew playing with bowls and a hose in my parents’ backyard:

Susanna and Scott’s dad:

Purple Robes

I love graduation ceremonies.  Especially when someone so dear to me is graduating.  Seriously, I started crying when he tried on his regalia, I am so proud of this guy!  Susanna and I went to commencement.  I love graduation ceremonies (did I say that already?), it is incredible to be a part of the moment when people have accomplished something, and to see all the supporters cheering them on (who no doubt have been cheering them on for a while yet).  Susanna, I think, enjoyed being a part of the celebration, and I know she enjoyed watching me spell her name spelled in Wikki Stix (we stuck the letters on the seat back to our bench and woops! left them there).  All in all, it was a great (if very hot) event, and could only have been made better by actually seeing Scott.  Congratulations honey!  Thanks for all the hard work.