2009 BYU Law School Graduation-Good Job Parker!!!

MY HUSBAND IS DONE WITH SCHOOL! At the age of 29 he has been in school forever, but has accomplished so much. He now has his Bachelors, Masters, CPA, and Law Degree! I am so proud of my honey and graduation weekend was everything I was hoping for. The weather was perfect, the ceremonies were wonderful, and all our family was there to support and congratulate us. THANKS EVERYONE FOR COMING!

There were two ceremonies, the first one on Thursday was the general commencement for all BYU grads (6100 of them!) and that was at the Marriot Center. President Uchtdorf and Elder Nelson both spoke and it was absolutely wonderful. Only my parents, Parker, and I went to that ceremony (thanks Linds and Jason for babysitting) but I wish everyone could've been there!

The second one on Friday was the J. Reuben Clark Law School graduation at the Provo Tabernacle which was perfect. Almost all our family was there with the exception of Shane (who's in Florida selling all summer), Christine (school, but she came for dinner) and David (work, but came for dinner). I just LOVE having family all together so it was heaven for me! My grandparents even drove down from Oregon! How lucky are we!?

After the Friday commencement we went to Ruby River for a celebration dinner! It was so fun and THANKS BART for treating everyone! I could tell how proud everyone was of Parker, but especially his parents =) AND ME OF COURSE. I already posted on our graduation gifts but I gave Parker a night getaway at a Bed and Breakfast (which we did last night, wonderful) and he gave me a pregnancy package at a spa (pedi, mani, massage, facial, and lunch!). I can't wait to go! The boys were good and were so proud of daddy, Jackson kept yelling "good job daddy, you're all done with school now you can play me ALL the time!"

The rest of the weekend we spent in a hotel with my family and had lots of fun but I'll save that for another post because, let's face it, this is going to be long. =) Sorry to bore you all but we have been looking forward to this day for a LONG TIME and want to remember it well!

Gotta get a picture in front of the sign...Us in front of the law school, which we will NOT miss...
Parker's proud parents...My sisters and me... My cute parents...

The Barraclough fam...Jack was waving up to daddy during most of the ceremony...This is how Joshy spent most of the commencment...Ya right mom, we'll both smile and get a cute picture... Proud me... The boys loved daddy in his "silly hat"... The Morrill fam...

My adorable grandparents...

The boys did not want to cooperate for pictures... Kinda blurry but here he is getting hooded...

How cute is my honey...Yes, Elder Oaks was there and Parker got to shake his hand!

So don't mind the random order of the pictures, I'm having some trouble with my computer these days so it's the best I could do. Regardless, Parker I am so proud of you and how hard you have worked so you can now support your family. I can't believe the late night hours that you spent studying so hard and I think it has all paid off and you will love your new job in Washington DC. I LOVE YOU BABE, AND CONGRATS!

New Additions to the Family...

No people, the baby is not here yet but we do have three new additions to our family! Graduation weekend was SO super fun and I will post pics tomorrow when my grandpa emails me his pics (my stupid camera decided not to work during the ceremony so I don't have any of my own). But we were super spoiled by our moms and dads who got Parker great gifts. THANKS MOMS AND DADS! =)

Graduation present from Mom and Dad Morrill...
Graduation present from Mom and Dad Barraclough...

We now have a fancy new bbq and a nice big flat screen tv! I knew about the presents but Parker was SO surprised and so grateful! We can't wait to have people over for a bbq and we can't wait to watch 24 on our new 47 inch tv! And yes, in case you were wondering, we do have it on top of a pellet stove-haha-remember we are living in an OLD house! THANK YOU AGAIN MOMS AND DADS! We will thoroughly enjoy these!

So what's the third addition to our family? A MINI VAN! Yes, I am now the proud (haha) owner of a 2009 Volkswagon Routan! We have known we'd have to get a new car because we can't fit three car seats in our Corolla but we really didn't think we'd do it this weekend! We went car shopping Saturday with my parents and really really like the Routan. We went back Monday and, long story short, decided to buy it! They gave us a GREAT deal on our two cars for the trade in which was hard to pass up. We also got 0% APR for 72 months! How can you pass up a deal like that? They were also able to defer our payments until October, when we will finally be making money. I am very excited about it, it's the best looking mini van we found but I am sad to give up our Corolla and Mitsubishi! I have so many memories in those cars! But we are enjoying our Routan and the boys love it too.

Here we are at the dealership between our old car and our new car...

Update...

Boring title, I know, but at least I'm here. I was horribly sick yesterday with the stomach flu but woke up feeling quite a bit better. I am still very weak and exhausted but the horrible pains in my stomach are gone and so is my fever. Lucky for me my mother in law took the boys to her house last night for a couple hours and has them again this morning, THANK YOU MOM! I've gotta get rested up so I can feel better by Thursday because....PARKER GRADUATES! YES PEOPLE, TWO DAYS AND HE IS DONE DONE DONE WITH SCHOOL FOREVER! No, I'm not excited at all. =) In fact I am proof reading his paper now and then all he has is one more final which he will take tomorrow and then he's done! The boys pray every night, "please bless daddy to wear his silly hat and graduate so daddy can play with me allllll the time." Hahaha. SO my next post will be of graduation! =)

This weekend was fun because I was able to have my little sis in law Tegan and my niece Abbi over for a sleepover! Bart and Michelle went for a night getaway since tax season is finally over so I offered to watch Tegan for them (it's the least I can do for the 100 times she's watched MY boys!). Abbi and Tegan play great together and seemed to have fun. Friday we didn't do much but Saturday was a beautiful day so the kids played outside all morning. After that we went to Vernal to the rec center to go swimming which was way fun until some stupid kid pooped in the pool and we all had to get out for two hours! SO annoying! So we went to the park and they had so much fun playing for a couple hours. My boys love playing with Abbi and Tegan and it was fun watching them all interact. =)

They loved drawing with sidewalk chalk all up and d0wn our walkway...

