School's out forever!!

Although classes have been out for nearly two weeks, today made it official. I'm an official Domer. With the Masters in the back pocket, it's time to grow up. No more cramming for exams, no more all-nighters finishing big projects, no more fake case write-ups, etc. Regardless, the journey has been fun and one to remember. After all, having a degree from BYU and another from Notre Dame is certain to make a good conversation with anyone. Here are a few pictures from the day...


Pumping the fist of excitement in front of the mural on the Hesburg Library known on campus as "Touchdown Jesus".

Receiving the actual diploma from Dean Woo.









I'm one happy little boy! (Thanks Stef for the excellent photo!)
Priceless.
This is the only family picture we have for two reasons: 1) Rylie fell asleep and we didn't want to wake her up and 2) It was pretty chilly and she was too cozy to pull her out of her warm slumber.




Lil' B with Grandpa Woods.







After several weeks of vacation in Idaho and Utah, our family will be moving to Minneapolis, Minnesota.

I have accepted a job offer from Best Buy. While not certain what my exact position will be, I will be doing something in their Corporate Finance office in their headquarters just outside of Minneapolis. We are very excited!


Here are a couple of photos of our house-in-progress in Woodbury, MN.

What's up in May?

I couldn't resist from having this one start off this month's entry...Rylie is so full of smiles and joy it is so fun for Melanie and me to see how full of happiness she is!



Don't be deceived...while she does take naps, it is usually in 20 minute increments. We spite those of you who have children who take 3-4 hour naps. Oh, how would it be!!!
We've started Rylie with oatmeal. It is as nasty as her face makes it out to be. I keep telling Mel we should be putting hotdogs, filets, and the likes in the blender and at least give her something good to eat. Mel hasn't quite fallen for it though.
We are amazed at the sincere love that Brendan has for his little sister. He is so sweet with her. He laughs when she laughs, cries when she cries, and just loves to be with her and hold her in his arms.

Mel and I are keeping our fingers crossed that the love they have for each other lasts forever.

Just for the record, I seldom let my son use a purple cup. When it does happen, I try even harder to keep those pictures off the blog. Oh well, one can't hurt the ego too much.


We've been working with the "soft-smile" instead of the big cheese-ball smile he usually gives.

Twice the food, half the time...doesn't get much better than that!


Mommy's little helper...


Daddy's little helper...(obviously better trained than Mel's helper).

In case anyone was wondering, yes that is Woody from Toy Story 2 on the TV. Nothing like Toy Story and blueberry muffins for breakfast.

Nevermind Brendan's mismatched pajama's (those of you with children surely understand why one might have different bottoms than a top), this was me babysitting...one in the front-pack, one in the arms and one arm free for me. Who ever said parenting was hard?

Brendan LOVES to help out. It doesn't matter what we are doing, he is tons happier if he is helping. This was Brendan setting the table for us. It's actually quite helpful at times!