New Item!

My cousin Ned was here this past weekend working on the siding, while he was here he also put in a new faucet in our kitchen sink! We are super excited because it is beautiful and it even has a spray hose thingy that works!

SUPRISE!!!

Mom ordered a new laptop (she had a mini one but this is her FIRST REAL Laptop), she was a little nervous with ordering one not really sure if she needed one but since she has ordered it she has been very excited to have it come. Yesterday she made sure that we would be home by 4 to make sure that we would be here when the UPS man came, but sadly it didn't come, but... today at about 4 minutes till 4 there was a knock at the door, a nice man with a special Dell box. I have hidden it (not very hard as you can see), but I can't wait until she gets home to come and find it...hehe as I am typing this she is pulling into the driveway!

Dinner with Friends

Robin (from work) and her husband Neil invited us over for dinner last night, they made some yummy tortellini with Alfredo sauce, cheese garlic bread, and carrot salad with a yellow cake dessert. It was an enjoyable evening with yummy food and good conversation.

Mom kept on wanting to take a picture of us but I wasn't very good at following directions (she didn't take the other 20+ versions that I gave :D)

Finding Hope

I can't believe that it has been 8 years, I remember the morning when it happened I had fallen asleep on the couch the night before, my Mom and Dad woke me up to tell me about it and that some boy from my class had also died in a car crash on the way to Newport. It didn't really mean anything to me at the time, I had no clue what the Trade Towers were and was a little disappointed that they had woken me up to tell me that. But now as I have come to understand it, I realize that I should indeed care and that it should mean a lot to me- but also that I should remember those and Find Hope in my life just as this man has done.

The Waiting Game

For those of us not old enough there was a little room on the side of the Temple with couches, lockers, bathrooms, water fountains, and some vending machines where we all got to hang out. Strangely waiting for Erin and J.J. seemed to go the quickest of any weddings where I was waiting for the couple. Jamie, Kandis, and I had the responsibility of the flowers- making sure they got to the correct people and that they were kept cool with water. They were absolutely beautiful!

Erin's bouquet

The Bridesmaids bouquets

The brothers, parents, grandparents, and grooms boutonnieres.

Erin had two cute little "flower girls" and these are the little halos that they got to wear.

Beautiful Jamie being contemplative

Erin's cousin's daughter...isn't she adorable?

There was two rows of couches...with all of us (cousins, siblings, and friends) we took up one row.

Braden being him silly self.

Oh BYU, How I Love You!

For those of you that haven't been able to tell I Love BYU and am a huge-major-(insert another BIG word here) fan of them. I was super sad to have to work on Saturday but was glad that my brother was able to keep me updated throughout the day via Twitter texts (:D).


I love this video, one of the most recent comments on it was that every time the person watched it, it sends chills down their spine...I totally agree with them.


My brother sent us this e-mail today from someone that was at the game and this was their perspective from being at the game...
“Oh yes…. I was there (cue music)

ESPN radio AND all the commentators right outside the stadium - they said
on loud speakers right to our faces – ALL four of them – that Oklahoma was
not only going to win…. but also beat the spread of 22 points. “It’s going
to be a long day for Max Hall and BYU”, “BYU’s defense has never seen an
offence like this and simply will not be able to stop them”, “BYU’s young
offensive line is going to get a rude awakening this evening”

Then… we took our seats and saw 70,000 Oklahoma fans pack the stadium.
Moments before the game, ALL of them stood up, boldly and proudly raised
their hands (#1) and recited their poem of champions. The big screen showed
scene after scene of championship moments in OU’s history – 3 minutes
straight - The OU band was there drumming a powerful, slow and steady beat
like they were ready to go to war. I confess… the intimidation worked.
It felt like we were going to get throttled…. But then…

Just before the cougars took the field, the giant 70yd HUGE screen faded
from red to blue…. and the BYU fans stood proudly to their feet. The
mega-tron played the first 2 minutes of this
clip…(The first clip with Bronco Medenhall called Today) Every person in that
entire stadium focused on every word. Then they followed it up with this
one. (The one above--BYU's Official 2009 Video). The players took the
field.


Have you got your T-Shirt yet? If not hurry and get them at the BYU Bookstore on campus or order it here. Do it! Do it now!



This is one reason why I am sad to not be in Provo, how awesome would it be to be running in the streets cheering like crazy with your fellow fans or going to the Provo airport at 2 in the morning to greet your players? Once again...BYU, I LOVE YOU!

Quick speech from Bronco Mendenhall at the airport.

Erin's Princess Hair!

I got to go with Erin when she went to get her hair done on Friday morning, it was fun and and neat to watch as her hair beautiful to I don't know what word to use :D The lady that did her was funny and made the time pass very quickly.