master's

Last weekend John graduated!!!  He will tell you that I made him participate in the graduation ceremony, but I think deep down he wanted to.  It was a nice graduation, short and sweet....although there were a lot of graduate graduates...make sense?  It was a ceremony just for the graduate student at UConn...undergrad graduation was separate.  Arabelle cheered for her daddy and we got some good pictures.  Im super proud of John...he basically did all of the work for this thesis this year...and it was a lot...on top of being a TA and taking classes.  But, he is done and we will be making some big decisions as far as finding a job and moving in the very near future.  He has had a few interviews...all promising...and we are waiting for the companies to make their decisions.  The good news is that he can continue working at UConn as a lab tech if none of the other positions work out.  So we have a plan B until he does find something permanent.

flower girl

About a month ago we were in Atlanta for Crystal & Andy's wedding...and Arabelle was a little flower girl.  John's cousin's daughter, Ellah, was the other flower girl and we had fun dressing them up in pretty dresses for a little while.  Arabelle did a great job... I carried her down the aisle while Kit, John's cousin, carried Ellah down the aisle...it was super cute! I had to take her out of the ceremony early...she decided to start talking, but other than that she was a great flower girl.  She even smiled during pictures!

Andy & Crystal had a great wedding...it was a sweet ceremony...in a beautiful church that looked like a log cabin...perfect for their style...and the reception was a rockin good time....that lasted a loooong time, especially with the after party!

While we were in Atlanta, we were limited on time because of the wedding, but we did celebrate my birthday and it was nice to be in the mountains again.  It was a good trip....and we flew this time...which went way better than I expected...Arabelle slept on all of our flights and was a champ and making friends on the flights so no one could really get mad at us because she is super cute.