Hope on. Journey on. Fan the flame of your faith.

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quote by: Elder Jeffrey Holland

The Big Graduation Day!

The time has finally arrived! It is hard to believe Shawn's two years of PA school is over. He has worked so hard and I couldn't be more proud. Shawn's Mom and Step Dad came into town for a couple days to see Shawn graduate and it happened to be Shawn's birthday too (on moving day...poor guy). The white coat ceremony was the same day we had to be out of our apartment, so we got up, finished loading up the last few things and cleaned.  Moving really stinks, but don't worry....we made it out of the apartment at 11am and we didn't stink to bad for the white coat ceremony that afternoon :) Shawn's parents were such a big help and it was so fun to have them.

Is everything going to fit???

I have been told that some professors would get Alan and Shawn mixed up in class, I didn't really understand how. They sure had me confused when they wore matching outfits this day, haha Thank you for your help Alan and everyone else that helped us move in one way or the other. So many great friends we have made that we are going to miss terribly! 

Grandpa playing with Kanyin in our backyard for the last time

We sure are going to miss our back yard! That little hill brought much entertainment


Despite all of our happy memories in this apartment, I am okay parting with the pink carpet and pink countertops :)

I have some amazing friends! 


White coat ceremony! This must have been an anti touching day for Kanyin

As apart of the ceremony, they played a slide show and these two just danced away the whole time. 

Salus  University PA class of 2014!



Of course we still made time for birthday cake that night. Thank you Pages for letting us party at your house. 

Matt is a good entertainer :) These girls are soo cute together




Yay! He did it!

September 2014

I feel like this summer was a blur. I was sick for a good portion of the summer with this pregnancy, so we will just pick up in September, which was a fun filled busy BUSY month!

Shawn's last day of Rotations! Kanyin's new favorite game lately is listening to our heart and being the "doctor"

This umbrella is a hit! Whenever it rains, she begs to go outside with her umbrella
Shawn had a little bit of break in September, so of course we packed up our house, but also tried to go on a couple adventures. This is one of our favorite parks to go on a walk. It is so pretty and peaceful.

This butterfly was HUGE!



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We are going to miss the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia. Kanyin loves this place. It is huge! So many fun things to do


Alice in Wonderland maze exhibit.  I lose Kanyin in this maze every time. 


Kanyin and I went to I-hop the morning of my birthday. Shawn was on a scout trip. Kanyin loves birthdays sooooo much. While we were sitting in I-hop she would yell "Happy Birthday Mom" approximately every 5 minutes. Just a little embarrassing. 

I had an awesome birthday! With my crazy diet, Shawn made me a gluten/sugar free brownies. It was one of the closest thing to sweets I have had in a long time, so they tasted sooo good! My visiting teachers also brought me the best sugar free/gluten free cookies. I was spoiled! 

Shawn and I got to go to a fancy Italian restaurant that night. So fancy and fun. We even had olives imported from Italy.  

As you can see Nutella was a hit

Another little park outing with our friends. Forbidden Drive is so beautiful!

Best Buds!