Master Armstrong

It's official...I've turned in all my assignments for Pepperdine, I'm finally done!

I had my graduation ceremony back in June, right after my symposium but I wanted to wait to post this until I had truly washed my hands of any papers or projects. Graduation was funny because everyone kept telling us how it's ALWAYS scorching hot no matter what the weather did before, well it was raining when I showed up. It turned out to be a good thing though because it was a light drizzle that stopped just before the ceremony began and kept the temperature pleasant.

We were planning on moving from our assigned seats so we could all sit next to each other until I they handed me my seat assignment...I was #1! I was a little nervous

Here is the gang that graduated. A couple of the girls decided not to for different reasons.

I think everyone knows this has been a difficult year for me; to go from being a ski bum to all of the sudden (without any preparation) into this super intense masters program was a serious shock. I couldn't have done this without my family and friends supporting me! You guys are all so great and I'm so thankful to have you in my life :) 

Now that the program is over, I'm praying for California to find some money somewhere so there will be some jobs to apply for. If not maybe I'll move to Australia and look for jobs over there ;) In the meantime I hope I remember how to be social!

I'm an Auntie again

Roger and Kari welcome their first little girl:

Kendall Elizabeth Armstrong was born

7/17 at 7lbs 1 oz

I was leaving class on Thursday and thought I'd call my favorite sister-in-law to see how she was doing. Apparently her water broke at 5pm and no one had called me! I rushed over to the hospital to hang out before things got intense. Here we are playing around with my 

iPhoto Booth

Kendall is definitely Roger's baby because 29+ hours later Kendall finally made her grand entrance! She is super cute and I'm so excited for this little family to begin :)

Congrats you guys!!!

My Favorite Holiday!!!

Happy 4th of July! 

I couldn't think of a better holiday! I know a lot of you love Christmas, and I do too but let's be honest, heaps of snow verse hot summer day...is there really even a question??

I've moved home to be close to family and that's exactly how I celebrated my favorite holiday! It went a little like this...pool, bbq, pool, bbq, fireworks which pretty much 

sums up a perfect 4th of July! 

Here is Ash, me, and Kari (she is 8.5 months prego) apparently we all agree that black is a slimming color ;)

A poolside day at the Armstrong Abode is always filled with kids/adults being thrown into the pool. No one is safe unless you're Mike or Roger. Here is Ryan's splash after Mike threw in his first born child.

Uncle Ra Ra having a water gun fight with Tyler. It's fun to have the boys over because they bring all sorts of fun toys. You'd be surprised at how far those small water guns can shoot. By the end of the day, I could easily get the twins wet with my cold pool water sitting on the far steps, while they were enjoying the warm jacuzzi water. 

Here is cute Ty swimming with his gear. You should have seen me with my swim cap, fins and goggles on, fortunately I wouldn't allow pictures to be taken.

Cute Papa keeping Kaleigh entertained in the shade before her nap time

This is when the fireworks came into play. I pretended to be apart of the Irvine stake and snag some of the scrumptious Korean bbq and then watch the Woodbridge fireworks with my best date ever...Kari! 

We got a picture of the gang but Ashleigh decided to take a nap today instead of emailing it my way. I'll let her off the hook with this one because she never gets that nap. Here is Ashleigh, Kaleigh, me, Nathan and Kari. 

Quote of the Day: "Ryan, what's your favorite firework?"

Ryan- "The circle ones!"

I hope you guys all enjoyed your 4th of July and took some time to be grateful to live in such a kick ass country!!!! Love all my Aussie friends but like you guys, I stay true to my country ;)

It was a Pool Party for the Cool Kids at my School!

Pool party baby
It was a cool party
Cool pool party
La la la la

I decided to celebrate the month of June finally being over with a pool party at mi casa. June has been filled with symposiums, exit interviews, paper after paper that it just felt right to celebrate the coming and definitely going of this wonderful month.

Rachelle, me, Jessica Smith and Jessica Maua posing for a picture that we later sent to our professor asking her to change the location of class. Everyone in our class was here except 1 person (gotta love private universities!) We gave it a valiant effort but in the end it didn't fly with the Dr.

It honestly felt like a perfect day. Just chillin by the pool, eating some scrumptious food and of course a couple cannon balls and hand stand contests...I won every time ;)

Rachelle and I frequently find ourselves relaxing by the pool and I'm stoked we extended the invitation to the rest of the cool kids! Anyone is invited anytime, that goes for you folks out in Utah also!!!