BYU Graduation

Here is the great and wonderful post to celebrate the graduation from of the great and wonderful Ellen and Jason Alleman from the great and wonderful institution known as Brigham Young University.
Scott and I left for Provo on a Wed. afternoon after work. We went part way and stayed in Grand Junction at the Motel 6, got up Thur. and made it to Provo at about noon. We first stopped at the Provo Towne Mall and took a picture of Ellen hard at work at the C and B.


She looks so cool at the cash register with her name tag. Then we all got ready for the convocation which would feature the guest speaker Vice President Dick Cheney.


A washed out picture of Ellen and Jason outside the Marriott Center.


Scott and I outside the Marriott where we waited for two hours in the security line.


We had seats way up on the last row. "HUFF AND PUFF"!


We were privileged to be in the presence of our beloved prophet Pres. Hinckley. This is a picture of him on the Jumbo-tron. He came walking in with Pres., Cheney, waving his cane. Of course, when he came into the Marriott everybody stood up and applauded for a very long time.


Pres. Cecil Samuelson, President of BYU.


Vice President Dick Cheney.

Looking across to the the great sea of black where all the graduates were sitting.


Afterwards with the wind blowing the graduates. Check out the foot wear on Ellen.

Mother and Graduating daughter.

Proud Father and daughter.

In front of the Tanner Building with the Big Blue and White Y.

Jason and Scott playing Ultimate Guitar at the apartment.

At the Wilkinson Center at Jamba Juice where Ellen used to work,.

The BYU Bookstore where Jason works.

This is Friday, the day of the actual graduation before the ceremony.

Check out the foot wear. Ellen's graduation shoes.

Peace on!

After they had filed in. Ellen is reaching over to Jason because they thought they would be sitting by each other.

The graduates and a view of the podium.

After receiving there graduation folders.

The happy graduated couple.

Jason's parents and grandparents.

Ellen and her friend Kyra.

Ellen and Jason's friends.

Jason's feelings about the whole experience.

A great picture with the arrolon and the "Y" on the mountain.

Mushy picture.

Proud picture.

Proud parents!

Yea! We are done!

Walking away with the new Alumni building in the back ground.

Back at their apartment.

A graduation present from Jason's parents.

Right before dinner at the Model A Cafe in Mapleton.

The graduation cake. Chocolate Bavarian cream cake. Yum!

The icing is wonderful!

We are graduated and we are going to eat!

PBS - The Mormons

I have no pictures to post, but I did want to write about the experience of watching the PBS Frontline documentary, THE MORMONS. We watched both of the two hour episodes. Scott and I thought they spent way to much time on the Mountain Meadow Massacre and whether Brigham Young ordered it done. Then, of course, it is always a source of interest in how others try to explain why Joseph Smith had the revelation about plural marriage. One of the comments was made was that he had a "wandering eye" for the ladies. When I got to school, the teacher I work with had watched it and asked me about that. It gave me an opportunity to bear my testimony of the fact that I know Joseph Smith is a prophet and that he did receive revelation and that he in fact saw Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and that I have received a confirmation of this through prayer. Did anyone else watch this documentary and do any of you have an opinion about any of it?