Photo Overload!

So the last few weeks have been a little crazy! Getting settled in two part-time jobs, living a nomadic life in search of a home for the summer, and keeping up with wedding plans and playing! So here is a quick update of all the goings-on in my life...

This is the view from my "home" for now, an apartment at the gateway, thanks to my dad's company


Adventures in nannying! The twins decided that playing with the toys from the toy box was not enough... they wanted to play with the toys IN the toy box. It was good until Andrew closed the lid on Zachary...

I can't believe how big they are now!


Timmy and Matt's favorite song "Riding With Private Malone" inspired this funny car ride...

I kept trying to video Tim and take pictures of him, but I could never find him because he was hanging out the window singing to the passing cars! He was having so much fun!


Tim, Kamie, Matt and I went to the Scottish festival at Thanksgiving Point last weekend. No, Matt did not get me to eat haggis... SICK! But we did have some freaking good kettle corn (a must at all these types of events), and had the pleasure of watching Matt and Tim dress up and play with toy swords...



My sister Cassie had her spring showcase for her dance studio last week. It was so fun to see her dance, it reminded me of all the performances I used to do when I was little, and also reminded me how my daughters will take dance classes when they are young! Bring on the tutus and glitter!

ENGAGED!

Yes it is true. Matt proposed! Here is the story....

June 3, 2009
Tim and Kamie bought a fire pit for the front porch and we have fires like every night out there, so it wasn't weird for Tim and Kamie to be over hanging out. We were even taking pictures "to show Diet" because he is not a huge fan of the fire pit plan (that's what you get for going out of town Diet!).


Later that night, we are chilling by the fire still and Kamie is like, "Matt, we brought your birthday present over, do you want to open it?" and he gets all excited and starts opening his present. As you can see, he is holding the present away from me so I cannot see what is inside. I was practically falling out of my chair to see what he got because he seemed so excited and even said, "This is the best birthday present EVER." Duh, of course I'm going to want to see it.


Next thing I know, Matt whips out the ring box from the "birthday present" and gets down on one knee and proposes. He totally caught me off guard and I was 100% surprised. Way to go Matt. Kamie was snapping pictures while she and Tim basked in their glory of pulling off the surprise. Even Timmy kept the secret!


My ring is beautiful and I am sooooo happy that Matt and I are getting married!


Wedding plans are coming along. I am OCD about everything, and have made about a million lists of everything to do, to wear, to buy, etc, etc, etc, already. The date is August 15 so mark your calendars! Love you all!

Sarah and Andrew Moffitt

So last Friday, one of my best friends Sarah got married! The reception was at the Salt Lake Country Club and was amazing! It was soooo fun to see all the girls, it is sad that we only get together at weddings now. I love them all! Sarah looked beautiful of course and the cake was yummy. Congratulations Sarah!

California with Matt

So last week, Matt and I took a little trip in honor of Matt's 24th birthday (June 6th) and went to California for the day, thanks to my mom and Jeff Fox who have sweet deals flying. We rented a car, a puke-gold colored "KiaRio", and drove down the coast to Laguna Beach. It was typical California smog in the morning so we didn't even go in the ocean, although we walked along the beach and even laid down and took a little nap on the sand. Then we walked through Laguna and checked out the shops and had an amazing lunch at this little restaurant in town. Then we got back in the KiaRio and drove to Anaheim to walk by Disneyland and do some shopping in Downtown Disney. Then we headed back to the airport and came home. It was such a fun day and definitely inspired more trips like that for the future!

Some cute old ladies took this for us at the beach


In our KiaRio, the brakes were really sensitive, so basically every time we stopped I almost flew through the windshield... not to mention the time when Matt forgot we were driving an automatic and thought the brake was the clutch. We also had the most uninformative map on earth, it was a miracle we got where we needed to go, good thing I have some amazing navigational skills.


The beach again, we are still in our sweatshirts, it was that cold

Hanging Out with Tim and Kamie

After the wedding, the Fischers all flew the coup! Diet and Myrna took off for their ten week long vacation/business trip, Randy and Jenny flew off to Germany, and Lance and Kendra sailed away on their honeymoon. So, this weekend Matt and I have been hanging out with Kamie and Tim! Last week we went to a Bees game and had hot dogs and kettle corn at the ballpark, as you should always have at baseball games. On Sunday we went for a motorcycle ride up to the Draper temple and had dinner at their house. I have had so much fun!

All of us at the Bees game sitting out on the grass


Timmy


My favorite picture of Matt and I

Lance and Kendra Fischer

On Wednesday last week, Lance and Kendra were married! They were married at 11:00 in the Salt Lake Temple, and had their luncheon and reception later that day. Everything was beautiful, and now they are honeymooning in Florida and the Bahamas! I'm soo jealous!

I got to watch Brad and Claire while the ceremony was happening, and Brad took this picture while we were waiting outside the temple.


We had to go to the store about a million times the day of the wedding and Tim and Matt wanted to show off... I love how the wall says "Specials" behind them because that is so what they are!


Matt and I at the reception. Matt had to wear a tux, but looked pretty good if you ask me...


Brad and I hanging out at the reception

Watching the Kiddos

Last Monday, Matt and I got to take Brad and Claire to the park to feed the ducks and play on the playground. Claire loved throwing the bread out to the ducks (which we realized later we were doing right underneath a "Do Not Feed The Ducks" sign... oops...) and Brad had a fun time listening to his voice echo when we walked through a tunnel on the Jordan River Parkway.

Whenever Claire would go down the slide, she would hang on to the edge like this. Matt and I couldn't decide whether it was because she was scared to let go, or if she wanted to turn herself onto her stomach so she could go down that way and get off by herself at the bottom.


Brad and the duckies