The epic journey to Utah

In April we went to Provo for my beautiful, intelligent sister, Chery’s, graduation from BYU.  We drove up with my family and stayed with my patient and kind Aunt Sherryl for a few days.  All of my siblings were there and it was a lot of fun to be with everyone and reconnect with cousins.  We went to both the commencement and convocation ceremonies and drug the kids along with us.  They were really quite good.  Be prepared for major picture overload, but my exceptionally talented sister, Celsea, took many of these photos and I like to post ALL of them!  The crummy pics were taken with my cell phone.

Stephen and Anna at convocation which was held in the Marriott center.

These two are great friends!

 

My nephew, Jeremiah.  He is the one born the same week as Boston.  I love this kid. 

 

My lovely sister-in-law, Rebecca, and darling nephew, James.

 

Not everyone was very entertained by commencement.

 

Chery, after commencement.

 

Ah. Provo in the spring. Bliss.

 

We managed to have a lot of fun in between graduation festivities.  We ate a LOT of Creamery ice cream, cinnamon bears, mint brownies, and creamery chocolate milk.  Oh wait, that is all eating.  Eating is an activity too.  Well, we also went bowling, went the Eyring Science center, toured the Bean Museum, went up the canyon for a picnic, and spent a blissful afternoon relaxing on the quad by the library in PERFECT weather.

 

Chery and Celsea.

 

Chery and Anna.

 

Dad and Chery.

 

James and Dad.

 

James, the adorable.

 

Dad, Chery, and Mom.

 

All my siblings!  Aaron, Celsea, Chery, Cami, Allen.

 

Chery with the Aaron Quist family.

 

Chery with the Smiths.

 

There was a lot of Scott carrying Boston on his shoulders.  I dubbed Boston “lazy-legs Boston.”  It turns out he is a excruciatingly slow walker and BYU campus was a little too much for him.

 

The whole Quist family, including Allen’s girlfriend, Courtney. (Now fiancé and very soon to be wife!)