7/17/21

 As a wedding present for Mary and Emily I wanted to do kind of the same thing I did for Derity's birthday present. It wasn't necessarily a surprise because I had them both send me their favorite photo from their bridals. I'm really proud of them though! I tried to do the lettering in like a cute loop and I think it worked out well! I didn't anticipate the bouquets being so difficult so they look a lot different than the original pictures but they have the same colors and types of flowers.

7/16/21

Emily and Josh officially got married today!! Lauren helped me do my hair this morning and I finally got to wear the bridesmaid dress I'd ordered! We started off with their sealing at the Draper temple and took some group pictures. Then we had a luncheon at Thanksgiving Point that was seriously tasty. Finally we went to a cute lil reception hall in Lindon and I got to help set up and it was so fun! It's wild to me that so much is happening and changing, but it's also so cool to see how far we have all come and how much we have all grown up. I am so happy for them both!

I was feeling MAD CUTE 

Look at her!! She changed into this dress for the reception
because she couldn't dance in her wedding dress.

Couldn't forget a selfie of all three of us! So happy for them both!

 

6/25/21

 Rachael's baby shower was today!!! Her Mom (Jennie) and her friend Grace reached out to me and asked if I could cater because Rach still talks about all the truffles I made for my mission call opening. So I made what felt like a literal billion cake pops (well truffles really but cake pops for the sake of the pun, since Rachael was about to 'pop'!) It was kind of wild that we were actually having a baby shower for her though. Every time we do something for Rachael's baby or for Emily/Mary's wedding it's a reminder that we are all getting so old and so much life is happening to us. It always makes me so so happy though! 

Look at all those cake pops!

5/27/21

 Clearly I have done a terrible job keeping everyone updated. Some important things to note: Lizzie Lou came home from her mission on April 20th! And then I had my golden birthday (22 on the 22nd) and then the semester started and I have been DROWNING. It's all very fast paced since it's Spring session. I've applied for several jobs and haven't gotten one yet. I applied to be an MTC teacher and did a teacher rating session with them over zoom a little over a week ago and haven't heard anything yet. Lauren Johnson (my old mission comp (!) who used to work at the MTC) said that if I haven't heard back after two weeks to go back and schedule a second rating session. So we shall see. In some more positive news though I got called to be the Relief Society second counselor and that has been so incredibly rewarding thus far. I've actually gotten to know a lot of the girls in the ward, way more than I would have without this calling. It kind of empowers me to be more outgoing. Overall it's been both stressful but very worth it. I'm definitely glad that I moved here. It feels right.

5/12/21

 Got to meet up with Ms Lauren Johnson for lunch today!! It was so fun to catch up and see her again and hear how her life is going. She also gave me a lot of good pointers for applying to the MTC (!!!) since she used to work there and had gone through the application process as well!

4/13/21

I've definitely missed A LOT of time but I figured I should try and get in the habit again. I am currently sitting in my new apartment in Provo. I have officially transferred back to BYU Provo and Spring semester classes start up on the 26th so I have a little bit of a break. By complete coincidence I ended up in the apartment across the hall from Izzy Reynolds (one of my fav roommates from my first semester at BYU) and that's been such a blessing! I'll try to remember to keep this updated with all my new Provo adventures! Today I have dinner with Rachael and Matt and I think that'll be super fun!

2/10/21

About a week ago Mary announced to our group chat that her boyfriend Gabe proposed and they're getting married in July! This is particularly hilarious though because literally the day before this Emily snapchatted me to inform me that she and Josh, whilst not yet engaged, are already getting things together for a July 16th wedding. 

Tonight Rachael and I planned a "Galentines" party and invited some people and we ended up having me, Rach, Mary, Emily, Emma, Ashlyn, Katie, and Grace. We had crepes and fondue and then each painted something onto a canvas while we talked about our lives. Now I was the only one aware of Emily and Josh's set date but whilst we were all together (all being Rach, Mary, Em, and me) Emily revealed to everyone that she and Josh had purchased a ring yesterday and were waiting for a call back from the Draper temple to reserve a sealing room for July 16th. We also learned that Mary and Gabe are planning for July 15th! So there will likely be two weddings in a row for us! 

Near the end everyone had left except the four of us and we are just chilling talking about the weather and all of the sudden Rachael just goes, "I'm pregnant." and holy cow we all freaked out. Mary was just like, "What?" and I looked up and Em leaned over and Rachael repeated it and then we all got up and started screaming and the best thing is Rachael got the whole thing on video. I'll get her to send it to me and then include it in the post.

So basically so much good is happening and I am so so excited for all of my absolutely wonderful friends who all deserve the very best in this world.