Last few weeks in Hawaii

The time has come . . . finals, finals, more finals, and graduation!!! This is amazing! But these last few weeks have been torturous! Who really has their last semester of college be extra difficult - ya my bad! Luckily Lyndon has been super helpful in packing up the house and he is quite the seller! He's been selling a lot of our things that we can't take with us back to the mainland while I've been writing papers and finishing up school. We did manage to take a break on Sunday and made some sugar free cinnamon rolls!

 My mom came on Tuesday the 10th to watch our last home softball game (which ended up not even being on our home field due to rain, imagine that). But it was awesome having her there! And the girls were so funny! They made awesome signs and I got some funny letters and lei's!  We celebrated by going to Ruby Tuesday's. And to keep to the tradition that this month is Lyndon's month, we said it was his birthday again and he got a little free treat!

Wednesday is when everything was due (IDS presentation, paper, journal) and I had a statistics final. So we took a little break and went and hung out with my mamma at turtle bay! And of course enjoyed some delicious smoothies!

Thursday is when my dad and Lyndon's family arrived. When there is family that means more food! We went out to my favorite restaurant - Breakers. and yes it was "Lyndon's Birthday," again. Then I worked on my online Microbiology test until about 1am, woke up at 5am and finished it at 12. I edited my biology research paper rushed to print it off, turned it in, and was officially done with school!! Gotta love staying busy! Lyndon was on a role cleaning and packing, but I had to get out of the house and went to Turtle Bay with my parents, he later went to the PCC with his family. My dad and I took a paddle board lesson, and we rode 12 foot waves!! It was nuts and I seriously have never swallowed that much salt water, but it was SOO awesome! Aren't they the cutest parents ever!?

We got ready and went to our graduate dinner with both families. The food was awesome! I will definitely miss the fantastic food from Hawaii. We are so blessed to have such helpful parents! They helped us pack up everything and deep clean our apartment! 

Don't ask me why they told us to be at the school at 7:15am or told our parents to be in their seats at 8:30 (the doors didn't open until 9!), for a 9:30 graduation! But it all went well! Neither of us tripped walking across the stage, they pronounced our names correctly (even though it's still weird to hear Hansen with my name), and Sister Dalton gave a wonderful speech! Her five points were: Remember who you are, work hard, train for adversity, dream big, and winner's do not always finish first. Some excellent thoughts for us to remember in our daily lives, and especially at this point in our lives! We are so lucky to have such supportive families, and to be at this point in our lives! A big thank you to everyone who has helped us get here! Much mahalos! 

Here are some after photos: