Fashionably Late.

Ha. Okay, so remember how I'm moving out 2 weeks from today, venturing out into a great wide world of BYU campus? Yes, well, I did actually graduate, matter of fact. And I feel like I should put some pictures up to prove it. Also, I promised Preference photos (with the dress y'all voted for) and Prom pictures too. So. Pretend that I'm still in high school for a moment and bear with me.

The winner for the dress poll was the sparkly black one. Pretty retro, eh? Even better was my awesome date, Mooney.

and my mom made that tie. sweet, huh?


all that was said to induce this picture was,
"act like you're laughing in a magazine!"

okay, i'm gonna submit this was my favorite
dance group of high school

Alright, so then there was Prom, which was pretty rockin' with Breton. I loved my dress, and my hair was perfect, thanks to this talented lady.

the hair: classy, just how i like it

the dress: also classy, and not cliche utah prom (how i like it)

the date and the dad: awesome, just how i like them

And on to graduation!

We all got ready, and I may have stolen a poster from the school hallway to hang in my house. But I made it, so I don't feel bad.



We went to Yamato's for an early dinner, and I opened a few presents.

candid and chronological.

Then we sauntered on over to the Marriott Center for the actual graduation.

appreciate how lost i look

and how awkward

I got to sit on the stand because of student council, which was totally awesome. Me and the top 30 scholars baby! Though... not apart of them. Which I'm cool with.

So then some people talked. And sang. And played their instruments. And talked some more (everything actually went surprisingly fast, considering how big my class was). And then I walked! Woot. Only apparently I walked too fast, because there are definitely more pictures on our camera of my ward friends and cousins walking than there are of me. Ha. Actually, now that I think back to it, I can't even remember the actual calling of my name and hand shaking and diploma receiving, much.


After the ceremony, I couldn't find my family for a good 15 or 20 minutes. But when I finally did, here's what I looked like:


I love this picture because it perfectly describes how I felt. This huge bouquet of flowers in my face (which I loved, they were from my yard), and a giant smile. I was so relieved to finally have it over. I loved high school, I loved the graduation ceremony. But I was just excited! I couldn't stop smiling and laughing for the longest time. Which ended up being pretty darn long, because I had the all-night party. But more of that later. Here's some other lovely pictures captured.

the best cousin and friend, daniel

the siblings

me and the g-man

me and teo (this one was taken before the ceremony)

me and nat

the extended fam

the three graduates from the lewis side: me, mckay, and katie

favorite teacher, miss. ure... or heather...

i don't really know what to call her now

me and the parents, who i love

close family

this is us

traditional awkward photo with me and kendra

hot and dangerous

we tried this the other way first, but it didn't really work out

So because it was nearly impossible to find anyone outside the Marriott Center, Alyssa, Whitney and I got all dressed up again for a couple pictures the next day.

whitney and i have this thing where we try to look gangster...

she's really good at it. me, not so much.

So when alyssa and I tried to think of some "thing" we have, the obvious answer was Harry Potter.

only we couldn't quite synchronize our jumps

So that's that! Graduation was a success. And the all-night party. Which, unfortunately, I have minimal pictures of. Ah, well. I didn't sleep once and me and Mel never showed signs of exhaustion.

I'm just glad to be moving out! In a week... even though the beginning of this post says two. Obviously, I take a while to finish posts sometimes.