lots of Lucy

Here is our sweet Lucy. Enjoy her many darling faces over the months.

Lucy has been poorly represented on this blog and I've been soo behind, but here is our darling girl. Hope you enjoyed a bit of her photo journey. These are photos up to about 6 months old.

nuclear

ever wonder what a plutonium reactor looks like up close?

can you believe they did all the calculations to build this with only slide rules?
I love this picture. Thanks Erica or Nathan for taking it.

This summer we did something so cool in our hometown.
We went on a tour of the B-reactor at the Hanford nuclear site. It was part of the Manhattan project and the first reactor of its kind and produced plutonium back in its day. I learned a lot.
We were lucky enough to have Mike's grandma with us. She was almost a celebrity on the tour. Her family owned a farm in White Bluffs and was relocated for the Manhattan Project. Later she worked at Hanford, so it was cool to be there with her.

We all goofed off in the control room.

If you ever have a chance to do the B-reactor tour, I highly recommend it. They only do it on certain days in certain seasons, but it is free and the tours fill up fast, like less than a day.

Five!

Riley turned 5 the next day, so we had a big party for all her friends at Pump it Up! The birthday girl was in heaven. Here are a ton of pictures of the big day.

These girls are so ready to party!Everybody had a great time!

So glad that cousin Isaac & the grandparents could be there.
It was great that so many of Riley's friends and their families could join us! (even the adults could run, jump & play)

Can't believe I am a mother to a 5 year old! It was so fun to celebrate her special day!

(and leave the mess there and go home to rest!)

a special Sunday

The day after Michael's graduation we made it a very special day. We blessed Lucy in church (similar to a christening) and later that night celebrated birthdays.

Here is the gorgeous babe, Lucy.

All the family who came to support us!

(Don't you love that she is waving?!)
These booties are made by a close family friend and have been worn by all my girls on their blessing day.

However, each daughter has wore their own, different blessing gown, hand made by a grandma, great-grandma, or aunt. This beauty was made by my sister, Monica. Nice work, eh?

We are so happy to have this baby in our family!

The Birthday Celebration
Riley & my sister, Monica, both had birthdays approaching later that week so since we were already all together...time to celebrate!

There were pretty presents

singing

blowing of candles & cake

and wonderful family togetherness!

what a day.

the hood

Michael finally graduated from dental school, well, back in June anyways. Here are a few pictures from his hooding ceremony.

waiting beforehand with a few friends

THE moment

During the whole ceremony they kept calling the students Doctor and it was soo weird. I guess I have to get over that, he's not a student anymore!

The proud family.

A brief review of the past 4 years:

BYU graduation. (Riley is 10 months old here)
UW v BYU football

Michael's white coat ceremony (now he can work on patients in the school clinic)

cherry blossoms in the quad

playing intramural sports and finally winning a tournament and coveted T-shirt in soccer, but came so close every year in softball.
even played a few times at inner tube water basketball?
last day of dental school

and a final get together with a bunch of choice classmates.

The big day with all the family support. (not all are pictured here, thanks for taking the pic Patty) Thanks for coming!So proud of Michael and all his hard work. It was a fun chapter of our lives, with lots of family, friends and fun times in Seattle.
Goodbye student life!

Now onto Real Life Phase 2: get a real job.