The Van De Graaffs

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Istanbul

.Turkey is insane. But awesomeley insane. It is way different than all the other European countries

Nathan on our first night where we enjoyed some DELICIOUS kebab

Some delicious baklava and turkish delight

We went to the Topkapi Palace, pretty sweet place

Nathan enjoying some turkish delight, I actually love that stuff

The Hagia Sophia was amazing! I cannot believe how old it is and how great of shape is it in. So beautiful

We also went to the cisterns that was used for the water system hundreds of years ago

They call their corn misir and it is SO GOOD. They sell it on the street, pretty random. It it so different from our corn. Mmmmm

!!Another street food. We spent four days in Istanbul and these are the only first two, more to come

Monday, April 23, 2012

Well guys, guess what. I GRADUATED!!! I still don't think it has hit me that I am ALL DONE with school. FOREVER. Boy does it feel good! I loved going to BYU and will miss it but I am excited to move on to the next adventure!

I got to sit next to this pretty lady during Commencement. LOVE HER.

The hubs and I

The whole family (thanks for coming up!!!)

My two BFFs. Sure going to miss these two.

My first roommate at BYU freshman year, and we got to walk together! Love her so much.

The sisters, missed you Cady!!

YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT

Oh man. Then we got to to go Toucanos. SERIOUSLY SO GOOD. Stuffed our selves good. Kept this little guy green for a good hour.

Love my family.

My wonderful, wonderful parents got me a car for graduation!! Seriously did not see it coming. They told me they needed help getting groceries out of the car so I came outside and saw this beauty 2000 Honda Civic and instantly started crying! I am so so blessed. Thank you Mom and Dad!!

So happy to be done with school. And now we are in Chicago visitng Nathans wonderful family. We are off to Turkey tomorrow!! Then Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, Poland and Germany, whewf that's a lot!!!! Can't wait to tell you all about our adventures!!

Salt Lake City

My family came to town on Wednesday for graduation. We decided to go check out the new City Creek Mall in Salt Lake. It was way cool! The fountains there were made by the same guy that made the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas

Of course lots of shopping was done!

Then off to Temple Square which was basically five feet from the mall!

Love the temple grounds and all the beutiful spring flowers blooming

As soon as we walked into the room where the Christus statue is Tristan folded his arms, bowed his head and closed his eyes!

Momo is gonna be a cougar this summer!!

The lovely parents

The whole fmaily

the mall

And of course we went to Hires to get a yummy burger!

Next up: Graduation!!

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Easter

Since we do not have much family in Utah, we decided to do the next best thing, an Easter dinner with some of our closest friends! We cooked the ham while everyone else brought a yummy side dish.

Then we had a egg hunt upstairs with the lights off and we gave the boys each a glow stick, haha, it made it pretty difficult!

The Girls

The Guys

All in all, we remember the real meaning of Easter. And we are so grateful for the sacrifice Jesus Christ did for us!

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Life Lately.

Life has not been too exciting around here lately... Just trying to finish up school while Nathan works at the MTC. Still trying to find a home over in DC... But we are really looking forward to this summer!!

I sewed this skirt the other day