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OBAMA!!!
(and graduation)
Yes I was there, I saw the man himself. Law students got really awesome seats almost in the front behind Phd. students. And after all the hype the standing in the sun waiting to go through security really wasn't that bad. And Obama wasn't that bad. I enjoyed his speech. I felt properly propelled to go out there and fulfill my greater mission and keep learning and not be focused on superficial things. I also was very impressed with Obama for shaking the hands of EACH and every doctoral candidate and even giving hugs to people who wanted hugs--he even signed some girls sash (by the by, I heard a rumor that apparently ASU used to read law students names and have them walk across the stage as well but one year a bunch of awesome law students decided to get a keg and be drunk as they walked across the stage..so they decided to stop reading their names..basically I could have shaken the president's hand if law students weren't losers and I didn't go to the country's biggest party school.... ) There will be more pics later of the law school commencement that is tomorrow...yesterday was mostly about Obama..and Alice Cooper who was a "surprise musical guest"-- who knew you had rock bands at graduation-sure different from BYU :)

First, here's the speech
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/13/obama-asu-speech-full-tex_n_203287.html

and some pictures

the stadium from the field
The stage and podium before they put the presidential seal on it
air force one flying in
me in my cool velvet hat
me and Paul and Seth--apparently Seth and I don't know how to keep our hoods on...
with Sparky, the ASU mascot
and all my Obama pics came out pretty fuzzy but at least you can see how close I was (this was taken with a zoom but still...)
A better view from the screen
Since he is Commander in Chief Obama commissioned all the military officers as part of the ceremony which I thought was pretty cool

Brownies, running, and a walmart bathroom

I constantly seem to think of things to blog about. I have a running blog in my head that is eloquent and witty and somehow also inspirational. As time goes on the blogging doesn't happen and you get "catch up" blogs like this one. Here's what's up with us lately.

1. I finished school!! FOREVER!! Yay!! after three long years that at many points I thought would be impossible to get through I finished law school last week and will graduate tomorrow with the law school graduation on Friday. Even though it may have cost more money and more effort than it will prove to be worth (only time will tell), I'm proud of my accomplishment all the same.
2. We had a GREAT Mother's Day. I'm so grateful for a wonderful mother who is the most generous person I know and is constantly adjusting her schedule to watch Harrison for me so I can go to class or a meeting or take a final etc etc etc. We had my mom and Larry and Aaron and Stephanie over for dinner on Sunday and it was wonderful to spend time together as a family despite my lack of clean silverware or matching plates...(and the fact that I always want to take naps after church and never seem to have things ready when we have Sunday dinner guests). I'm also grateful for an amazing husband who went out of his way to make my first "official" mother's day special. Cory had some Fairytale brownies sent to me--I had tried them when I bought some as a gift for a women in the law function and had been raving and he remembered. AND he bought a little fondue pot and we had fondue (including the brownies) for breakfast. YUM!!!
3. Speaking of my awesome mom I was at Walmart last Friday to buy her a spider plant and somehow left my iphone in the bathroom....I realized what I had done about five minutes later but the phone was gone (and despite my thought that people who use family restrooms want to do the right thing, nobody turned it in..). Luckily my amazing mother offered to buy me another one (that I know I don't deserve--I mean, I lost it, I should have to pay!!!) as a mother's day/graduation present. I'm so addicted to that thing!! If it wasn't for my mom I'd definitely be hating life sans iphone right now...
4. Running!!! Lisa and Nick signed up to run the St George Marathon and on a whim of craziness (induced by cafe rio I suppose) Jen and I decided we would sign up too...We found out yesterday we didn't get chosen in the lottery but have decided to run the Top of Utah Half Marathon on August 29th instead. AND because it's "just" (yeah right..still 13 miles...) a half our spouses agreed to run too!! YAY! I ran a half marathon in Philadelphia about four years ago and haven't run all that much since..so it's gonna take a lot of work but I know it will be totally worth it. And prepare us for St. George next year, right cory???
5. A JOB!! (ok, sort of). I got a job working for a tax professor at the law school writing the content for an online game about taxation ( I KNOW!! SO FUN, RIGHT?? I'm not kidding, I'm seriously excited!!!). It's a summer job and the hours are pretty sparse until the bar, with a little more during August, and some "mentor" work with the game design students who will actually make the game work during the first half of the fall semester. So, even though I get new rejection letters from federal agencies what feels like daily, at least I have something (oh yeah and it's totally from home and I can work on the stuff whenever I want) for now and once I take the bar and have more of an idea of what I'm willing to take in terms of work I can start looking more seriously for the perfect job that will take us away from this awful hot weather....
6. There is probably more but that is enough for now....Oh yeah, and one of my oldest and best friends ever, who takes BEAUTIFUL pictures, was in town and rearranged her schedule to take some pics of Harrison. Here are a few, more can be found on her blog. Thanks Angela!!

Some pics-from Harrison

its cool to have spit up stains on your clothes in EVERY picture
I'm so freaking cute-what can I say?
Mommy and Daddy are Silly
We went to the park for a picnic/birthday part with some friends and I was forced into this lame stroller with Kimball who apparently LIKES strollers-so weird
Our friend Emily gave me this cool soccer outfit but it also comes with a hat that is constantly forced on my head. If I wasn't sleeping I'd definitely be whining about this hat
Daddy teaching me the piano

yes I spit up..and it's hot