Wonderful Day

this last friday my cousin emmy got married. i did her hair, so the day started bright and early at 7:15 a.m., and then it was off to the ceremony, the luncheon, and later on the reception. she has been living at my moms house for the last year and a half while going to school at the u of u, so we have gotten to be pretty close. she made a beautiful bride, and they are a great couple. we are so happy for you emmy and aaron! we love you!




it was also a very fun day, because i got to spend the whole day with my sister, and when i say the whole day i mean like 15 hours! our husbands weren't able to get the day off for the ceremony and the luncheon and were going to meet us at the reception so we drove out together to save on gas. she picked me up at 9 to go to the ceremony, then after that we did a little shopping at nordstrom! always fun. then came the luncheon and the reception. after the reception we decided to go see a late show of dear john. so we sent our husbands home and continued the girls day with a sob fest at dear john. it was fun to get some sister time. especially now that we get along, growing up...not so much, but now she is my best friend (you too linds). love you ash, hopefully you didn't get too sick of me :)

the last couple of weeks...

we have been up to quite a bit the last couple of weeks, here is a little sampler.

garretts good friend nic turned 30, and his wife threw an awesome party with tons of yummy yummy food. it was a fun night, most of garretts friends have kids which makes them much busier than us so we don't get to see them very often, so it is always a treat when we do! the two pictures below are some of garretts best friends from high school.

from the back..

from the front..

we also went to sundance with the wings. we had an always delicious dinner at baja cantina, love that place! then we went and walked around on main street. it was FREEZING, but fun to be up in that atmosphere. it snowed the entire time we were there, so the drive home was an hour and a half, with about an hour + of that being in the canyon. needless to say thanks jimmy for your patience and getting us home safely!

-here are some pictures from the evening-

we saw "chloe" from 24. not even sure of her real name. she was pretty nice, and let us take a picture with her..too bad she is blinking. ah well.

and of course it would not be an outing if garrett did not make a new friend. even better they bonded over there love of star wars.

and yay, my little brother got home from his mission on last thursday 1/28/10, at 2:15 p.m. the whole family was there to greet him an the airport. here are all the nieces and nephews waiting to see unlce jackson.

there he is! (you can't really see him, i know)

welcome home elder broderick!

it has been a good couple of weeks. garrett also had a cousin get married this last weekend, and we were able to attend the wedding dinner and also the wedding reception. and this weekend my cousin emmy gets married! so excited for her, only 2 days left! more to come on that later.