Graduation Weekend

So behind on blogging!!

Ryan and I made it to Colorado (more on the move and the road trip coming in a later post), and we have spent the last few days frantically searching for an apartment.  We are staying with my dad for now, but we need an apartment ASAP, so we can get it "home studied" and approved for our upcoming adoption.  It's been a hectic couple of days!

BUT...before I get into our Colorado adventure, I need to wrap up our Buffalo adventure...which means that I need to write about Graduation Weekend!

The festivities started on Thursday night with a fancy banquet honoring all of the graduating seniors:

The sexy wives...right, boys (oh yeah, you're all doctors now, so I should call you "men")?

The boys men
Ezra and Tom squatted down, so Chris and Ryan wouldn't feel short. :)

While we were at the banquet, our parents were flying into town, and on Friday, we took them to Palmyra, New York.

We went to the Mormon temple:

And to the Sacred Grove:

The weather was gorgeous and absolutely perfect.  Don't believe me?  I'll prove it:

That night, we went to see the musical Wicked at Sheas theater downtown.  It was soooooo good:

Saturday was the big graduation!  Congratulations, Dr. Ry!!

Buddies from the dental class
Beecher, Jason, Ezra, Chris, Thayne, Ryan, Creed, Scott, Bron

Proud parents

Proud wife!

After church on Sunday, we decided to have a few friends over for dinner.  It was a great time.  We gave them some little "gag gifts" to remember us by.  In attendance:

The Schroeders

The Daytons and Deb

The Hawes

Taylor and Henry in teeth costumes with their future pedodontist

Monday, my dad and Ryan's dad had to leave mid-day, so that night, we had a party with Ryan's mom Sally in her hotel room.  We ate treats, watched the Justin Bieber movie (yes, we did--I know we're pathetic), and went hot tubbing.  I love my mother-in-law!!

I love taking photos using the timer!

It was a very very fun weekend, and I'm so glad that our parents came to town to celebrate.  They also helped us pack and clean our apartment, and I don't know what we would've done without them.

Sorry this blog post reads rather like a report...stories to come in the near future!