Speaking of my fickle ferapist...

Well, the last month has been a whirlwind, but the most exciting part was for sure that Justin graduated with his Doctorate of Physical Therapy!! It takes me back to the spring day in early 2003. Sitting on the grass at Scera park in Orem Utah with the boy that made my heart skip a beat, talking about future career plans.

I was so impressed to watch as he went though the process of picking an area in which to dedicate his life. I remember he was pretty intent on studying it out and doing his soul searching at the beginning so he wasn't changing his mind or his major in a few years. He looked to his examples and heros and those whose lives he wanted to emulate. He thought of his future family (i'm so grateful!) and what could make him truly happy. And, that was the beginning of our journey.

When you do something that takes 7 years it's easy to get lost somewhere in the middle. Somedays to feel like it might never end. That our lives would always be defined by semesters. Justin did wonderfully at BYU, with a needy wife and 2 jobs. It was a good part of our lives. Easy in retrospect. Then he started gradate school in a top rated program without so much as a weeks break. He did great, once again with a needy wife and 2 kids. I'd say it was the hardest and most rewarding season of our lives thus far. Why do those two always seem to go together? We know that this isn't our last hurdle, and that working and real life won't be without it's challenges, but I think we've started out on the right foot.

Thank you BYU, thank you Physical Therapy department at the University of Utah, Thank you everyone who gave us a chance or a helping hand or a word of encouragement, thank you family for the never ending support, thank you economy for being in a good place for us right now, thank you God for being in control of all of the above.

Thank you Justin for being my SK.

At the department hooding ceremony. As they were hooding him I realized that I never once doubted that this day would come and just how thankful I am to have been a part of it from the very beginning. I'm so proud of you!

Asher and Caleb are also very proud of Dr. Carrier! Way to go, dad!

Thanks for giving them such a wonderful example.

Oh, how I love you.