heidi's graduation

on the bright side, amber is officially a part of my family. see, we have this thing we lovingly refer to as the "bryson curse". in essence, we have not been blessed with the best of luck when it comes to automobiles. so when we decided to take a quick trip to byu-idaho to attend amber's sister's graduation, we had to worry a little. and sure enough, our 4 hour trip soon became a 9 hour one. amber had just taken over driving, so i thought we were safe. but 15 minutes later we found ourselves with a flat tire. the series of events to follow included discovering we had no tire iron, calling amber's parents for help, them being only a few miles ahead of us but having to drive 20 minutes before the next off ramp to flip around, them not having a tire iron either, looking for a walmart to buy a tire iron, realizing a little too late that our car has non-standard lug nuts, then waiting for aaa to come to our rescue. then, after an hour wait at the tire place, we found ourselves back on the road with a new tire and $300 less rich. good grief.

we finally made it up to rexburg, and after a quick visit with amber's aunt and uncle, we headed up to the college to see heidi receive her diploma. i'm a little jealous heidi. okay, i'm a lot jealous. i so can't wait to be done with school.
after the graduation, we headed back over to amber's aunt and uncle's to celebrate mom and dad's birthdays. we enjoyed some cake and celery sticks (for amber).

the next day we had a wonderful breakfast provided by the dawes, then we went for a quick visit up to the college to see amber's old stomping grounds. i guess it's changed a lot since her day. it's a nice campus, but way too cold for my liking. after our tour of the school, we went with the family to look at some cabins that amber's parents are looking into buying. it was a lot of fun looking at all these huge dream homes.

the trip home went a lot smoother. we stopped in ogden to visit with my brother and sister-in-law, kyle and courtney. they were having a family party and the frazier's were kind enough to let us crash it. after a quick visit, we continued on our way and were home a little bit later. it was a short little vacation, but it was much needed. way to go heidi. we are proud of you. :)