Today was my mom's surgery, and since I didn't wanna sit at home alone all day, I invite Kim Hodgdon and Talia Lagerberg to come over. While they were over, the snow started! So we ran outside and shot some pictures. We had a LOT of fun with the camera as the snow was freezing it out, so after snapping about 35 pictures, we went inside. I made sure we all wore j.wride shirts.... This is me prepping for the CD release on the 18th and 19th of February. And since I can't be there, I encourage all you people reading this who are in Utah, to attend... (There are still tickets available for the concert on the 19th!) Anyways, we had a lot of fun, and I am excited for when we get to hang out again! :)
Hamilton and Emmeline gazing into eachother's eyes
Emmeline kissing Hamilton's hand ;)
Hamilton, Emmeline, Jack
Emmeline being the center of attention! (as always)
On January 2nd, Lissa+Severin+Hamilton came to visit us for Sunday dinner! Stephanie+Adam+Jack were also there, along with Katie+Connor+Emmeline. SOOooo naturally, we took pictures of the 3 babies together. They were ADORABLE! These pictures don't quite capture it, but you can get the idea:)
I drove up to Bethesda, MD with my friend Oliver from BYU. (His younger brother and I were friends back in high school.) He brought along two of his friends from Stafford (they are all from Stafford) Mandy and Brett. We went to the young single adult dance for Northern VA and had a lot of fun. I ran into some friends from my ward and even though the music wasn't the best- the company was, and that made all the difference. I had so much fun! So, thank you Oliver for being willing to drive so I could actually go to the dance, and for bringing along Mandy and Brett who are amazing people!
Once upon a time my family took a trip to the Ehlers residence to look at the collection of nativities. We went Christmas Eve and saw dozens of beautiful nativities. The three below were my favorites:
I like how tall and simple this one is.. :)
I love the simplistic detail in this one...
I think this one is just SO cute:)
There was a LOT of driving all around (usually to and from Bethesda, MD) and on one of the trips I look in the back of the car and this is what I see-
cuuuuuuute!
Ariel Stong gave me an off brand pillow pet for christmas and I let Emmeline ride it one evening, isn't she cute on her rabbit with her cowboy boots (actually.. they are Addie's).
And on another fine evening I took this dashing picture of mister kenneth barlow wearing his "harry potter glasses" that he found laying around the house after hannah stokes made them:) They became the family Christmas joke as he put them on for every family picture, each caroling trip, etc.
Anways, that's all for now. More confessions to come.
The Barlow Family drove up from South Carolina to visit, and to retrieve Kenny and Natalie. It was probably the best 36 hours of my life. We had SUCH a blast playing board games while staying up late. I love this family to DEATH, and I am excited for my trip down to South Carolina to spend time with this family.
So I FINALLY got Hannah Stokes over for more than just a chat... She and Kim Hodgdon came over and spent the night. Talia Lagerberg also came over and hung out before she headed back home, but still... She came over and Talia and Hannah made this hand out of wire that Molly was trying to make a 3-D project out of. It was awesome.
We started out the evening watching a bunch of youtube videos including a lot of target commercials, and toyota sienna commercials, and we laughed our heads off. Seriously, I loved all the black friday commercials. That lady is hilarious. Take a look at one of my favorites:
Hilarious? I know. Check out some of the other ones featuring this lady. They are just great.
After that we just played around and hung out until we decided to watch a movie. First we watched Despicable Me, which was suuuuper funny! Look at the trailer for it:
Then we watched Red Eye, which is one of my all time favorite movies! It is super intense and is slightly realistic, if you are in an important job and can influence people in dynamic ways... If not, well, maybe not so realistic. But still, it is kiiiinda really creepy. I think Hannah was the only one really freaking out ;) But hey! It was a great movie!
After the movie ended, we went upstairs and just laid there and talked until we fell asleep. It was a really fun night. That is for sure. I'd love to do that again soon:)
I really am grateful for my good friends who are always there for me and who bring such joy to my life. So Kim, Talia, Hannah... thanks for being such good friends!
Anyways, that's all for now. More confessions to come.
Me, Allison, JeanMarie in front of reflection pool
Me with lovely temple
Me with our stake christmas tree
Allison and I with the Christ statue
Picture 1 with camel
Picture 2 with camel
Picture 3 with camel... I know, I'm cool ;)
Allison, Me, JeanMarie with temple!
Isn't it beautiful?!
So JeanMarie planned this little outing to the D.C. temple with two of her friends from high school, and invited me along. I, of course, invited Allison VanGilst who is my life long neighbor and invited her along. Surprisingly, Allison had never been to see the D.C. temple, or the temple lights before, so it was great! And even though I had gone up to the temple two days before, I knew that it would be a lot of fun to go again, this time with friends.
First we went to the This Is The Place store next to the temple and I bought some little gifts for my mother and father and some yummy lollipops that I shared with some friends. We came across these posters that were of presidents and book of mormon "heros" and they were HILARIOUS! It made all these men look all mystic and it was so funny. Allison, JeanMarie and I were losing it.
Then we went to the temple and walked around the inside, looking at the trees. Then we looked at all the nativities. It was a lot of fun because we all picked out our favorites and told eachother why we liked them. Then we went out and looked around the visitor's center and talked to different missionaries and just listened to the different displays around about the book of mormon. Afterwards, we went outside and looked at the lights and the nativity. We decided to take free camel rides. Aka, sit on the camel and take pictures. It was so much fun. At first I was worried that the camel would break if I sat on it, but everything turned out juuuust fine :) We each got multiple pictures on the camel. All I can say is "good times good times". Of course, those good times were in between very long drives to and from the temple as we got stuck in lots of traffic. Even when it wasn't rush hour! Oh well, totally worth it!
Anyways, that's all for now. More confessions to come.
