8/6/21

 I met up with my mom and sisters at the duck park by Walmart and we had like a little picnic lunch. That in and of itself was fun but what really made the whole thing great was the fact that once we tossed one (1) piece of bread, ducks came FLOCKING. I will include a photo and a video as proof of just how many ducks there were (and how funny it was watching Alicia try to decide how she felt about them!)

8/4/21

 Lo and I took this picture today and I just think it's really funny so I wanted to grace you all with its existence.

8/1/21

 I made lupulu for break the fast after church. It took FOREVER to cook (like I had to leave it in the oven during church so that it could fully finish cooking. But it turned out and it tasted so good and I'm so proud of it!

 

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.