A Weekend of Wedding!

This last Saturday my cousin Katie got married, in Salt Lake. I drove up with my mom, dad, sister and brother on Thursday. We stopped for the night in Page Arizona and I woke up to this wonderful view of Lake Powell!

We spent most of Friday driving. When we got in, we went to dinner with my cousin, her soon to be hubby, her dad and his wife, my aunt, my wonderful cousin Becky, and my aunt and uncle from Oregon. We went to a restaurant in Trolly Square called Rodizio. It is a Brazilian grill, and very delicious! It is also VERY expensive. When you get there you go to the salad bar. This salad bar had very limited green salad items, it is mostly premade salads, but they were all very tasty. While you sit and eat your plate of many salads they bring out all kinds of meat, marinated chicken, steak, porks, even chicken heart! They bring it out still on the giant kabob sticks they grill it on. Then they slice it with GIANT knives inches from your face! I was so full I just wanted to sleep! My parents decided to take a little trip to Temple Square, I am so glad we did! It was already a little after 6, so most things were closing down, but we still had fun walking around! Here are some pictures of us outside the Salt Lake Temple!


When I was younger my family lived in West Valley City. Our Regional Conference was held in the Tabernacle and Elder Monson, now President Monson, was the visiting General Authority. I don't remember that day, but I don't think I have been in the Tabernacle since then. My mom and I decided to peek in the windows and there were people in there doing tours! So in we went! While we were looking around a lady went to the front to demonstrate the acoustics of the building. I am pretty sure I take technology for granted because sitting in there I realized that Brigham Young didn't use a microphone! It was so amazing to hear her tear paper and drop pins and I was in the back! Those early pioneers were truly inspired by the Lord! Here are a few pictures in the Tabernacle!



We then got to take a tour of the Conference Center. Just one week prior to our visit, they were preparing for General Conference and the spirit was still strong! I have been to the Conference Center once before, but it was set up for the Choir I was so sad that I didn't get to see the pulpit. This time though, it was still set up from conference. It was amazing how strong the spirit was still! Here are a few pictures of the Conference Center, for journaling purposes!


There is this really cool statue sitting on a table in the entry way, I took a picture mostly to show Marc, but thought I would post it too! It is all carved out of one piece of wood! No paint , stain, or anything! This artist is amazing! What do you think?

This next picture is of one of our family's favorite pictures, it is kind of hard to see, but I am sure you recognize it! It is usually cut off when it is cropped to be small, but here is the full picture. Before it was hung in the Conference Center it was on display at the World's Fair, then rolled up and put in storage for 40 years before displaying it in the Conference Center!

The next day was the wedding. We all, well, the bride's family, were at the reception hall before the sun was up to decorate and set up for the reception. I won't out pictures of that up, none of us got ready, it was pretty scary! We all went out to breakfast after. My aunt, the mother of the bride, is a bawl baby and started crying then. We sent her home to get a little nap before heading off to the temple! Kaite and Bo were sealed in the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. The Temple is SO pretty and the ceremony matched the happy couple! Here are a few pictures of us outside the temple, and the happy couple after coming out of the Temple.


After the reception my family decided to take a trip up to the Draper Temple since we could see it glowing in the night. Here is a picture of my wonderful parents outside the Draper Temple.

Finally our weekend came to a close. Here is how the car trip went pretty much the whole way, I read (two books to be exact), and my brother and sister slept! We also decided we needed to get out and stretch a little, so we walked across the bridge above lake powell, and my dad drove the car across. Here we are before making the trek across the bridge!


It was a great weekend and we had fun spending time with our family. But it was nice to get back home to Marc and get ready to move into our own place!

The Hunt is On!

Marc and I have been looking at apartments online pretty much forever trying to decide where we want to live. We decided that we are ready to actually move into one but that is making things so much harder. Here is the story, Saturday was General Conference, not much time to get out look and come home to watch. I started stressing out because I am going out of town this weekend for a wedding. Marc doesn't get off until 5 and all places close at 6. We were going to look Thursday, but my travel planes were changed around, so now I am leaving Thursday afternoon. When were we going to be able to look together?

Monday Marc was talking to his manager and told her how crazy things have been. She was so nice and told him that if he would make up his hours Saturday, he could have the day off and we could go look. He came and picked me up, we went to lunch, then the hunt was on! We went to one that we saw online but hadn't been in. I think there might have been some incentive to get a lease because the lady talked to us for an hour and a half! We only looked at 2 floor plans! Then we went to one owned by the same company, but one we had looked at before, maybe I am strange, but I don't think I could used a washer and dryer older than me! Not to mention the one we would move into had laminate peeling off the counter! Definitely, crossed off our list! The next place I am not even kidding, I think the lady was a gypsy and read our minds as we walked through the door! She gave us the key and told us to check it out on our own. Let's just say I felt like I was walking through a maze. I was so confused! The washer/dryer was stacked and I am pretty sure could only do one piece of clothing at a time, no thanks! Next place, SO pretty, I fell in love with the office the rest had to be great too right, we tell the lady what we want and she replies, well, we don't have any opening up until December, but we have one 15 minutes south of here, um too far. So she gave us the number of a guy that you hire to find the perfect place for you, no thanks I can do this, really I can! We went to a few more places, all of them tried to convince us that they were ending their specials this week and we needed to hurry to get a good deal! Oh please, don't try that on me! My husband is a salesman, he knows all your tricks! We went over to Marc's parents to relax and take a break. They are out of town but Ryan, Whitney, Stefan, and Teagan were there. We spent time chatting and eating and in the spa. We felt a lot better about things. Then when we got home I looked up a few more apartments and found one that I fell in love with! Marc went and looked at them since he was meeting with a client close by, he liked them too. So we are going tonight before they close! Wish us luck!