Jon's Official Graduation!! Yeah!

Jon got to walk for graduating in December. It was fun and exciting for him and to see him. When I graduated, I didn't go to the Marriot Center ceremony where you walk on the ramp--I kind of wish I had, but that's okay. Myself and Mom and Dad Hansen came to the big ceremony at the Marriot, while Mom and Dad Robertson babysat for us--I think they had the harder job, though I really hate being in the Marriot center and it was almost impossible to find seats (and we were 45 minutes early)! I am VERY glad I did not have the kids there--I get vertigo on those stairs and really feel like I am going to fall over. It was REALLY neat to hear Elder Bednar speak since that is who was the president of Ricks College while Jon and I were there.

It brought back a lot of memories of attending devotional hearing him. We love him! I remember at my Home Ec Woman of the Year ceremony, Jon came and we talked to President Bednar after--he told Jon to focus on his mission, not to have a girlfriend--I was a little annoyed about that, but we did "break-up" and weren't official boy-girl friend. We were just best friends. And then Jon played in the orchestra at my Ricks College Graduation. That was pretty neat. I have pictures of us together after--he in his tuxedo and me in my graduation gown. I will have to put those pictures with these ones--that would be fun to see how we have changed!

Well, back to Jon's graduation. Mom and Dad Hansen brought binoculars and we did finally spot Jon in the huge crowd! They took us out for dinner afterward--we went and got the kids first--and we decided to go out of the Provo area because we knew all of the resturants would be packed. Well, after driving around Springville, Sapnish Fork and surrounding areas, we decided upon a little place in Spanish Fork, which turned out to be pretty interesting--making you wonder if you were going to have food poisoning later, but we were all too hungry to find a different place. The food wasn't too bad actually, well, not bad tasting, I am sure it had more grease and salt than anything I have eaten in a long time. It reminded me of My Cousin Vinny when they go to eat breakfast (it's cooked in a huge amount of lard). It was quite the experience! Mom Hansen is still embarrassed, but it was fun.

Well, the following day both parents and the kids and several siblings came to Jon's College of Family Life Graduation ceremony--it was still pretty big and it was also in the Marriot center, only you didn't have to fight so much for seats. Mariah was hilarious. Dad Robertson and I were sitting by her and she was so onry from being up late the night before and getting up at 6:30 that morning. She would just scowl at you no matter what you said to her. We just kept laughing. There were two girls sitting in front of us that kept laughing too--one tried to help Mariah with her coat once and Mariah gave her the meanest scowl, grabbed her coat, and said, "don't do that!!" We all started laughing while I apologized for my too tired to handle it, onry, funny, girl! Then Jonathan was out in the hall with Mom Robertson and they had free chocolate milk and cinnamon rolls. I was out with them for a little while and got some free food. Jonathan grabbed the chocolate milk--you guessed it--before I knew it there was chocolate milk spread across the "H"section of the Marriot Center hallway. Fortuately there weren't many people out there yet, so we were able to get it cleaned up.

We had a good time overall and it was a great opportunity for the kids to see their Dad graduate and the importance of graduation--education. We went to a reception held afterward where we got to visit with professors and have more BYU Creamery chocolate milk--how can you EVER pass that yummy stuff up! Nobody else makes chocolate milk like theirs!





I love these family pictures! Mariah got to where she couldn't hold still at all--she was just jumping and running around! She is in the air on the second picture!