Two baby shower pictures

I have to give myself a time limit for posting things on the blog or I will end up spending ALL DAY working on it. I managed to get these two pictures and the two convocation pictures uploaded in a relatively short amount of time. I guess I shouldn't push my luck!
This sign is hanging in the baby's room and was made by my incredibly cute RS president. The little words inside the "Carter" say "I love you to the moon and back". She also got me the book that line comes from. (I think it's called Guess How Much I Love You.) Cute, cute, cute!
This is my marvelous new rocking chair! Here I am taking it for a "test rock" it's absolutely perfect- I'm so excited! I'll add more pictures in the near future so "y'all" can see who was there and some of the fun things I got.

Professional Pictures of Convocation

You've seen my attempt at picture taking during the Convocation ceremony, here are a couple of professional shots. You can look at a larger class picture on SCO's website www.sco.edu under the new pictures link on the first page of the photo gallery. Finding him is kind of like playing "Where's Waldo" except he doesn't have a red and white striped shirt on (that would have made it a lot easier).

SCO's annual convocation

Thursday afternoon was SCO's annual convocation. All of the school is there and the teachers are all dressed in their doctorate robes- it's quite an event! The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year students take their seats, then the faculty parades in followed by the first years. All the while an accomplished organist was pounding out a peppy tune that was making the baby wild and wiggly. (Maybe we shouldn't have an organ in the house!) There was a long process of giving awards and scholarships to faculty and the other years. After that was finished the 1st years stood together to repeat the Optometric Oath and then were called forward one-by-one to receive their white coats.

This is a shot of Bryce being helped into his coat. He was able to get in without difficulty, but there were several students who had quite a time trying to get their coats on! Afterwards Bryce confided that he had been very nervous, fortunately, all was well!

This is a picture is of Bryce walking (jauntily) back to his seat. Apparently most of the students have names at the beginning of the alphabet, so Bryce was one of the very last ones to get his coat. I managed to sneak up to the front to get a shot of him. The chapel was so dim that I had a hard time getting any clear shots, but they turned out okay.

SCO's LDS contingency

This is a shot of the "Mormon Boys" they are all first years and they are all members of the Church. They spend quite a bit of time together so it seemed appropriate to take their picture together. You'll probably see many more of these over the next few years. Here is a sideways picture of Bryce and I after he received his white coat. Doesn't he look dashing? Regal? Doctor-ish? Cute-as-a-button?

Convocation

Here is a shot of us "pre-white coat" Tessa, Nick and Bryce before convocation

Last Saturday

The boys enjoyed a brief break from studying saturday morning. The weather was BEAUTIFUL! However, this was their only break- ALL DAY LONG!

Aparently some other student (I think he's a 3rd year) heard about Bryce's football playing and wants to set up a sprint race to see who's fastest. Come to think of it, he might be on the team they played last week. I guess the guy told him that he was "the fastest white guy" he'd ever seen. Well now, that's quite a compliment!

Bryce and Nick studied from about 11:30 until after 10pm. last Saturday in preparation for a busy week of tests. Wow! Here there are having a (very) quick snack break. They were getting a little loopy by the end of the studying extravaganza!

The baby's room

Here I am waving hello!

This is the view from the doorway tooking into the room
Here is the bookcase-slash-closet