Becoming a Bull!

We dropped Maddy off at USF this week! They were really well organized and had a whole bunch of activities lined up to help the new students settle in:)

And they even provided tissues for the parents:)

We got her unpacked in a couple hours and spent some time with her lovely roomie Emma and her family which was really nice too:)

Maddy's dorm has just been built and has tons of state-of-the-art facilities like a gym, dining facility (with sushi!), laundry room, lounges etc. She is so lucky!

Maddy's dorm decor is so stylish!

I gave her a necklace with some of Bryce's ashes. I knew she'd love it!

We stayed for most of the day as did most of the parents which was really nice to see. We took a mom/daughter selfie just before I got in the car. That last hug was so hard. I didn't want to let go...

The whole day was such an emotional roller coaster but it has gotten much easier over the past few days and Maddy is really thriving already. She has also done a great job of keeping us up to date with texts and facetime is really great too:). We have also had updates on the USF facebook page - it was hard to pick her out in this photo (allegedly she's in the "F":))

Maddy even got up early to participate in the "Charge" Community Service Event on Saturday morning. We were giddy when we saw this little video on facebook:)




We are doing well too. Knowing she is finding her way helps and we are staying busy and making new plans. And Tampa is only an hour away, right??!! Go Bulls!!