Weekend fun with the Nielsens

Jake's parents got him a tool chest for his graduation present. Jake loves taking good care of his tools so this is perfect for him! I don't think any chainsaws will fit in there thankfully!

I got Jake a humidifier (that's right, a humidifier) for his present. Sounds lame, I know, but since I've been married to Jake I've come to learn that the more practical a gift I give him, the more he'll like it. Our old humidifier was a cheap one and it stopped working about a month ago so I thought a nice humidifier would be the perfect gift.

Jake's mom got this graduation pinata about 7 years ago and Jake took it from her and has had it ever since. He's been waiting to graduate from college to fill it up and bust it open. Here's a picture of Dylan taking a swing at it.

Braxton taking a whack at the poor pinata

Jake's mom made him this awesome scrapbook from his first day of school to his graduation day. It is so cute! I wish I was as talented and creative as she is.

This is a video of Jake trying to hit the pinata. Our brother-in-law James was such a good pinata-holder that Jake had a hard time finding it.

Jake's Graduation Day

He did it! He graduated!! Hooray for Jake! We had a great weekend celebrating. Here are some pictures from the big day:

Jake was SO excited to graduate! I don't think I've ever seen anyone as excited for anything in my life. He's starting his new job in Salt Lake next week and he can't wait to get out there in the work force and not have to go to school anymore (well...at least for a little while!).

Jake's whole family came to Jake's graduation! They all had to fly/drive hundreds of miles to get here. Their support meant so much to us! Here's a great picture of Craig and Jake at graduation.

LynnAdele and Jake

The proud graduate!

Jake and his family

Jake and our nephews

Me and Jake

Scooter and Michelle graduated too! Well, Michelle graduated in December but attended this ceremony. Don't they look happy? We've had so much fun living in Logan with Scoot and Michelle that when they decided to move down to Salt Lake we had to follow them. Thanks, guys!

Jake up by the "A." Notice his chin is healing up nicely. Everyone just thinks it's one of those ugly sole patches (is that what they're called?). No offense if any of you have one of those.

My parents were able to come up too. We had fun watching the Jazz game and eating dinner with them at their sweet hotel the night before.

Thanks to all of you for your cards and gifts to Jake! Everyone is so thoughtful and we really appreciate your love and support.

Fast Healer

I thought I'd give you an update on Jake's chin since it looks so much better now. He only had his stitches in for about four days and it has healed beautifully! By graduation day we'll hardly know it's there.

This is the day his stitches were taken out.

Here's a good close-up of his fixed tooth. You can't even tell it was chipped! Thanks again, dad!