GRADUATION!

SURPRISE!!!

My mom decided to throw Trent and I a graduation party the day before our graduation. But the real surprise was that my sister Heidi and her family drove in from California! I was so excited to see her I started to cry when I saw her. It was such a surprise! The best surprise ever!

My dad's lovely job decorating the table!

My sister made these yummy cupcakes with graduation caps on them! So cute!

THE BIG DAY!

The BIG Day! Started off with a bang! Well more like a push! I arrived early to save seats for my family and of course I got yelled at by so many people because I was saving 25 seats! or 1 1/2 rows! Well this amazingly rude Indian man came in the row and I told him I was saving the seats. He told me that I couldn't save the seats and that they weren't mine to save. I told him I arrived early to save them. He said he would get security to move me. He then proceeded to push me out of the way and sit on the seats. I should have gotten security for him putting his hands on me. I started to cry because he was so rude. The people in front of me stood up for me and then this other lady got up and yelled at the man for me! He final got up and moved. I am not sure what she said to him but she was definitely my hero! Finally my family arrived! Tears printed on my cheeks I could finally take a deep breath!

The ceremony started and was short and sweet! Unlike the human and development ceremony that seemed to go on and on forever!

Trent walking!

Trent Ryan Young

Bachelor's in Science in Accounting, Bachelor's in Science in Finance!

CONGRATS HONEY! YOU DID IT!

ALL OF THE BOYS! COLIN, DANE, ??, TRENT, AND BRONSON!

Giddy Smile!

Happy Graduating!

ME taking pictures of my hubby graduating!

My friend Peggy and I walking to our seats!

My friend Peggy and I went through my student teaching program together and then through our masters together! It was so fun to be with her on this big day!

"Natalia Amber Young Master's in Education!"

Yes they pronouced my name wrong!

Check out my hood! That means that I am kind of a big deal!

This gigantic Kinnersley family! Missing Chris and Sydney! Man we are getting big!

My sister and her girls Lily and Caitlynn

Trav's family and Holly's family

My amazing 93 year old Grandma! She has always been such a big supporter and helped pay for some of our college!

My little buddy Kjersti! I can't believe she is in college and will be the next to graduate!

Heidi and Dave's family! I still can't believe they surprised us and drove from California to be there for us! But really it was a blessing in diguise because it gave Dave a chance to interview with MaKay Dee hospital and get a job offer! I am so excited for them to move here!

My amazing fantastic parents! I don't know what I would do with out them. They encouraged me to keep going and finish my Bachelor's and finally my masters! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

Trent's amazing parents! They are such wonderful in-laws. The have been so supportive. I am so grateful that they raised a son and gave him the encouragement and ambition to continue. THANK YOU!

The Young's!

Trent's siblings!

Trent's amazing grandparents! If you ever need a laugh call Lee!

THE GRADUATES! Natalie with her Master's and Trent with 2 bachelors!

Pretty amazing couple! ha ha

After our graduation we went back to our place an had a BBQ. Both my family and the Young's came over and enjoyed burgers cooked in the dark, playing the Wii and this yummy cake!

Thanks to all of our family for supporting us! You mean the world to us.

I am who I am!

"I plead with you young women to please be more accepting of yourselves, including your body shape and style, with a little less longing to look like someone else. We are all different. Some are tall, and some are short. Some are round, and some are thin. And almost everyone at some time or other wants to be something they are not! But as one adviser to teenage girls said: “You can’t live your life worrying that the world is staring at you. When you let people’s opinions make you self-conscious you give away your power. … The key to feeling [confident] is to always listen to your inner self—[the real you.]” 8 And in the kingdom of God, the real you is “more precious than rubies.” 9 Every young woman is a child of destiny and every adult woman a powerful force for good." -Jeffrey R. Holland

SO I got this at Young Women's tonight and realized how much confidence I have lost in my self with the whole weight lost thing. So I am accepting who I am. Yes I am going to try and eat better and exercise. But I am not focusing on it any more. Lately I have been so unhappy and grumpy. I think that a lot of it is because I am focusing on my outer self and not on my inner spirit! So I am going to work on changing that perspective! and who knows maybe in the process I will lose a little weight. But for now I am who, I am and no one can change me!