So again, it has been awhile since the last post.... We've just been busy and I've been a slacker at updating this. There have been a few noteworthy things happen.
First: Jake and Lauryn got hitched. We have some more married friends to hang out with now! We're so happy for the two of them. Lauryn looked gorgeous, of course, and they both looked so happy. We're so excited for them to start their lives together. Maybe they'll make a blog soon so I can have one more blog to stalk. :) Congrats you two!
Second: Our nephew Garrett had his first birthday. Unfortunately, Brett was unable to attend
because he was on his way home from
Las Vegas (coaching Lacrosse). But it was quite the
spectacular event. Garrett sure does know how to captivate an entire room full of grown-ups. Brett and I also love bragging that we have the cutest
nieces and nephew. We're
excited to finally get one on my side of the family - he should be arriving ANY day! While Brett was gone I had my two best friends over. We went to the last USU basketball game and then came back to our place to hang out and have some girl time. It was so fun to hang out with them again and while it was really fun hanging out with just the girls again, I would have to say that I love being married,
especially to my best friend. (ah! that was cheesy - but it's true)
Third: my brother, Dillon, got his call to Portland, Oregon. He leaves on May 27
th and he couldn't be more happy. We're so proud of him. Hopefully, mom can make it 2 years without "just happening to drive through Portland." We've always teased Dillon that he's going to have to take mom with him on his mission to help him cut his fingernails and toenails, but the other day he informed me that he did it all by himself without mom reminding him so maybe he'll be able to go by himself. :) He had lots of people (everyone in our family and some friends) make 2 guesses, 1 domestic and 1 foreign. Then pins on the map he's standing in front of is those guesses where. As you can tell he was quite excited to get his call.
Fourth: It was my mom's birthday on the 13
th and we really wanted to do something special for her this year because none of her kids will be home this summer. With me and Brett returning to Alaska, Megan and Zach already in Alaska, and Dillon on his mission, my parents will officially be empty
nesters. I have no idea what they are going to do - they might actually have to spend time alone together again or something.... Anyway, we wanted to do something special for her so I (with the help of my wonderful sister-in-law, Natalie) made her a quilt with a whole bunch of pictures of us kids growing up. It turned out so cute! And of course, when we gave it to my mom she cried, but so did I. :)
Fifth: As many of you are aware, my parents are building a new house. They started
putting trim up about 2 weeks ago and have been getting ready to paint. And they finally got started on all the painting stuff this week. They will be in the house before you know it. But we've been super busy with helping them out. We've tried to help them out as much as possible so we haven't been home a whole lot lately... Yes, I "
accidentally" got paint on my mom. Oops!
Sixth: We're been on spring break for the past week and have started back to school this week. we only have 6 more weeks (11 more times of actually going to class - not that I'm counting or anything!) We're so excited to be out of school and back to life without school for awhile. We're looking forward to another summer in Alaska. Hopefully, we'll be able to get a few
visitors up there this year - that's a hint
Suz :)
Seventh: My sister Megan is about to have her baby. Her due date is the 23rd but has been having contraction about every 20 minutes since last
Thursday! Luckily, the baby is doing just fine. I'm just worried that Megan and Zach will have no strength left once the little fella gets here. We can't wait to have another
adorable nephew! We're so excited to spend the summer with the little guy. Brett already says he's going to have him gold panning and playing Lacrosse before we leave - we'll just have to see about that one.
There's a recap on our last few weeks!
