Disneyland - Day 3, 4 & 5

Day Three - May 18, 2011
On the third day Matthew and Lisa joined us!
It was so fun to be on a trip with them!For my graduation present Matthew and Lisa
took us to the Breakfast with the Characters!
There were a lot of characters there. It was a blast! These waffles were delicious!It's a Small World!
Waiting to watch Captain EO!
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad!Eating dinner at Tortilla Joe's.

The World of Color!
This has to be the best show Disneyland has ever done!


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Day Four - May 19, 2011
Matthew is so strong!
He was pulling the sword out
with only his pinky finger!
Mickey Mouse Beignets!
California Screamin!
We don't know who the guy waving for the picture is!

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Day Five - May 20, 2011
On Friday we only did a half a day at Disneyland because
we went to the Angels game later that evening!
Lisa enjoying her Mickey Mouse ice cream sandwich!

Disneyland - Day 1 & 2

Day One - May 16, 2011
For my graduation trip Brady and I went to Disneyland!!
Yes, again! It truly is my Happiest Place on Earth!!!!

By Sleeping Beauty's Castle

On the Tea Cups!

Oh No! Monstro the Whale is going to eat me!Sup?

Doesn't get much better than
Cookies 'n' Creme at Disneyland!Woody made out of Lego pieces.

Brady bought me a Hollie Build a Bear
in a cap and gown for graduation!
Yeah Hollie!

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Day Two - May 17, 2011

Our second day we started at California Adventures!It was raining really hard in the
morning and we were soaked!

I don't make a very good action hero.Thankfully it dried up in the afternoon.
This is us on the Jungle Cruise!My hat for the trip was Graduation Ears!
They were almost impossible to find!
I bought the last ones in the park!

Graduation Day - May 7, 2011

On May 7, 2011 I graduated from Utah State University
with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Social Work
with a minor in Sociology.I graduated with Summa Cum Laude
Institutional Honors!
This is me with my best friend throughout the
entire Social Work program, Whitney Ball!
She was also my coworker for a year and a half so
it is a good thing we like each other because
we spent most of our time on campus together!This is a picture of a bunch of my friends from my program!I think I was still thinking
"Don't Trip, Don't Trip!"
in this picture.
My Mom and Dad!
They helped me out in so many ways
throughout my college education!
I know I could not have done it without
all their help and support!

My sisters Brittany and Cammie.My In-laws drove up for the day to support me!
I married into a great family!!

One of my best friends, Emily Stock, drove up from Salt Lake!
She is the one who gave me roses! She is a great friend.
Thanks again for coming Em!
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After the ceremony we went to Pizza Pie Cafe for dinner.
It is one of my favorite places in Logan.

Thanks everyone for coming and celebrating with me!

Easter

For Easter Brady and I spent the weekend in
Eagle Mountain with Brittany, Justin and Lydia!
On Saturday we went with Nathan and Lydia
to an Easter egg hunt. They had the park sectioned
off by ages and there were tons of eggs!Lydia was too little to go out and get eggs but
Nathan had lots of fun and got a lot of eggs.

After that Easter egg hunt we went to Grandma and
Grandpa Nuttall's house for a Easter Picnic.
It was a lot of fun and Grandma even did
an Easter Egg hunt for the adults.On Sunday we went to church and then we decorated Easter Eggs!

Brady had fun writing on his Easter Eggs.Lydia had fun decorating eggs too.
She liked eating them more then coloring them.

Happy Easter!

Child Abuse Prevention Month

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month.
To kick off the month, the Child & Family Support Center
does a presentation for the community to learn more about the problem
of child abuse and the resources that the community has to prevent it.On the steps of the Cache County Courthouse are 192
pairs of children's shoes representing the 192 substantiated cases
of child abuse inCache County during the last year.

We planted a garden full of 538 pinwheels, one pinwheel
representing ten children that were served by the
Child & Family Support Center over the past year.Esterlee, the director of the center, talking about the services
the center provides and the importance of this month.The ribbon cutting ceremony officially marking the
beginning of Child Abuse Prevention Month.All the interns with our supervisor Jen.Kimmy and I.

Another way that we get the word out about our center is
by putting flocks of flamingos in businesses and people's yards.
People pay to put flocks out and the center puts up four flocks
every day and takes them down every night at different places.
To learn more about the Child & Family Support Center
or child abuse prevention visit cachecfsc.org.

Live Beyond Casual

Brady's Aunt Cheryl was recently diagnosed with Stage four

Pancreatic Cancer. To help her family out, the Peterson

family put on a 5K fundraiser for her!
The theme of the race was Live Beyond Casual
because Cheryl does not live her life casually.
She is always thinking of others and is the
prime example of selflessness.

It was so inspiring to see how many people came to
run for Cheryl! It just shows how many people
truly care about this amazing woman and family!As the runners started the race, they ran past Cheryl
as she waved to them and expressed her gratitude to them.
The runners would tearfully cheer and yell to
Cheryl how much they love her!Cheryl with two of her grandsons who are wearing the race day shirt.The Peterson Family.