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"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing... character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved." -Helen Keller

Graduation

Congratulations to my baby brother. He graduated, from high school, today. I can't believe it! Where has the time gone? We had a great afternoon and celebrated with family and friends.

The Procession

The hand off.

He did it! Look out Hawaii...CRCS is headin' your way!

Proud Grandmother.

Very proud Pop and Mama.

The youngest. The oldest.

The favorite sister.

The Famdamly

Excited nephew and niece.

Congratulations, baby boy! I can't wait to see where life takes you. I know you'll do great things. 123

A Party... Aunt Shaun Style

Auntie Shaun threw a party for Christian, me and our families, a few months ago. Christian and I were excited for the Seguras and Bahrs to finally meet. Shaun was the perfect hostess! The party was filled with laughter, games, thoughtful gifts and great food. The evening ended with a musical (everyone had parts) that dear Auntie had put together. Shaun is incredibly creative and FUN! She lived in NYC forever and is a true "new yorker." She is an actress and has been in, and directed, countless plays. You never know what to expect at one of Aunt Shaun's parties. She always has something up her sleeve. You just go...knowing you'll have a fabulous time. True to form, she didn't disappoint.

Answering questions about each other.

Duncan & Kallie...................Mom, Dad & Mary Lynn

Missy & Nanny....................................Uncle Steve

Brigham, Kathy & Aaron........................Kiera, baby Rachel & Jonathan

Mason & Cameron............................Christine & Stu

To give you a real feel for the evening....check out the below videos. At least we're able to entertain ourselves, right? {Disclaimer: These videos are mainly for Mother Bahr to see her children in their artistic glory. Yes. We know we are cheesy.}

The closing number. An ode to Bountiful.

Thank you, thank you, Aunt Shaun. What a fun night!

{Thank you, Missy, for the great pictures and videos.}

Go Angels!

Got to go the Angel game with Jennah, Sammie and Wayne, a few months ago.

Met the Easter bunny.

We hopped around for a while.

Had a great hot dog. Yum!

A little kettle corn. Tasty!

And was able to spend some quality time with Jennah Renae and Wayne.

(Wayne didn't want to be in our picture. We tried. He's behind us.)

License To Wed

Two weeks!

Register

I registered.

Had some issues with the scanner-doohicky-thingy. We're not friends.

Good thing Jennah was there to help me out!

Chipman Hall

It all started in Chipman Hall.

I have known Lisa since we were little girls. However, we didn't really get to know each other until high school. She attended Bonita High. I went to Glendora. We were both on our high school soccer team and regularly played against each other. We even dated the same boy! (Not at the same time.) When Lisa heard I had been accepted to BYU, she called and asked to be my roommate. I'm so happy I said, yes. We lived together all four years!!!

Lisa and I moved into 3116 Chipman Hall, the fall of 2000. We did our best to make the tiny dorm room our own and were excited to meet the other girls on the floor. As the year progressed we became friends with Chelsea, Rachel, Claire and Katie. The six of us had so much fun! We decided we needed to live together and all moved into an apartment after freshman year.

~ King Henry Apartments, 2001 ~

Rachel...Katie...Chelsea...Lisa...Millie...Claire

Chelsea is the life of the party and my dancing buddy. I remember staying up waaaay too late, while she and I choreographed a dance to ABBA's, Dancing Queen. Why? Why NOT would be the better question. She's the true athlete of the bunch and was on the BYU track team. (Go Cougs!) When I told her I was getting married, she tackled me to the ground. Classic Chelsea move.

Rachel is sweet and kind. I don't think I have ever heard a negative comment leave her lips. She has an innate charm about her and married Danny at the end of our sophomore year. We were sad to see her go...but had so much fun watching her fall in love. Not that we spied on her or anything. We were too mature for such antics.

Claire is witty and caring. In many ways, she was the little mother of our group. She was always close by to listen to our thoughts on life, boys, the Church, family, etc. We were all drawn to Claire's sincere personality. She has a way of making everyone around her feel at ease and content. All the boys loooved Claire. We were constantly trying to discover her dating secret!

Katie and I shared a room for two years. If the walls of King Henry and the Pillar House could talk. Where do I even begin? You never really knew what Katie had up her sleeve, or where you'd find her sleeping. (She fell asleep in the most random places.) The girl is from Indiana and went to a high school where they had, "drive your tractor to school day." Katie is an actress and her personality that is larger than life. She loves Julia Roberts. I still laugh when I think of the giant poster Katie had of Julia prominently showcased on our living room wall.

Lisa is the glue that holds the six of us together. She is thoughtful, sweet and always remembers birthdays. Lisa is also our unintentional source of entertainment. Her phone rang during Katie's wedding...but, after the sealing. We all just laughed and said, "Oh, Lisa." Claire and Chelsea are in charge of Lisa's phone on June 12th.

My college roommates are incredible women. I wouldn't be the person I am without these people in my life. We have watched each other fall in love, get married, serve missions and have children. In retrospect, we were probably an unlikely group of girls. However, our personalities seem to compliment each other perfectly.

We're still going strong, ten years later. We were able to get together (minus Rachel) for Katie's wedding, in March. What a fun weekend! Congratulations to Jarom and Katie!

Chelsea...Claire...Katie...Me...Lisa

Mr. and Mrs. Sidwell are quite the handsome couple.

Next Chipman reunion is June 12th. See ya in L.A., girls!

{Thanks for the great pictures, Chelsea!}