Hail to the Chief!

Whitney, aka the "Chief" (a Devin nickname) finished her college education last December. She has been working as a PE teacher at Spring Creek Elementary School in Provo since January, but since BYU doesn't hold Graduation ceremonies in December, she had to wait until April to officially graduate. Tom and I drove down to Provo last Thursday and got there just in time to attend the commencement exercises in the Marriot Center. Elder Dallin Oaks was the keynote speaker and he gave a great talk. It was fun for Tom and I to listen to Dallin Oaks in the Marriot Center again. He was the President of BYU when we both graduated and he signed both of our diplomas.

After the ceremony and a few pictures ;)we went to dinner out in Orem to a fairly new Mexican restaurant called Milagros. It was really good and what made it even better is that it is one of Bronco Mendenhall's favorite places to eat.

After dinner, we drove back to Provo and made Whitney pose for more photos. She loved it.

Friday morning Whitney had her convocation ceremony in the DeJong Concert Hall. She graduated from the School of Music and they combined their ceremony with the department of dance, music dance theatre, and the department of theatre and media arts. Man what a group of talented kids. There were 2 musical numbers that were AMAZING!

Whitney received her diploma from Kory Katseanes, director of the department of Music and son of Grandpa Charlie's best friend from Blackfoot.

After the ceremony and more picture taking. Tom met Hal out at Elk Ridge and went golfing and Patty picked Whitney and I up for a delicious lunch at Pizzeria 712 in Orem.

Then it was time for some serious "sister shopping". Tom and I stayed at Aunt Patty's Bed and Breakfast and it was so nice.Patty and Hal are marvelous hosts. We loved our trip to Utah and are so proud of Whitney and her magna cum laude graduation from BYU!