Graduation and Celebration!

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Jeff graduated from BYU-Idaho back in July. What a happy and exciting day it was!
Finally!
 
 
 
We're so grateful for all our family that were able to come and show their love and support. So many of these individuals helped get us to where we are now, and we feel so blessed.
 Congratulations Jeff! We're so proud of you!

We carpooled to Rexburg with Katie's mom and brother, and on the way home we decided that the perfect finale to our life in Rexburg  would be to visit Bear World on the way out. It really was a great way to go. We had a blast!
After driving past it so many times over the last few years, we were very excited to finally drive through!
 There weren't just bears, the drive started out with buffalo ...
 ... elk (including a rare white elk) ...
... and wolves.
 But there were definitely bears! These two climbed up the logs and started wrestling on the top. We were amazed they didn't fall off!
 
These two are cubs
 This shows you how close they get to your car. It was very cool!
We thought it was funny that this big guy was sitting by the "bears that way" sign.
 There was also a petting zoo. Kayley liked chasing the ducks.
Here's Christian feeding the deer. 
 They had baby fawns that you weren't allowed to pet or feed because they were only 6 weeks old!

We loved our time in Rexburg, and Jeff's graduation and celebration was the perfect way to close a wonderful chapter of our lives.

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