Graduation 2012

April 6, 2012 will go down in history as the following: The anniversary of the day that the Church of Jesus Christ was re-organized, the anniversary of Jesus Christ's birth and......... The day that Michael and Nicole Epperson graduated from Brigham Young University-Idaho!!!!! That's right everyone, we are college graduates. I have a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education and Mike has a bachelors in Chemistry (or he will once he finishes his internship). The day we graduated was so much fun! I had been done with school for over two weeks by then but Mike had a final just hours before the event to he was a little more stressed than I was and a little busier than me. We woke up on the morning of April 6th to snow. We had a very dry winter in Rexburg but apparently it decided to dump a few inches the day of graduation..(I could hear Rexburg laughing at us and whispering...."you're not getting off that easy") However, it did stop and the sun came out just as we were leaving for the auditorium and no one was happier about that than I was. Doug, Me, Stacey, Joshua and Mike before commencement

Mike and I before commencement

We actually graduated at the 1st stake center in rexburg, ID. So it looks a little like seminary graduation but I like it and really that location isn't what is important. Mike and I with my friend Jackee

Me with two of my favorite teachers...Sister Kay and Sister Hovey :)

Mike and I with Brother Dorman. He was our Book of Mormon teacher in Spring of 2009. He was the teacher of the class that we met in.

Skyler and Lisa were two of our friends. They are such a great couple to hang out with. Lisa and I were both elementary education and we graduated together and Skyler and Mike were both chemistry majors. They are both a lot of fun and we will both miss them when we leave Rexburg.

I should mention that we graduated at 8 pm and by the time it was over it was after 9 pm. Thank you to our families for being patient with the picture taking. It was a great day! Thank you to everyone who celebrated with us!

"As I prepared for this talk today, I asked for guidance to know what message our Heavenly Father would want me to share with you. The calming and assuring words spoken by the Lord to Joseph Smith came to my mind: “Be of good cheer, for I will lead you along. The kingdom is yours…and the riches of eternity” What I believe the Lord wants me to tell you is that you should replace fear with faith—faith in God and the power of the Atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ..... My dear graduates, the purpose of my message is to help you envision your future. Have faith and hope for the bright future you face as you leave BYU-Idaho and move on to your next great adventure." -Elder M. Russell Ballard, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: April 6, 2012 BYU-Idaho Commencement Address