My cousin Johnny Eklof married the Beautiful Lindsy Anderson today in the Mount Timpanogos temple! The wedding was beautiful, the bride was beautiful, the words were beautiful, the groom was....Well...Johnny. It was lovely. As always, TR took pictures. He said that he got a lot of good candid ones of Lindsy, but not very many of Johnny cause he never slows down long enough for the camera to click, which...if you know Johnny at all, you'll understand what he means.
We lost a member of our family. Well, not really LOST per se. Fawnling went to stay...no...LIVE at Sam and Andrea's house. Since they got a new house, and have no kids or pets, and Fawn needs to just be an only child and pet, it was a perfect arangement! I thought it would be hard to tell her goodbye and I'd miss her a lot, but to be perfectly honest...I don't feel remorse or anything! I'm glad I still get to see her and everything, but it's nice to know she's in a home where she'll get the attention she needs and both Sam and Andrea like her a lot. It was WIN WIN!
Andrea ADORES her!
Happy Birthday to Jen! To honor Jen on her birthday, and cause Sarah is there in Arizona with her, Daniell, Allie, Branson, and I went to get ice cream! Well, at least we tried to get ice cream. We just went to the local McDonalds and they were OUT!! How horrible is that? So we got milkshakes instead. C'est La Vi I suppose. However, when we got home, Branson mowed the lawn as if we were gonna have a party for you, Jen, and the girls threw a couple of pool parties for their polly pockets in your honor! Happy Birthday! It was almost like we were at your house Daniell said. :)
I also added this cool thing, cause I couldn't remember the song this morning. :)
Be careful with your cake. Wouldn't want you to get any on your face!
Believe it or not, I actually won something! Okay, so it was given to me by a friend, but it doesn't change the fact that I won!
This little award was given to me by my best friend Casi (www.mama2nile.blogspot.com)! I love reading about her little family and what they like to do. Nile is growing up so fast and it's fun to sort of be a part of that. ^_^
So, there are rules to this award.
1. Post the logo on your blog.
2. Add a link to the person who nominated you.
3. Nominate 7 (or however many you want really) other people for this award and add links to their blog.
4. Leave a message for the people that you nominated!
First Nomination goes to:
JESSICA!! (www.themathewsfour.blogspot.com) She's so inspiring when it comes to blogging. She always has the best pictures and I love her ideas (wordless wednesday, toddler talk tuesday, Etc.). I love to see what she and the girls are up to.
Second goes to:
JEN!! (www.arizonafamily8.blogspot.com) Even though they live in Arizona, I still feel like I'm a part of their lives cause I get to see the going ons and Adventures in Arizona. I love to feel like I'm right there experiencing the things they are.
Third goes to:
SARAH!! (www.tannerfamily6.blogspot.com) She keeps me motivated with blogging. Even though I see her and her family more often than I see Jen or Tim or pretty much anyone else, it's still fun to see the things I missed out on.
Fourth goes to:
Timmy! (www.thingswedoforfun.blogspot.com) I love to see the things they do for fun. (hehe) I love the pictures he takes of his kids and the CRAZY things they do.
Fifth goes to:
JEFFRO!! (www.jeffrosadventures.blogspot.com) This is one crazy kid! It's so fun to see all the crazy things he does though. Those teenage years are so much better through his eyes. LOL
Sixth goes to:
KELLI! (www.theblakefam.blogspot.com) Kelli and Kirk are some of the coolest people I know and I love keeping up with all the going ons that happen with them.
Seventh goes to:
It's a tie!!!
MARIE! (www.brucestevensfamily.blogspot.com) AND... HANNA! (hannaericfamilyblog.blogspot.com) I Love both of these blogs, and bloggers! All the things they do and everything they care about is so great to read about on their blogs!
So tonight, at midnight, the last book in the Twilight series comes out. The last one from Bella's point of view that is. Yes, I'm the good little fan that goes to the bookstore and reserves her copy (and a copy for her dear sister), and attends the party the night of for the fun of it, but this morning TR's older brother Calvin (who we are going to the party with tonight) called and said "HEY! If you want to come stand in line with me for your wristband you can." I'm thinking Wristband?! LINE?! So then I figure what the heck? TR has to work over there anyway, and it's not like I'm doing anything else today but reading The Host, why not? On our way, TR and I glanced at the line. From the parkway it looked like it went to the side of the building and that was it. No biggie. I dropped TR off at work, parked the car and went to find Calvin. I walked to what I thought was the end of the line...and kept walking...down the side of the building. Thinking it couldn't go around the back, I called Calvin to see where he was. Keep in mind this was 9:45 in the morning. They didn't even start handing out wristbands until 9. Calvin didn't answer so I figured I'd just go to the end of the line only to find out it did in fact loop around to the back of the building! AND around the corner to the side of the building NEXT to the Barnes and Noble building! It was crazy!
See that guy with his arms in the air? That's Calvin. That's where we were on the back side of the building (you can kinda see the corner to the left)
This was the line behind us.
An hour and half later, I got my wristband.
More about the Family Reunion in a little while. Right now...I need to clean my house.
Dawson, Jacob, and Sam came to play with me last week while Jen went to get Glen from the airport and have lunch with some good friends. At first I was only supposed to watch Sam, but Jacob wanted to come along, and then Dawson couldn't pass up the opportunity to play Rockband! It was so much fun to have them all here! After Sammy and I had a little walk around the block (long story involving a runaway dog that we were watching), and some tears over TR leaving for work and a little someone not quite getting the hang of Rockband, I decided to order some pizza and put Sammy down for a nap. Jacob was my BIG helper when it came to ordering. I did it all online so he got to help me click the right buttons. It was so fun. When the pizza finally got here and Dawson found out it was Pizza Hut pizza, with EXTRA PEPPERONI he happily exclaimed "This is my best day in Utah!!" Dawson, Jacob, and I decided to have a picnic on our front lawn in the one shady spot.
As we started I thought how fun it would be to invite our family neighbors over to join us. I called and they came right over. They had some cousins playing with them too, and since we had so much pizza and breadsticks and cinnamon sticks we told them to come on over too. A picnic is ALWAYS more fun with lots of people, right?
After the pizza, everyone wanted to come inside and see the dogs. I'm sure Mimi, Linus, and Fawn enjoyed all the attention they go this last week, as well as Momo, the neighbor dog we were watching (AKA: The Ugliest Dog) . Even my niece who is afraid of dogs gave Linus a few pats. She likes him much more now.
After everyone was gone, the boys got some quality NES playing in.
When Sam woke up he was hungry hungry hungry and loved the pizza I had for him.
He was also very fond of the dogs. He laughed every time he would turn away from one and there was another "Pat Pat" right behind him.
He wanted to play rockband too. He was a big fan of poundin' those drums.
Eventually, as all good things do it had to come to an end, but at least I will always have the pictures to remember the good time it was!
