Graduation, New Jobs, Elder Lindley's Skype Call, First Few Steps

There are so many things to mention about this week, I can’t decide where to start! The most exciting news of the week is that I officially graduated from Idaho State with my B.B.A. of Accounting. On Friday, we had the College of Business graduation ceremony.  It was really neat. It was a more personal graduation where I got to be with the kids I had class with and be congratulated by the professors I had class with. Kason played with Kylen & Kamrie during the ceremony and then came for the reception part and met my professors and classmates.  On Saturday morning, I had my ISU formal graduation ceremony.  It was held in the Holt Arena.  My parents and Kolt and Kason were there.  It was great to walk and receive my diploma, although it was quite long! After graduation, Kason went home with Grandma & Grandpa, so Kolt and I could go on a date. We went to Winger’s and then went to a movie. I’m not sure I can remember the last time we went on a date by ourselves. It was so nice! Thank you!! We are a pretty happy family right now! I have a big list of all the things I’ve wanted to do once school was over.  At the top of the list is being with my baby of course! Second to that is to learn photography! Kolt and Kason are getting me a new camera for my graduation gift! I’m so excited to learn how to take pictures of Kason.

The next best news of the week is that Kolt and I both got new jobs! Kolt got a job at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in the Behavioral Health Department as a Psychiatric Technician.  He has been spending a lot of time this week getting ready to start. He is anxious to get a lot of hours in the next month, so we can turn in PA applications. I am starting a new position at the Post Register as the Credit Manager.  I will also do the Accounts Payable position as well, so it will be an increase in hours.  The great news is that my mom is going to help share the office hours part with me, so I can still be home with Kason for most of the day.  The rest of the work I will do from home.  I’m so grateful that she offered to help me do this.  Kolt and I are feeling pretty lucky to have good jobs that allow us to be good parents. 

The next most exciting news is that we got to talk to Elder Lindley on Mother’s Day.  He called at 7:15 in the morning! Kason still needs to work on his skyping skills, but it was great to see Tyler and have Kason hear his uncle.  We miss him a lot, but know he is where he should be! I’m so grateful he is serving the Italian people. 

The rest of this week was spent taking our last finals and turning in our last projects.  Thank you Grandma Lindley for helping with Kason during all of this.  On Tuesday evening, Kason and I went out to watch Kolt, Rope & Brand play basketball at the church.  Kason is definitely getting a regular night schedule and gets tired around 8 every night, so we had to bring Dad home early.  On Tuesday evening, I also went over to volleyball to watch the freshman girls practice and get to know the players I am getting next year.

On Monday Kason got his 10-month pictures done and also took some Spring pictures with Paisley.  Kason had about a good 30 minutes of smiles and was totally out by the time Paisley got there.  They still turned out pretty darn cute though!

On Saturday evening, Grandma & Grandpa Piquet took us out for a graduation dinner party at Sandpiper! It was super yummy! We had a great time visiting! We even got to see one of Kason’s nurses from the NICU that we loved!

On Sunday, we had a nice block of meetings.  I played the organ, and Kolt taught a good Sunday school lesson about reverence. We have a really good class who engages in discussion and wants to learn.  Kason was a good boy in Relief Society and loves playing all over the front of the room.  After our ward, we went to Bart Steltzer’s Homecoming Report in the singles ward in Ucon.  It was a good meeting, and Bart did a good job.  It was fun to see lots of people I had been in the singles ward with a few years ago.  Sunday afternoon we had a yummy Mother’s Day dinner with the Lindley’s.  We gave Grandma Lindley a sparkly shirt for Mother’s Day.  Then we went out to Grandma Piquet’s to wish her Happy Mother’s Day.  Paisley and Kason made footprint Sunshine Canvases for her.  We had lasagna for dinner that hit the spot.  We are so grateful for our mothers.  Each and every day I’m more grateful for my own mother and the countless things she has done for me and still does for me.

Kason’s Updates: Kason is an active little 10-month old.He is learning more every day.  Kason took his first few steps this week.  He gets tired easy—no doubt from carrying all the weight! His record is 6 steps! He gets pretty excited when we start clapping and definitely knows he’s doing something cool! He loves to say “Ah-Ho” over and over. I’m sure it means something! He says it very carefully! He has learned how to undo the cabinet locks.  He is making us work hard to keep the cabinets stocked.  He loves food: anything and everything anyone is eating.  He is quite intrigued by Grandpa Lindley taking off his glasses.  He doesn’t really care for him taking them off, but acts like he recognizes him again as soon as he puts them on! Kason likes to give head butts.  I’m pretty sure it is him telling me he wants to go somewhere as he likes to do it when I am sitting down and holding him.  He also has thrown his first fits this week.  He will lay his head in the carpet and kick his legs, just crying and crying.  It is quite entertaining! He is getting such a growing personality!

I also forgot to mention last week that Kolt and I have officially been together for 6 years this spring.  Seems like just yesterday that we talked about getting married and having kids someday.  Since we started dating, we have graduated high school, Kolt served a mission, I played college volleyball, Kolt got home, we got married, we had Kason, and now I have graduated college.