Ok so I kinda slacked on taking pictures but at least I got a few. Thanks for a fun weekend girlies! I love you both!

Comment of the Day...

Today I was changing Jackson's diaper and he asks me, "is it green or brown?" Gross, I know, but they're boys and love talking about things like that. I said, "it's brown Jack." Jackson says, "BROWN LIKE JOSHY'S EYES!" Hahaha.

Fun with Morrills...

Last night was just a nice evening with my in laws. I can't believe how much the boys love Auntie Tegan and Grandma and Grandpa Morrill (yes, Grandpa, he is DONE with tax season!) Well, I can believe it cuz I love them too but it just makes me so happy to watch them play together, it makes me so sad to move away to DC!!! Anyways, we didn't do anything special just went to watch Tegan at Karate, grabbed some dinner at a cute little fountain shop from the 1930's, and then hung out at Morrill's house till bedtime. It's so nice that when Parker is gone I have somewhere to go so I'm not lonely! Here are some pics from the evening...

They loved playing games with Grandma...

Jackson and his fun Auntie Tegan who he LOVES (he always tells people he has blue eyes JUST LIKE Tegan)...Future Dr. Josh Morrill playing Operation...Cuddling on the couch...

Thanks for letting us invade your house all the time Mom!!! I hope you don't get sick of us!!! =)

Easter Fun

We had a great Easter this year, the boys have been SO excited for the Easter Bunny to come! However, I think in the end they were disappointed because they were hoping to actually SEE the bunny himself! They kept looking out the window saying, "Nope, I don't see the Easter Bunny's car yet!" Hahaha, regardless, they had a fun Easter I think. We went to church in the morning then came home and they searched for eggs and their baskets. They were hilarious searching for eggs because Josh would look somewhere, find one, then Jackson would go back and look in that same spot. Luckily they're not old enough to be keeping score yet so it didn't matter! They loved their new bug jammies...

We dyed Easter eggs the night before with Grandma and Tegan, they thought that was pretty cool. Jackson insisted on making a PINK egg for daddy, with footballs on it! Haha, so girly yet so manly. =) Here are some pics...

Jack Loves Daddy...

Here was Jackson's prayer tonight...

"Heavenly Father, please bless daddy to get his paper done please bless daddy to get his paper done please bless daddy to get his paper done already so he can wrestle me."

It was SO cute!!! They have picked up on Parker and I talking about his two big papers he has to get done before graduation and have started praying for him to get them done. Let's hope their prayers are heard and answered because Parker needs all the help he can get! =) They love their daddy so much and have the hardest time being away from him. They are just happier boys when Parker is around. At times I get sad that they are both daddy's boys, but it makes me happy knowing I married someone so wonderful that Jackson and Josh just can't get enough of him. Unfortunately, with two weeks of finals to go, there's not much Parker to go around! But still, he makes time for bedtime story time...

We love you daddy!!!

Why I Love Living in Neola...

We had such a fun weekend with the ENTIRE Morrill family! Everyone was together which doesn't happen all that often-Bart even took a few hours out of his crazy busy tax season schedule to come BBQ with us! =) The weather was nice, the food was great, and the company was perfect. I love my in laws and love when we all get together! The boys, of course, had a blast as well. Here are some pics...

Joshy picking up garbage...

Jackson playing baseball in Tegan's sweatshirt, which he would NOT take off all day or night...Shane making some yummy steaks and chicken...

The girls showing off their skills... Joshy just loved playing basketball, it was so cute!Jackson and baby Cole decided to watch from the truck...

Riding in the tractor with Grandpa... The girls (gotta love it when I'm the fat prego one amongst skinny Morrill girls!)...The cute boys... Throwing rocks in the river, always a blast...Enjoying a ride on Grandma Bliss's walker...Relaxing and enjoying some ice cream cones with daddy...It was a fun day and made me really enjoy living out here. However, I'm sure there will be days where my heading will be...WHY I DON'T LOVE LIVING IN NEOLA, haha. I am very excited for Christine to move out here once she's out at Utah State and I am hoping Tyler, Jackie, and baby Cole come visit a lot! Shane will be out south selling alarms this summer so we'll miss him.

Everyone pray for Parker...this is his LAST WEEK OF CLASS FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE!!! He has finals and 2 papers and he is very worried about not getting everything done in time before graduation. The 4 hour commute from Provo isn't helping either! Poor guy, but in 2.5 weeks he will be DONE DONE DONE! Ok, he still has the bar to study for, but DONE WITH SCHOOL! As you can tell, I'm quite excited. =)