I'M BACK!

A few days ago my sister so kindly reminded me that I hadn't posted in a while and I told her that my life was boring and had nothing to post. She looked at me like I was stupid and said " Are you serious? You just graduated, you just went to California and you just started your job!" and she's right I have a lot to talk about!!!

Graduation day was fun, exciting, amazing and SO tiring! Bryan's ceremony was at 10 am, his family along with my mom, dad and I sat through the opening ceremony, the key note speaker, the presentation of doctorate degrees, master degrees and then all of the BA degrees. Then at 2 pm we repeated the same thing over again!! After graduation Bryan's family along with my family headed out to my family's property in Trinity and had a family dinner and celebrated my Bryan's 23rd birthday :) It was an amazing day and an even better evening, our families mesh SO well! Seeing both families come together for the first time and hit it off so well meant the world to me, after all, there's nothing more important than family.

Christmas was the best this year, and I have to say that it's all because of Malaya. Our family came together to make it the most amazing first Christmas a little girl could ever want..... I only wish she could actually remember it! But none the less I know that this Christmas was one for the books when it came to my mom,dad, Rachael, Charlie and I. I'll never forget it.

The day after Christmas I hopped onto a plane and flew out to California to see Bryan! I know he had only moved back to California 4 days prior but the thought of him being in another state had already hit me hard and I couldn't have asked for better timing to make it out there. This trip was different than the rest, while we did go do a few fun things it was mainly about us getting things in order. Figuring things out. We have so many things we have to look at in order to really figure out where we are going to be in the next year, so this trip was mainly about getting a better idea of what exactly Bryan and I need to be doing while we are apart. I have to say that my favorite thing we did while I was there was spending time with friends. Yes, I said it. I officially have wonderful and amazing girlfriends in CA. I got a chance to sit and actually hang out and get to know some of Bryan's friends girlfriends and fiances. We hit it off amazingly and now have a bond that I know will last through out the years ahead of us!

Coming home was bittersweet. I missed home SOOOO much, my family, my friends and niece. Gosh, Malaya grew up so much when I was gone that I could barely stand it!!! I hate missing out on all the new things she accomplishes on a daily basis, and I miss not being able to kiss her and sing my best friend song to her. On Tuesday I started my first "big girl" job and i L-O-V-E it. I'm looking forward to seeing where this road will take me and seeing how much my students will grow.

That's it for now... I know, I wrote a novel but A LOT happened in the last month! Here are some pictures, hope y'all enjoy :)

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