Merry Christmas!

The BEST time of year!

Pretty Sure I'm Not Supposed To Have Favorites But...

This little cutie is by far my favorite little red-headed guy.

I can't hardly stand it.

We Survived!!

David and Jordan's wedding was absolutely perfect.

It was the best day/weekend.

This is all the 'crap' Jordan and I had to take to Salt Lake:

We stayed at The Kimball which is a condo complex right across the street from Temple Square in Salt Lake. It was so great to be so close. Good friends of my parents have a time share there and let us use their time which is the nicest thing ever (Thanks Chandlers!). We had 4 rooms the first night (Thursday) but my room ended up being the hang out spot so was pretty noisy/crowded most of the time. I didn't mind at all. I have the best family so it was awesome to spend some quality time with everyone.

It also turned out to be the messiest place on planet earth because so many people were in and out and there was a lot of chaos with getting ready. Here's one photo of the destruction. Pretty sure the good people from Hoarders came over while we were at the wedding and filmed an episode.

(It actually looked worse than that towards the end, but I didn't take another photo).

Anyhoo, the day was awesome. I wore these shoes (well, I attempted to wear these shoes)

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I made it as far as the parking lot, then had to get my other shoes out of my car. They ended up causing me major pain anyway, but somehow I survived...just barely.

It was a very great ceremony. David and Jordan were sealed by his grandfather and it was super special.

Here are a couple shots I got after the sealing.

(I wanted to get many more, but I could not walk in my stupid shoes. My feet were literally bleeding. Gross, I know. I had to take them off and walk barefoot through Temple Square and across the street to the condo).

I'm such a classy gal.

They both looked amazing and said that the day was 'perfect.'

I'm so glad.

Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Prescott!!

Wedding Bliss

So, remember how I used to blog on a semi-regular basis?

Yeah, neither do I.

I have been so, so busy lately. It turns out that I now plan weddings. For real.

And, to be honest, it's not really by choice. I'm so glad that I can help and be a part of Jordan and David's (we decided that their couple name is Joda-mama - it was a family decision via text) big day, but I must be an easy target because I have sure been signed up to do a lot.

4 more days to go. I think we're gonna make it!

The crazy part is that Jordan is not stressed out at all, which is good, but not at the same time because it means that she's leaving it all to me and others - and I am stressing enough for the both of us, no worries.

I can't complain though. I'm so excited for them to get married that I will help out in any way I can.

My favorite part has been the pictures - of course. Here's the one they chose:

How can you say no to those faces?!

Clearly, I can't.

Here are a couple more of my favorites:

Okay, it's more than a couple. It's so not hard to take pictures of beautiful people.

And, it helps a lot that they are more than willing to model for me.

I gotta go work on place cards and cocoa tags. Wish me luck!

Trader Joe's

Guess what finally found its way to Utah?!

Trader Joe's!!!

I have been waiting for this store for a very long time (well, like a year, but it has felt like forever) and it's finally here! I'm really, really happy about that.

Amelia and I braved the opening day crowds and headed up to Salt Lake yesterday after work. There were so many (crazy) people just excited to enjoy the general splendor of Trader Joe's. 

We headed up after work on Friday and arrived just in time for a pretty rainy walk across a large parking lot. There we so many people!

(what's going on with her ----> hair?!)

But it was fun to see all their cool products and get involved in the excitement of the grand opening.

I'm such a fan of these Mango treats.

They are really good...


...but, hands down, my favorite Trader Joe's treasure is cookie butter.

Literally, heaven in a jar.


So, so good.

It's the same consistency as peanut butter but has crunched up ginger cookies. Mmmm, so good!!



This will be a regular stop for me each time I'm in Salt Lake. So many great things to try!