The Big Day: Jeff's Graduation from BYU!!!!

Well we are both officially now BYU alumnus!! Jeff graduated from BYU with a BS in Financial Services on April 27th!! It was such an exciting day for us and we were able to celebrate with so many awesome family members!!! We had LOTS of Texas family here: Mom & Dad Drysdale (Ken & Jeanne), Grandpa Joe & Grandma Dean, Uncle Guy & Aunt Sharon, Joe, Amanda, & Cole, and James & Amy (who live close by), Uncle Bob & Aunt Susie (who live not too far) plus my (Nicole's) parents- Dan & Karen, and those who live here: Shar & Trav and Chelsea and cute Syanne were all able to come as well!
Thank you to everyone who helped make Jeff's graduation such a special and memorable time in our lives. It meant so much to have all of you here and we truly appreciate all the love, support, and time you have given us. We couldn't have made it without you!!!
Also, for those who don't know....Jeff was hired with the Church Education System a week before graduation! He will be teaching seminary full-time in Utah Valley. We couldn't be more thrilled and we definitely feel VERY blessed! Jeff has worked so hard during his time at BYU and has done such an amazing job juggling school, student teaching, and me and West!!! We feel so blessed to have him as a husband and father and are so proud of all of his accomplishments!!

!!!Congratulations Jeff!!!

Celebrating our exciting day!! I feel like I graduated with Jeff, too!!! Congrats Jeff!

Weston was pretty sleepy after graduation but he perked up when he saw Jeff's tassel. Too cute!

The Abreu family celebrating Jeff's graduation!!

The Drysdale Family with the new graduate!!!

Yes, we are an official BYU family! Gotta love the t-shirts! This was taken at Jeff's graduation party at the park. We had a blast! Thanks everyone for sharing in this amazing time in our lives with us! We love all of you!!!

Some Favorite Pics from the trip!!!

Okay family and friends, here are some more pictures from the big weekend when all the family was here! (from both sides!!) I had to pick just a few of my favorites because I could spend all day uploading every single one and that would just take way too long! But if you think the Abreu fam is absent from a lot of pictures it's because I hardly took any pictures during the whole trip, and was planning on getting pictures from everyone else. I keep forgetting to get them from my side of the family! So those pictures will be pending! (especially the cute ones of Syanne's b-day!!! Enjoy the following! And don't worry--- Jeff's grad pics are the next ones up, finally!!!

On some rare, occassional moments West will actually ham it up for the camera!!

How adorable is Cole?! And check out those teeth...Weston is definitely jealous! :)

My cute mom & dad!!! Thanks so much for coming!!!

Mom & Aunt Sharon with the boys at Jeff's graduation! The babies all did so good!

Weston's feet have just gotten SO big.....

Me and my beautiful sister-in-laws, Amanda & Amy

Just too darn cute!!

Okay, isn't this adorable?! We went to the Gateway Mall in SLC (so fun) and found this cool tricycle. Weston loved it! What I loved about it was that I didn't have to stoop to much to push him in it, it had this awesome handle at the back that was pretty high. very cool!

Hanging out with the Grandparents!!

Watching the Boys!

Joe and Amanda were able to go to the Salt Lake Temple one morning during the trip and I got to babysit!!!! It was such a blast to watch Cole who is just the sweetest little guy. I absolutely love having a nephew!! It was awesome to see Weston and Cole together and it made me really wish we lived closer to each other! We love you guys!

So back to babysitting....I'll admit I was a *little* nervous to watch both of the boys on my own. (Cole is 7 months, West 10 months) but they were both amazing and convienently for me they took naps at opposite times. :) When they were both awake they had fun playing together (or taking each other's toys, so funny!) and then we went on a walk. I had my neighbor take this picture at the end of the walk. It was really fun, but I have two words of advice for anyone who is thinking about having more than one child: double stroller!! We'll be getting one in the future for sure!!! (more than 9 months in the future for anyone who may have thought i was announcing something. haha)

Color Me Mine!!!

Amanda and I went to finish her platter and bowl at Color Me Mine. I got to entertain the boys, which was really fun. They were so good and let me take all kinds of pictures of them together! It was definitely an experience getting Cole's handprint in the bowl! But it turned out so cute...ask Amanda if you want to see it!

Weston n Cole!!!

Here are the adorable cousins just hanging out!! It was so much fun to have a week to spend with Joe and Amanda and Cole before the graduation. Weston and Cole actually noticed each other this time and were pretty funny with their toys. (of course they both wanted what the other one had!) We're sure this is the start of a great friendship. :)

Our cutie pie on the day he turned 10 months old.
He loves giving kisses now and is so funny whenwe give him one!

