Greg's Graduation and Goodbye Florida

After 3 short years in Florida, Greg graduated from Florida Coastal School of Law!

The graduates walking into the ceremony.

 Our family after graduation. We are so proud of Greg and how hard he worked these past few years!

 The graduate!

 Greg with his mom and dad,

 and his brother Zack and sister-in-law Nicole.

 We were lucky to get a picture with Professor Pimentel, one of the only LDS teachers at the school.

 After graduation we got pizza and surprised Greg with his favorite ice cream cake! Then we got busy and finished packing the rest of the weekend.

 Thanks to the missionaries and guys from our ward, our apartment was all loaded up on the truck in less than 2 hours and we were checked out of our apartment.

Brooklyn was gone to a friends house while we loaded the truck, she was kind of shocked when she walked back inside the apartment and everything was gone.

In her room one last time!

Good bye 4712! We loved living in that apartment for those 3 years!

The morning before our flight we took one last trip to the beach! Bostyn was loving the sunshine!

 Brooklyn loved going to the beach!

 Zack and is dad loved the waves

 I loved looking at these houses that lined the beach, they were so fancy!

 Brooklyn thought it was awesome having her name in the sand.

 Grandma and Bostyn

 Grandma, Papa, and the girls.

 Zack and Nicole

 Our last family picture at the beach! We really miss it already!

 Before we left for the airport we stopped by the law school one last time!

This school was such a huge part of our lives, and sooo many hours of Greg's life these past three years were spent here! We are so proud of Greg and all of his hard work!

Good bye Jacksonville, we sure do miss you!

Disney World Day 2 & 3

On day two of our vacation we headed over to Animal Kingdom! Most everyone had never been there so we were all excited to go and try out something new!

I forgot to add this picture to the last post, but this was Brooklyn's first time on Splash Moutain and she LOVED it! I didn't want to leave this out!

Once we got to Animal Kingdom Brooklyn got a chance to take a picture with Pluto.

 Afterwards we rode the Tricerstop Spin, one of Brooklyn's favorite rides.

Brooklyn was finally tall enough to ride on a lot of bigger rides. We were all excited to go on Kali River Rapids and we all got soaking wet!

 Expedition Everest quickly turned into one of our favorites as well.

Greg and Karen waiting for Expedition Everest

 

I was a bit of a chicken and held on for dear life...

 You can't go to Disney World without getting a souvenier!!  Bostyn fell in love with this baby Simba and wouldn't let go of it, so we just had to buy it for her!

 One of the best parts of going to Disney World is watching the parades. This was our first time seeing this parade and we all loved it.

 So many of the characters stopped and gave Brooklyn and Bostyn so much attention. They loved it!

 Brer rabbit from Brooklyn's new favorite ride, Splash Mountain

 We thought Pluto was walking over to give Brooklyn a high-five...next thing we know he is plopping down on Zack and Nicole! It was so funny!

 Besides Expedition Everest, I think the Safari ride was the next favorite ride of the day. We saw sooo many animals close up to our trucks.

 Brooklyn loved seeing everything.

 Look how close that rhino was-It was awesome!

 The lion was all about relaxing...

 just like this little girl!

 After a long day of rides we ended the day with The Festival of the Lion King show. It was AMAZING! The singing and dancing was so great! We all loved this show and it was the perfect way to end the day.

We couldn't end the trip without one more day at Magic Kingdom! Normally we ride the monorail over, but this time we decided to ride the ferry boat one last time.

 Bostyn was so excited!

A quick family picture at the entrance of Magic Kingdom!

 On Pirates of the Caribbean. Brooklyn requested this be the first ride of the day.

 It never failed to find Brooklyn sporting the pirate gun everytime we got off the ride.

 Brooklyn LOVES Tangled but we have never had a chance to meet her! I was determined to not leave Disney World without a picture with Rapunzel. So while everyone else hit the rides, I stood in line for almost 2 hrs so Brooklyn could finally see her!

It was worth the wait to see how happy and excited Brooklyn was.

 Brooklyn kept touching her braids and holding her hand. She didn't want to leave her side!

 This girl loves the parades, no matter how many times she has watched it, she still gets so excited!

 The Beast looked right at her and waved, she was so happy!

 While the "big kids" went on Space Mountain, we ran over to see Buzz Lightyear! Brooklyn was pretty excited when it was finally her turn!

 We finally made it to Pixie Hollow and got to meet Tinkerbell and her fairy friend!

 Showing Tinkerbell that she was on Brooklyn's dress.

 Brooklyn and Tinkerbell

 On the way out of the park we saw these cool water drawings the workers were making on the sidewalks-they were so cute!

 We had such a busy fun week, the girls were so exhausted by the end of the night.

 We had such a fun trip and made so many great memories! Disney World is always going to hold a special place in our hearts and we can't wait to go back again someday!