April 2013

 Carli finished up her time at the BYU preschool. Boy, did she love it! At parent/teacher conference, Mr. Brad told me Carli is head and shoulders above her grade level, particularly in reading and social skills. We would get reports each week of what centers Carli had visited, and consistently Carli visited the library and dramatic play everyday, and maybe tried out one other center per week. She's always known exactly what she liked. She loves school and I think she's pretty excited for Kindergarten. She is such a fun girl, and one of our very favorite people. She is an old soul in a little body and she keeps me wondering how I am ever going to keep up with those constantly turning wheels in her head!

And congratulations to Master Logan! We are so proud of him for working so hard and just plain being so smart! He won the MPH Student of the Year Award, which he definitely deserved. He worked very hard in his school work, was on the "graduate student council", sat on the admissions committee for those entering his program this coming year, published and presented several papers, worked 30 hours a week as a TA and RA, and still maintained his status as greatest husband and father. And, on top of that, he was accepted to 7 of the 9 PhD programs he applied to, several of which are top 10 programs. (Can you tell I think he's quite a guy? Well, I do!) We chose Minnesota and will be headed there sometime in August.

 Logan's thesis advisor is amazing and we are grateful for all the help she gave Logan throughout the program.

 Our girls love Brittany! She babysat them a couple of times and is just one of those easy to be around people we loved getting to know.

 A portion of the MPH cohort. They were a pretty close-knit group.

 The graduate walking across the stage...

 His graduation gift from us. (I know, not very big, but since we're going on for more, it feels a little just like a  semester break.)