We may be the accidental BYU family.
Lonny and I met at Ricks College and married after graduating. (only in the church does it make sense for a girl from Oregon and a guy from Washington to meet in Idaho and get married in California) We lived in Oregon for six months before moving to Provo to attend BYU. We both had preferred Ricks over BYU initially but after graduating with only associates degrees from the then two year school we had to move on. I don't remember considering any other options at this point. Since we were married we had to agree. Lonny had grown up as a University of Washington fan. I had grown up in the same town as the University of Oregon. My mom had been an employee and a graduate of the U of O. I had worked at concessions during football games while a teenager. Although we cheered for our home teams in athletics I don't think we thought twice about attending either for undergraduate.
So we moved to Provo.
Lonny graduated from BYU with a bachelors degree in economics in the spring of 1982. He only applied to BYU and the University of Washington for law school with every intention of moving to Seattle. Turning down Washington for law school was hugely disappointing. BYU offered a scholarship that meant we would pay $600 total for the three years of tuition Even then that was a bargain.
In the spring of 1985, Lonny graduated from Law School and I graduated with a bachelors degree in fashion design.
I also have a picture of myself like this but not scanned into this computer. Someday when I go to my other home it will sit here.
And so we were BYU fans wherever we were. We bought our kids a BYU shirt here and there.
There was no plan for where they would go to school. Justin was an Oklahoma State fan but wanted to attend Utah State primarily to reunite with a childhood friend. The out of state tuition determined the outcome and he reluctantly made his way to Provo.
Justin and Miranda graduated from BYU in the spring of 2006. He graduated from BYU law school in 2010, twenty five years after his Dad.
Jenny originally turned down BYU and spent her first year of college at BYU Idaho. She married a BYU student and so transferred to Provo. Jenny and Jon graduated from BYU in the spring of 2005. Jonathan's a University of Oklahoma fan and attended OU his first semester before transferring.
Geoff graduated from BYU this past April. Alayna graduated last April in 2012.
Geoff will attend BYU Law School in the fall. So in three years another graduation. And in the mean time a graduation next year when Eric finishes his degree at BYU in mechanical engineering.
That is a lot of BYU graduates and graduations.
Emily has a couple of years to weigh her options.
BYU Cougar or possibly a pirate.
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