Lindsay and Grants Wedding

First, I just want to say how good it feels to be home. I left on the 13th of August to attend the wedding of one of my best friends, Lindsay Garns. The wedding was just outside of LA in Valencia, CA. The trip to Cali was a fun, four-day girl's trip. From there, I met up with Nate and flew to Hawaii for a week with his family. On our way back home we stopped in Seattle for two days. Apparently we are fitting a lot in before having kids.

Lindsay and I have been nearly inseparable for four and a half years now (until Nate came along of course). We have experienced so much together and have had so much fun along the way. She was my maid of honor at my wedding and was able to attend my temple ceremony as well so it was very special for me to be there for hers too. Her wedding day was perfect!

Grants brother and I had to give speeches at their luncheon.

Normally I have Nate with me to get the rental car and navigate our way around town while I just sit along for the ride. Unfortunately, Nate was not with us on this trip. Don't ask me how I was the one who got nominated to put the car under my name and drive it. So five of us girls had to navigate our way around the LA area. I'm proud to say we only got lost twice! I won't lie, Nate probably would've been shocked at how well we did!




We were in charge of this candy table which turned out really well. It tastes as good as it looks. I would know because I got sick from eating too much of it.


Whitney and I made sure to see Laura and Cortney. They are our really good friends who now live in LA, and Cortney was Nate's "best man" when we got married. We spent the day with them at the beach and went to dinner that night.


Nate you should've known I wouldn't leave you out of this post so here's a picture of you (mostly because I think you're cute, and then partly because I think this picture looks cool)... To conclude this trip, and begin the next, I met up with Nate at the airport in Seattle. Crazy how much you can miss someone in only four days.


I'll post pictures of Hawaii soon!

Weekend at Flaming Gorge

Vote for my wife!

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This country needs someone like Lynlee in charge!

Taste of Parenthood

I now have a greater respect for stay at home moms. We babysat three little girls starting early Thursday morning, until Sunday afternoon. They were so cute. Nate and I watched more little girl movies in those four days than most can say in a lifetime.

I think Nate's going to adapt quite well to the whole parent thing when we have kids. He was the one who shot out of bed both nights at four in the morning to rock the baby back to sleep. He was also the one who insisted on rocking her to sleep every night. It was cute to see how attached he got to her.

American Idol Concert

Emily and I went to the American Idol Concert in Salt Lake this week where the top ten idols sang. We were actually very impressed by all of them. They were all three times better than they were on the show, and much better performers. Here's pictures of our favorite Idols.

Michael Johns. Need I say more??

Brooke White. She actually sounded really good.

Syesha. AMAZING!! We decided her and David A. have the best vocal talent.

Drum roll if you will.... Archuleta was absolutely amazing! How does a seventeen year old give two married women butterflies when he sings???

And just because we love him, here's a second picture of him singing Angels.

Okay only because you asked, here's a third.

David Cook


This couple sat right infront of us and smooched the entire show!!! At one point, she even sat on his lap. I think I almost threw up. So, I took a picture.

It was fun to see all the different people there. This old man got up a few times and jammed out. Em and I kept laughing at a certain dad who you could tell thought he was way too cool for school. He wore his sunglasses the ENTIRE show! I don't think he got the memo it was no longer sunny.

If you can't tell, we are so excited to be there.


That's a wrap!!

St. George Heat Stroke

This past weekend we went to St. George for Nate's baseball tournament. This particular tournament requires the teams to play throughout the night. Our first game was at nine p.m. Following that, they played at twelve and then three in the morning. It was a fun weekend. We had quite the fan base there.

Laura and I at 3:00 A.M.



We were also fortunate enough to meet Cortney's girlfriend. For all of you who know Cortney, you may now put your minds at ease, he's in good hands. We absolutely love her.

Also, thanks again to the Allen family for letting Nate and I stay at their condo for the weekend!

The 4th in Newport

Touring Catalina Island

While on Catalina Island, the boy's went fishing. Nate would probably want me to include that yes, they did catch some fish.

Males tend to get a little sloppy with their sunscreen. Since I'm overly paranoid about burning, that's where I come in!

Firework Show. Our good friend Cortney lives in LA so he came and spent the day with us. Our other friend Brent was there with his girlfriend Jen.

We were able to celebrate both my brother and his girlfriend's birthday while there.