{brett, whitney, lincoln & griffin}

Today our own Brett Lee Mellor walked to the song Pomp and Circumstance as he was given his degree of Bachelor of Electrical Engineering Cum Laude. Yay!!!!! Yesterday was the massive graduation of mostly speakers to all the graduates with their families. Brett didn't want to sit alone so we sat in the nose bleeds and enjoyed the show with me. President Uchtdorf and Elder Nelson spoke and they both gave great addresses. Today was the seperate graduations of the different degrees. Along with Brett, all the Engineering degrees were given in the same meeting at the Smith Fieldhouse. My parents, my brother Josh and Brett's sister Katie were able to make it and we were so so glad!! (Although, we missed Claire and Bob greatly!) There were several great speakers and a fantastic piano solo. We all are so very proud of Brett!! It is such a huge accomplishment especially in such a hard degree. Congratulations my honey!! We all love you :)

Team Fuego!! Brett just completed his Senior Project about a week ago and his team took first place!! For the senior project they programmed robots to go through a designated course that was given to them 15 minutes before the race. There were five teams. In the practice runs weeks before other teams looked as if they would be the ones to take the gold, but Team Fuego came in first with fiery! There were four members on the team. Each one specialized in different parts of the engineering for the robot. Endless hours, long nights, sweat, and hard work went into the little guy. Brett was so obsessed with it that he was talking about it in his sleep and spatting about the pylons and what they needed to do to increase its speed. The final day came and the race took place in the Wilk Center. Spectators watched as the little robots raced in and out of pylons (the poles the robots went around). Some robots never even made it all the way through the course. But at the end of the day, Team Fuego had finished every course in the fastest time, making it the official winner for the senior project. It was such a great day and so rewarding after so much hard work. Go Team Fuego!!

My family is completely obsessed with the game Rook. All through my childhood I played Rook with my family and it has always been such a fun tradition. The game usually goes the same. Good hands, bad hands, all kinds. A couple weekends back we decided to take pictures during our rook game. It includes the post-game showdown. This happens after every game. It includes who played what, what could have been different, and if Trevor just would have played the Rook at a different time. It is so hilarious!!! After the game we went over to Brett's home and were there for quite a while. Little did we know how much it was snowing outside. When we went to leave there were about 5 inches of snow waiting on our car and on the ground. The roads weren't plowed and it took 30 minutes to get to the Chevron in Kaysville. So scary!! We finally got to the freeway and drove slow through to Farmington where the snow stopped and the clouds were clear all the way to Provo. Man, Utah has bipolar weather!!