Salt Lake Temple

This past Tuesday we headed up to the Salt Lake Temple for Lincoln's Endowment. I was really excited because I had never done a session in Salt Lake before. It was also really fun because Grandma Bangerter and Grandpa Garlick joined us. It was a really sweet experience to help Grandma Bangerter get ready in the temple and help her along the way.

Throughout the whole session I just couldn't stop looking at all the detail work that was on the building. It was so BEAUTIFUL! I'm so grateful for the pioneers who took forty years to build it. All of there hard work and sacrifice really did show and pay off.

I'm so grateful for temples and that we live close to so many! To learn more about temples here is a link.

BYU vs. Utah

This past Saturday our whole day was devoted to BYU football. It started off with me getting up early to go save a spot for tailgating. We recruited our cousin Nate to come with me and we headed to the Marriott Center to stake out our spot. We thought there would be tons of people trying to get the best spots.....but we were the ONLY ones there. Around 10 am everyone started to show up to get the party started. Thanks to Adam (who flew out for the game from Kansas) we had a party all day long. We had hot dogs, corn, treats, a TV to watch other football games, and lots of fun.

Even though the game didn't turn out the way we planned, it was still a great Saturday cheering on our BYU Cougars!

Cameron & Rebecca's Open House and Time out for Women

This past weekend we headed up to Logan to finish the celebration of Cameron and Rebecca's wedding. It rained all day Thursday and my mom was freaking out and having all these back up plans. Luckily the clouds cleared up for exactly two hours during the open house! All of our prayers were answered!! It was a fun party and it was fun to see a lot of old friends and family.

The next day all of the girls headed to Time out for Women. It is like a mini Women's Conference but better. You don't have to stand in any lines or choose certain classes. The speakers come to you. There were some incredible speakers that seemed to answer all my thoughts and prayers that I've been thinking about. I definitely felt the Spirit and left wanting to be better! I'm glad my mom has started this little tradition for us girls to go to!

It was such a fun weekend with my family filled with laughter, tears, and a whole lot of fun. I'm so grateful for my family and that they live so close!

Texas vs. BYU

Andrew and I were super excited for the first BYU football home game on Sept. 7. Andrew was so excited that he went and stood in line starting at 9 am...the game didn't start till 5 pm. Then around 2 pm BYU started a new tradition called the Cougar walk. The team walks through the crowd waiting in line before they walk into the stadium. Then after that is over the gates open for the students to get their seats. Since Andrew had been standing in line since 9 am we had pretty good seats.....as in front row seats...as in the Marketing Department came up to us and told us all these different things we would have to do throughout the game since we were on the front row.

As we were sitting in the hot hot sun for a couple of hours we started to feel a breeze which felt really nice. Then we saw a storm  coming in but it looked  farther away and probably wouldn't hit us. BOY WERE WE WRONG!!! This storm came out of nowhere with 60 mph wind speeds!!! At first it just started to sprinkle and the team came out to warm up....then all of a sudden it was just a DOWN POUR of rain. Luckily, since we were the front row we had some signs that we put over our heads but those didn't work for too long. Not too long after the down pour started the stands started to flood! As you can imagine since we were the front row all the water that was above us came rushing down over our feet. My feet were literally covered with water above my ankle and the water was sweeping everyone's purses and anything else onto the field.

After we were soaked, Andrew and I jumped ship and ran for cover. Part of our group held out in the rain until the police came and said they had to leave. (We found out later that they made the front cover of a Texas newspaper) As we were waiting for the storm to pass we gave up and decided to walk over to Andrew's cousin's house which is right by the stadium. We figured it would be nice to go to a warm place before heading back to the game. She was so nice and gave us and everyone who came with us nice dry clothes while all our wet clothes were thrown in the dryer.

When it was finally announced that the game would start half of our group headed back to try and get our front row seats back. Unfortunately, people were being really rude and not letting us get our seats back even after we showed them pictures that we were on the front row and had been standing in line since 9 am. Andrew and I decided since we wouldn't get our seats back we would go home and change into dry clothes. When we got home I was so tired and sick of standing that I decided to stay home and Andrew headed back. Luckily, when Andrew got back to the game some nice people let them sit on the front row.

In the end we creamed Texas who was ranked when we played them and it was a really fun game to watch. It was nice for me to sit in my warm house with my pajamas on! :) Hopefully this week we won't see any rain and we can cream Utah even more than we did Texas!

GO COUGARS! 

Lincoln's Mission Call

So I thought I was done sending a family member on a mission in 2007 when my brother Cameron left. Little did I know that I would marry into a family where all the younger siblings of my husband would be all boys. We have one down and now two more to go. With that said a few weeks ago we headed over to American Fork at 5:45 in the morning to watch Lincoln open his mission call. They have a lady in their ward that works at the post office in the mornings and she hand delivered it to their house. It was really exciting to have all of Andrew's family there to listen whether they were on google hangout, on the phone, or there in person. As Lincoln started to read his mission call I of course started to cry...because I'm the biggest cry baby when it pretty much comes to another special or emotional. (You'll have to ask Andrew about it. He'll walk in while I'm watching a random TV show and be balling my eyes out! Extreme Home Makeover is the one that gets me the most!)

Anyway, Lincoln got called to the Adriatic South Mission. When he first said it, I totally thought he said he was going to Antartica...haha Then the next question Andrew's mom and I said was "Where the heck is that?" Turns out it is in Europe across from the boot of Italy. His mission includes Albania, Macedonia, and Kosovo. He leaves Jan. 29th for the MTC and he will be speaking Albanian.

We're really excited for Lincoln and the adventure that is ahead of him. He is going to be a great missionary and we're excited to see him share the gospel that brings so much joy to our lives.
Here is a link to what we believe.

Labor Day Weekend

For Labor Day weekend we headed up to Logan for one last trip before school starts. It was a little different though because Andrew dropped me off in Park City with my mom and her friends for Swiss Days. So I got to shop for the first half of the trip while Andrew headed up to work on the yard with my Dad for the wedding open house. Don't worry my dad took him golfing so he didn't do yard work the whole time. Then we watched the BYU football game together. Andrew was so excited for football to start and a little part of his heart broke when we lost. :( I forgot how football season affects Andrew....haha you think I would have figured it out since this is our third football season together. Hopefully tomorrow when we play Texas things can be a little different. :) Overall, it was a fun weekend with my parents. We enjoy being their slaves every once in awhile. ;)

We're excited for the Open House to happen! My mom has been planning this since April!