An Eagle // A Wedding // A Baptism

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Our weeks lately are full of family and we don’t mind one bit.

My goal this week was to spend as much time with Zach before he left on his boys’ trip.  So Monday we had a lovely FHE, just the two of us, with Little Caesar’s Pizza and a Walking Dead marathon.  I don’t know how we waited this long to bite the bullet, but we are loving some zombie action.

Tuesday we drove up to Farmington for our oldest nephew’s Eagle Court of Honor.  It’s fine.  Keaton is 16 at already 8″ taller than Zach and I.  We couldn’t be more proud of our [little] Keato Bug!

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Mid week Zach and I got to pick up my new ride!  We have been looking for a new (new to me, but used of course) car to replace Silvie [my Mazda SUV] and finally got to pick her up on Wed.  She doesn’t have a name yet, but we are actively pursuing the possibilities.

Friday I got to spend the entire day at my sweet neighbor Jake’s wedding.  His mother Lori is one of my mom’s best friends and they lived near my parents in Taylorsville.  Jake is my brother Blake’s age and they were inseparable growing up.  I got to attend his beautiful sealing in the Draper Temple and his delicious wedding luncheon afterwards at the Highland Gardens.  It’s crazy to think that my little brother and his childhood best friend will both be married this year!  It just made me that much more excited for my brother’s wedding in September.

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I also had the opportunity to do their wedding invitations.  I love simple and classic wedding invitations and Breanne, the bride, wanted exactly that!

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Conveniently, Highland Gardens is located wayyyy too close to Slurp [another cousin of Swig] and I convinced my entire family that we need to stop and get some cookies.  They didn’t have a choice, to be honest, because I was driving.  They now serve Leatherby’s ice cream…so…enough said…

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Meanwhile, while I was stuffing my face with a sugar cookie, Zach was enjoying his boys’ golf trip in St. George.

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Zach and I have this thing where we text each other photos of what we are doing if we aren’t together for a long period of time.  I know it’s weird, but it makes me feel like I am with him in an odd way.  He texted me literally 6 golfing photos nearly identical to this one the whole weekend.  He had a great time with his friends and enjoyed the gorgeous weather of St. Geez by day, Mesquite by night.  I don’t even need to explain what he did in Mesquite every single night…

Saturday was my cousin’s son’s baptism.  It was a very emotional day for our family.  Not only because Camron chose to be baptized, but because my uncle [his Grandpa] got to baptize him.  My uncle Kenny recently received the Melchizedek Priesthood and is taking temple prep courses.  It’s a huge step for their family considering my uncle has been very closed off from the LDS church for so many years.  Not only was the baptism very special, but the confirmation as well.  My dad confirmed Camron and it was one of the most beautiful blessings I have ever heard.  Sometimes the littlest things have the strongest impact on my testimony.  Witnessing my dad confirm Camron was just another affirmation of how strongly I feel about the importance of the family.

Saturday when I got home from the baptism I got a call from my sweet neighbor, Flora, who asked if she could come by and visit me.  In December, Flora asked me to help her set up a helicopter ride for her husband for his Christmas gift.  He is over 80 years old and he has been dreaming of doing it for years.  Flora and I did a little scheming and planned a date and time (with Zach’s help) to take Reed for a ride.  When she stopped by my house on Saturday she brought me a delicious treat and a gorgeous hooded sweater she knitted herself!  Apparently her husband is losing his memory, which absolutely breaks my heart, and he is forgetting things constantly.  She told me that the silly 20 minute helicopter ride he took was one of the best experiences of his life.  Something he hasn’t forgotten amongst all his memory loss.  She said the sweater was a thank-you for the ride and for the experience.  As soon as she left I tried on the sweater and it couldn’t have fit better.

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I couldn’t help but cry.  I cried for the sweetest handmade gift I have ever received and for her husband who is going through this difficult time in his life.  I also cried because Flora makes me miss my grandma so very much.  My mom’s mom, Claudette, passed away 14 years ago.  Sunday was her birthday.  Flora reminds me so much of my grandma it is spooky, and for some reason all of the emotions hit me at the same time and it was a full-on water works production.  Good thing I couldn’t capture myself sitting in my hallway, with my new sweater on, crying my eyes out.

Luckily I had a dinner date with my friends later that night to get me out of my slobbering slump.  We dined at From Scratch [really…this is getting ridiculous] at then I drove our whole crew to Gourmandise for some dessert.

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I am so grateful to my friends and family for keeping me company while Zach was away.  I couldn’t ask for better people in my life.

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