We are Back!!

So earlier this week we got back from our vacation to Utah for Jake's Wedding. We had a better trip than we had originally anticipated. We got to see most of our friends, hang out with our families, and enjoy not being in school or working. Our trip home was quite busy & ended before we knew it. Here is what we were able to accomplish: Arrived in Logan at 2 am on Saturday morning to stay the night with my brother in his new apartment. We ended up talking until about 5 am and my poor brother had to get up at 8:30 am to get to work. Sorry Brian but we had a good time catching up. We met up with my friend, Brienne and her family for breakfast that morning at IHOP. Her little boy, Cooper, is getting so big and is really adorable. Brie looks fantastic and is due to have her baby girl any day now.


After lunch, we headed back down to Salt Lake to drop our stuff off at my mom's place and headed to my nephew's baseball game in Lehi. At the baseball game I got to see my sister, Carrie, and her family. I love my nephews and little niece so much. They are super cute and they are all growing up so quickly. So after the game, we pretty much headed back to my mom's to crash. It was a pretty eventful first day and we were exhausted.


We pretty much didn't do ANYTHING on Sunday. It was the only day of our entire trip that we were able to relax and not run from place to place. So, on Monday Ben & I took our moms out to dinner for a belated Mother's Day. It was nice to get both moms together and enjoy some good Mexican food.

Tuesday, we got to see my other nephew's baseball game in Taylorsville. Jesse had a really good couple of at bats. It was fun to get to see my sister and her boys. They are also getting so big! Other than the horrible wind storm that almost blew me over and didn't help with my allergies... the game was great. We also had a chance to see Ben's friend, Jimmy, that night. We met his adorable girl friend and watched American Idol. Jimmy is always fun to hang out with & we always have a good time. Never a dull moment with Jimmy Rex!

Wednesday was a pretty relaxed day from what I can remember. The days are all becoming a bit of a blur. I was supposed to get together with Shayla for dinner that night but she got too busy for me and had to reschedule. She is lucky that I was able to reschedule.... I am a pretty busy girl. Just Kidding!! Ben went with his brother Jake that night to Jake's Bachelor Party at SkyBar. I went home and hung out with my mom and got some much needed sleep.

Thursday, we got together with my dad & Angela for lunch at Ben's favorite place... NEILS. It was nice to catch up with my dad and Ben loved the food! Later that night, I got together with my bestest friend, Hallie. She just recently had a baby girl named Berkley and I had to go see her. We talked for hours and time flew by. Before I knew it, it was late and past every one's bedtime. Berkley is just adorable and Hallie looks great. Her house is super cute & she looks so happy. When Ben came to pick me up, Nick (Hallie's husband) ran out to the car to show off baby Berkley. He handed the baby through the car window so that Ben could hold her. The funny thing about this is.... Ben is not a big baby person. I ran out to see what Ben would do and he was holding Berkley and looked like a natural. After we left, Ben kept saying how tiny she was. Cute!


Here is the disclaimer to this picture: Hallie only let me post this picture if I mentioned that she just got out of the shower and didn't have any make-up on. Thanks for letting me post this picture. We have not had a picture of the two of us taken for such a long time. Love you!

Early Friday afternoon I was able to get together for lunch with Shayla. We went to Morelia to catch up and eat some more great Mexican food. It was so good to see her and hear about her new hubby. Thanks Shayla for getting together & catching up. So on Friday afternoon the wedding festivities began. In the afternoon we had family pictures with the Summerhays'. This was probably my favorite part of the trip. Apparently, we must be a hard family to photograph because he was really struggling to get us together and ALL looking good. He was trying for the "natural" shot and not counting to 3. Not a good decision!! The majority of the pictures didn't come out very well at all. I finally convinced the photographer to take a few more shots and to count to 3. We got a few pictures to choose from... which is nice. While we were hanging out waiting for Ben's dad to pay and choose frames and all that stuff.... I think that we all went a bit loopy. Ben's sisters, Emily & Becky (aka "The Beck" ha ha)started messing around and posing for some shots. I got out my camera and was able to capture a few of them. We were all laughing so hard.


After the family photo shoot, we had the wedding dinner at the Lion House. It was a nice dinner and we had to continue a bit of our fun from the family pictures. Somehow I got Jake to play a song on the piano that he learned when he was really young in front of everyone.... oh yeah, I know how.... TWENTY DOLLARS! Abraham Lincoln will forever be my favorite piano song. Becky caught it all on video, so we will be able to relive this memory over and over again.

So the wedding was on Saturday in the Timpanogos Temple. It turned out to be a beautiful day for the bride & groom. They looked so happy and it turned out to be a wonderful wedding. The reception was held later on that night. It was nice to get to see some old family friends and continue hanging out with Ben's family and mine too. There were some exciting events that occurred.... those to be shared at a later time. :)

So we ended up leaving on Sunday morning to get back to LOVELY Spokane. Ben was a superstar and drove the entire thing by himself. I was really grateful because I was exhausted and kept dozing off on the 10 hour drive home. All in all... It was a great trip back to Utah. We always wish that we had more time to spend with friends and family but I think that we did a pretty good job this trip of seeing as many people as possible. Oh yeah, and Odie did a great job on the road trip. He sat on my lap the entire drive.