happy graduation!!!

May 11, 2006 I graduated at Emen's Auditorium from Ivy Tech Community College.
Next to my wedding day it was probably was one of the most memorable days of my life. Since I was homeschooled I didn't really have the traditional graduation and dind't know what it was like to walk across the stage and be really nervous but excited at the same time.

It was a really neat experience, the gathering in the hall in alphabetical order and waiting for almost an hour with hundreds of other girls and guys in black caps and gowns, people complaining how their caps pinched their heads or where so loose they used 12 bobby pins to keep them in place, walking down the aisle to the stage and seeing my family smiling at me and looking very proud (I almost slowed the lined down waving to them!!), then sitting for L-O-N-G time waiting for my turn to walk across the stage, finally getting to the stairs of the stage and knowing my turn was next, with my heart pounding so hard..., then walking across the stage trying not to look at the thousands of people filling the auditorium, smiling for the photographer while I shook Dr Domiko's hand, shaking a line of important people's hands who congratulated me, then seeing my husband right after I got off stage and reaching out to touch his hand, then getting to sit back and feel releaved that I didn't have to be nervous anymore and realizing it all went WAY too fast, then walking out of the auditorium with hundreds of class mates only to realize that it was mass CAOS outside and it would be like finding a needle in a haystack to try and find anyone I knew... Standing on the cement ledge feeling lost looking for at least one member of my family, then finally finding my husband!!, then sitting for like 20 minutes in the parking garage waiting for traffic to move because we were at the top of the garage!!! yikes, then seeing my family at my house for concannons cake and icecream, opening gifts, playing my graduation piano for my family, telling them all goodbye at the end of the night, realizing that all the most important parts of the night went WAY too fast and the boring parts (like waiting for hundreds of other students to walk ) went way to SLOW, then going to bed holding my husbands hand and feeling happy...
So that was my graduation day.. I graduated with honors with an Associate in Applied Science degree as a Medical Assistant.

I know I couldn't have done it without my family's support, they have really been there for me throughout it all. I owe it to them and God.

a joyous day....

Thursday morning at 3:56 am a precious little boy was born. He has dark hair and his mommy's nose, and big feet. His name is Ethan Nathanael Josiah

He is my new nephew, which makes me Aunt Natalie! I am taking my job as Aunt very seriously. I know I want to be close to my nephew and be a big part of his life unlike alot of my aunts and uncles.

Grandpa and Grandma Henry (I can call them that now, even though they are my parents) are so proud, especially Grandpa I think... :)

Jessica and baby Ethan are doing great. Probably still a little tired, but doing well.


It seems spring has is fully here now and summer is starting to sneak in. I was really enjoying all the trees and blooms and now most of the flowering trees are almost done blooming. Our woods is FULL of green. You used to be able to see our house from the highway but not anymore.

I will post a picture of a beautiful pink flowering tree in our woods. Its stuck back among about 10 thorn trees on a hill. I have no idea what kind it is, but its beautiful.