Happy Easter everyone!!! This is our latest family pic. Weston wasn't very interested in the camera, though, so it's kind of funny. But at least he is looking! He really just wanted to crawl away and play with the flowers!!
We hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. We love all of the traditional, fun, Easter basket stuff (and there are plenty of pictures below to prove it!) but we also want you all to know that we truly love our Savior, who this day is honoring. We hope that His spirit will be with you throughout this year and that you'll take a moment to remember how much he has done for us! !!Happy Easter!!! Love, Jeff, Nicole, & Weston

Here is our little cutie pie in his new Easter outfit!!!! We absolutely loved this and were so excited when Grandma said she'd help go in on it!! He loves grabbing his toes now and we just think he is so darn cute. (I know we're a little biased!)

I don't care how old you are.....Easter Baskets are always fun!!!! Jeff surprised me with some fun treats and he got a new little game from me & West that we tried out with James & Amy. We liked it!! It's called 'Toss up.' We also DEFINITELY have way too many goodies now (Thanks also to Mom Drysdale!!) So we'll be good for movie treats for a LONG time! Weston got some fun new toys in his basket and his latest favorite treat is goldfish...so that's what was hidden in his eggs!!





Going for the Easter Basket!!!



Finding the treats in his eggs!

Shar & Trav came over too!! They took pictures for us and helped us get the food ready!
We went to Chelsea & Rob's place for dinner and had a fun Easter Egg hunt....I don't have any of the pictures on my camera though so I'll have to try to put some on when I get them from everyone else!

James & Amy came over for dessert and they brought some fun Easter treats. They also made Weston an egg...which was so cool because we didn't dye Easter Eggs this year. (things just got crazy.) So they egg said "We love you" on one side and then "West #1" on this side. So great.
We love you guys! Thanks for such a fun night!!

Yeah, a smile!! Standing, obviously!! Thank you, thank you, I know I'm cute!

Since I'm not the greatest at computer stuff, I'm not sure how all of this will turn out on the blog...so bear with me! Also, I couldn't get them to rotate for some reason, so just rotate your head to look at them. haha. Thanks for your patience with me!!

This is Weston's 'kissing' face. He learned how to give kisses and he thinks the noise is hilarious. We, of course, think HE is hilarious!

Family Easter Picture!!! Weston was not in the mood for picture taking and he really wanted to get the flowers...so no smile!

The most exciting part of our day was that Weston is CRAWLING now!! He took his first crawling 'steps' on Saturday and then decided that his fun EAster toys and treats were worth going for! It has been fun to see him learn how to move and get where he wants to go!! Although, we are NOT baby-proofed yet so it's been a little crazy too. So FUN!!

Mckenon was in Utah for a day or so to go Snowboarding with friends. Yes....he got hurt on the trip! What a bummer!!!! We were able to meet him at Applebees to say HI for a little bit. It was so good to see him. We are looking forward to a little bit of a longer visit when the fam comes out for Jeff's graduation in 3 weeks!! Wahoo!!!
Love you Bud!! It was so fun to see you!

Weston absolutely loves the mirror!!1 He makes the funniest faces in it and will 'dance' when I do!! Too fun!!!

Weston has figured out how to take off hats...much to my dissapointment! He refuses to leave one on for more than a few seconds. So we had to go to great lengths to try to get a cute picture of him with it on. (which, this first picture is the best we could get...yes, it's blurry) But check out West's lighting quick hands below!!!

The 'walking picture' further down was also one of our brilliant ideas to get a hat picture! If his hands were busy doing something he loved then maybe the hat would stay on..and it did....for aobut 20 seconds. He let go of the hands to rip it off. Yes, we were shocked! So I guess all we need to do to get a break from walking him around is put a hat on him! haha.

A little afraid of heights? Look at that face!

So this is the face we get now when we aren't walking West around the house!!!!
He LOVES to be walked around and is SO happy when he gets to.
i know people think we're crazy to say this, but: we CANNOT wait for him to crawl and/or walk. He is not happy unless we are walking him around like this...so for our sanity, and our knees, we really want him to be able to get around on his own. Goodbye clean house, oh well!! The following picture was taken as soo as Jeff put him down:

Wow...no more crying because he's walking.... and

walking....and

Walking again....and (This picture was taken the day he turned 9 months!!! I can't believe how fast time is going!)

wow...look,MORE WAlKING!!!!

We're trying to teach him how to stand against furniture...he's catching on.

This is our latest favorite picture of Weston! He is trying on his new swimsuit...we can't wait until summer!!!