Leaving Provo

Although we were excited to move home to Hawaii, leaving Provo was difficult for us. This place means a lot to us because we first met here. We have made so many memories here that we will never forget. We couldn't help but reminisce about different places and people who have meant a lot to us.
James took me up to the mountains to see all of Provo before we left. It was a nice time to reflect back on the memories we made at BYU.
This was my office as a graduate student. It was nice to have my own desk and computer and wonderful officemates.


We were blessed for James to have the opportunity to work in the Multicultural Office with so many wonderful friends who have become a part of our family.
As a going away gift, Sam gave James a 15,000,000 candle power flashlight from Cabelas. If you don't know, James loves flashlights. He has a whole collection of them. He was so happy. He'll take it out every so often and shine it all over the place.

We will also miss having the blessing of seeing family and friends into the Missionary Training Center. A few days before we left Provo, we were able to see James cousin , Elder Maua'i enter the MTC . He will be serving in Japan.
We went out to dinner at PF Changs with our good Chinese friends Yin and Li who are PhD students at BYU from China. They lived a couple apartments away from us at Wymount. During the past couple years we had the opportunity to give them the Book of Mormon, tell them a little about Jesus Christ, and share our testimonies with them. They have become very close friends to us.


Moving was a difficult process. A long with all the cleaning and packing, I had to part with some things. Here are a couple of the flower vases James gave me on our engagement night. I was sure to take a picture of them.

There are countless memories of our time spent at BYU. What a wonderful school it is. We feel so blessed to have been able to receive such a great education. We have entered to learn, now it is our time to go forth and serve.

BYU Graduation August 2007

James and I both graduated from BYU on August 16, 2007. I finished my Master's degree in Mathematics Education and James finished his Bachelors in Political Science. We are so happy to finally graduate.

I was able to walk with 2 other MA MathEd students. Our graduation ceremony for the Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences ended in one hour. The Dean of our department reminded us of the AIMS of BYU. A BYU education should be 1)spiritually strengthening, 2) intellectually enlarging, 3) character building, leading to 4) lifelong learning and service. How grateful we are to have received such a wonderful education.I started my Master's program with these students (one missing). Most of my classes were with us and our instructor. It was really nice to have small classes.