Last moments at Westpoint

Last week I flew out to New York with the Rosdahls for Dallin's graduation. We took off on a red eye on Sunday and then got to New York on Monday. We met up with Dallin. It felt so good to be together again and know that we were done with long distance. We stayed at a vacation rental at Cold Springs and we kind of just relaxed and hung out the first couple of days. We went swimming at the pool, shopping at a huge outlet mall, and we went to Sleepy Hollow. In Sleepy Hollow we took a tour of John D. Rockefeller's estate. It was really cool. The house and estate was completely full of art! And the gardens were beautiful.

At the Rockefeller estate.

The rest of the week was filled with Westpoint graduation activities.

All of us waiting for the graduation parade to start.

Dallin marching by in the parade.

Who loves Dallin's hat? I do!

The Westpoint parachuting team. So Cool!

Dallin receiving three major awards!

Right before the graduation banquet and ball.

This is Dallin shaking Obama's hand at the graduation ceremony.

Dallin with his diploma.

Dallin's bar-pinning ceremony.

Pure joy. Done with Westpoint for forever!

I am so proud of Dallin and his amazing accomplishment of graduating from Westpoint. He has worked so hard through school and I am thankful for his commitment and perseverance.

One week until the wedding!!! Life is good.

BYU: Done.

This semester finished out well. My Aunt Sandi threw me an awesome bridal shower before school was over. It was so fun to have all of my Utah friends together and see them all before I get married. It was probably the last time I will see them for a while since Dallin and I will be moving around so much this summer and then to Italy! We had great company, fun games, and delicious food. Sandi knows how to throw a great party!

Hannah Snyder, Janelle Webb, Lauren LaRose, Maria Mortenson, Jessica Schuch, Rachel Scroggins, Kara Boren, Amy Carsten, and Me!

If you are wondering about my odd attire, my aunt Sandi bought those lovely footie pajamas for me. But at first they were a "gift from my mom". The card said, "Dear Allison, this gift is a token of how I will feel on your wedding night". There was also a lock on the zipper. It was hilarious!

Finals went pretty well. My finals week actually wasn't too stressful because most of my finals were big projects that I had been working on all semester and were due before finals week started. One of my finals was kind of intense were I and my group had create a business and then pitch our idea to real investors as if we were asking for capital. I was so nervous, but our group did really well.

My dad and sister came up during finals week because they had to move Susannah into her new apartment at BYU-I for spring semester. Before they headed up to Idaho we did a spring ski day at Solitude. It was awesome. The snow wasn't too bad, there was hardly anyone there, and it was only 60 degrees!

Dallin came out for my graduation ceremonies the next week. I was so glad he could come! One of his teachers was being stubborn about giving him leave and we weren't sure if he was going to be able to miss school to come out for my graduation. But it all worked out and I was so glad he was there.

Mom and Travis also came out graduation weekend and a lot of my aunts and uncles and my grandparents were at the ceremonies. It was great to have everyone there supporting me. D. Todd Christofferson spoke at the commencement ceremony and then J.W. Marriott spoke at the Marriott School convocation ceremony.

After graduation, Dallin went back to Westpoint to finish the semester and I drove back to Danville with my family, and Dallison continued their relationship via video cam for the next couple of weeks. It was comforting to know that it was our last goodbye when I dropped Dallin off at the Salt Lake airport after graduation.

It feels good to be done at BYU. I still have 12 credits that I am going to do independent study while Dallin and I are in South Carolina. But I am so glad to be done living in Utah!!! Woohoo!

Great Spring Break!

The months of March and April just seemed to slip past me without me posting anything. They were good months. And now the wedding is closer than ever! Finally all of these exciting events that are happening are finally happening!

March was a good month. The highlight was definitely having Dallin visit me for two weeks for his spring break. We had so much fun. We stayed at my Aunt Sandi and Uncle Monte's house. They are awesome and took very good care of us. Dallin was such a good sport and accompanied me to my classes at BYU.

We also participated in the Rex Lee Run. It was fun, but unfortunately I am still slow. Dallin had to cheer me on to keep going. Fortunately, he is good at that.

We went bowling.

I won of course.

Best of all, we went skiing. It was interesting ski day, however. First it started out fine, but then after two runs Dallin had to go to the resort store to see if he could buy a coat because he forgot his at Sandi's house. He only had a sweatshirt and he was freezing. So we took our skis off and went to go into the lodge. When I tried to get my skis off I slipped and hit my head on a concrete wall by the ski racks. I thought I was fine, but then I started feeling funny like I might have gotten a concussion. I tried skiing a few more runs but I was still feeling funny so Dallin got one of the first aid people to take me down the mountain in a sled. It was kind of embarrassing. I was already injured at the beginning of our ski day and not even from skiing. How pathetic. The first aid people checked me out and I rested a bit until I was feeling better. I eventually did feel better and Dallin and I decided to eat lunch and then go ski some more.

But our troubles didn't end there. The night before we had eaten at this really yummy, but kind of shady Mexican restaurant. The effects of that started to hit us around noon. Me and Dallin were both sick, but we didn't let that ruin our day. We continued skiing and we would race down the mountain in order to get to a bathroom in time. It was miserable at the time but now I look back and laugh at it. Luckily the sickness wore off after two or three hours and we were able to enjoy the end of our ski day. Over all it was really fun.

We spent a day in Salt Lake City.

And then we went to a Copeland concert that night.

We tried to have a picnic at Utah Lake one day. But it didn't really work out. Nobody told us what a dump that place is. We stayed there as long as we could stand it and then left.

My Aunt Kathe and Uncle Fred also invited us to a Jazz game. They played the Celtics and won. We also saw President Monson. His box was just two down from ours. It was lots of fun!

I love how Dallin and I always have so much fun together. He makes me laugh and he makes me so happy when I am with him. I can't wait until we can be together again!