Graduation pictures

We left Simi Valley at five a.m. to run some errands and still get to campus at 7 a.m. We stood in line for a picture with Tommy Trojan before T had to line up with the School of Cinematic Arts.

I saw T marching in with the Cinematic Arts and took a self photo of us.

There were SO many people crammed into Alumni Park.

This is from the satellite ceremony at the Shrine just after T got his diploma.

T is a graduation boy!

T graduated! It was completely awesome. The Governator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) spoke and was funny. And The Shrine is really lovely inside. But the best part is that school is finally over!

Our Story - the early years

The short version of our story is thus: We met in college, started dating when T got back from his mission, and now we are getting married.

The long version is long. Don't feel obligated to read the whole thing. Skimming is fine.

We both grew up (mostly) in the Salt Lake area but didn't meet until our freshman year at USC six years ago. I don't remember when or where we first met but it was probably at church. Miss A and I thought T was a RM because he hung out with all the older guys. This seems funny now because we looked SO young then.

Miss S, Mr. T, and Miss A looking young and eating Diddy Reese

T and I were good friends and hung out with the rest of the freshman family (Miss A, Miss J, Miss S, and Mr. P). We weren't into each other then, but the rest of the freshman family wasn't so sure about that.

I transferred to BYU after freshman year and T stayed at USC. T came to the BYU / USC football game in Provoland that fall and we kept in touch. I went to his mission farewell and we wrote back and forth some. Not lots, but I let him know about the mischief I was getting into, Miss A's wedding, Provoland's police beat, and how my hair was doing and such.

Miss J, Miss S, MRS! A, K, Mr. P

I went to see "Singing in the Rain" that summer and was shocked when one of the actors looked incredibly like T. But it couldn't possibly be T because T was on a mission, and besides, T is not a sing and dance in front of people kind of guy. The actor turned out to be J, T's brother, who is definitely a sing and dance in front of people kind of guy.

On his mission, T wrote saying his family was moving to Washington. I told my mom I would probably never see T again. Little did I know...