Saturday June 26th- We went to my dad's old college friend Pete's house. Pete is a stud, he was on the BYU national championship team. He has 7 kids (2 sets of boy/girl twins... my dream... yes I'm so crazy.) Anyways we had a great time with his family. The girls made friends with his kids, they had a daughter my age who was visiting with her husband so it was fun to visit with her. That night Pete taught my parents how to play Settlers of Catan (I won.) They enjoyed it and it has quickly become a family favorite. It was just a really fun visit.
Sunday June 27th- was my 23rd birthday! It was fun to have my parents, sisters and in-laws all together. We went to church then came home and started preparations on a huge feast. We had over 20 people over for my birthday dinner (five of mike's siblings families, his aunt/uncle and one of his cousins plus all my family ...) I had a blast visiting with everyone. One of my favorite birthdays to date.
My two dads eyeing down the food.
Sisters Mel and Heather with their cute little boys.
Jess, the girls and three of Heather's kids having fun.
My favorite little baby girl, Madison.
The "kids" table
My birthday cake, Mike is on the other line of the phone singing "Happy Birthday" to me. He really felt left out while I was with his family for a week and he was at home alone.
KT and William. Such a cheese.
Me and Bri
My birthday loot.
On Monday June 28th we went down to BYU campus. We met up with my dads old mission companion Paul and had lunch with him. He is over the Music Education department at BYU so it was good for katie to meet him and ask him questions about it. After visiting with him we met up with my dear friend Mike Center, from high School. He took us to the Bean Museum where he works ad showed us some really cool animals. This little yellow lizard has a blue tongue. It was good to catch up with him and see some neat things. After BYU we went to the mall. My mom bought Settlers of Catan and I think the board has been set up on our table at home since she brought it home.
Tuesday was our last full day in Utah. We started the packing process (which is not fun) and did some errands to get us ready to leave. Then we headed down to yet another friend of my fathers office. It was pretty crazy because the family we visited was moving their medical practice from the 3rd floor to the 1st floor so they were pretty busy. They ordered pizza and us girls just sat around while my dad talked with his about his practice. Then we dropped my dad off at franks house so Frank could take him to the airport the next morning... So that we could start our drive back super early.
On our way back to the Jenson's that night we noticed the car was making weird noises when we pushed on the brakes. Knowing we wouldn't be able to make it home worrying about the brakes we decided we had to take it in to be looked at first thing in the morning. Since we knew we wouldn't be leaving at the crack of dawn the next morning that left time for something very exciting....
The midnight showing of The Twilight Sage: Eclipse.
It was fun to spend time with the girls doing something out of the norm. I loved the movie and the commentary that often comes when you see movies on premier nights. I have to say the thing that grabbed my attention the most... the Harry Potter 7 trailer... YAY!!
First, your sis Katie's picture facial expressions remind me of yours.
ReplyDeleteSecond, I was all bent out of shape with you calling Madison your favorite baby girl...we have only been gone for a week! Then I realized Kerrigan really isn't a baby anymore, so I suppose I will let it slide as long as she remanes the favorite TODDLER girl : )