Friends*

My best friend Kendra Rae got married two months ago and it just occurred to me that I haven't posted any of the cute pictures she has of us. I LOVE these pictures. The Ceremony was perfect and the Reception turned out adorable, Her day was perfect and I'm SO glad I was able to be apart of it. Every time I look at these pictures I drool over her dress, it's more gorgeous than any dress I've ever seen, ohhh I loved it!
I was reading some old journal entries a few days ago and I came across a few things I had written about our friend Natalie's wedding day back in January of 2008 .. also a beautiful wedding .. I wrote that it was my hope and prayer that Kendra would follow the example that Nat and I had set and would marry in the temple. Long story short, I was ecstatic when K told me she was marrying Matthew and in the Logan Temple, I might have cried.
We've always joked that Nat would get married first, I'd get married last - but only after Kendra found someone who could take her sarcasm and strong opinion .. so I'd be lucky if I ever got my turn. Nat would have kids first, me last and Kendra very stubbornly in between the two of us.
We've had lots of late nights, many inappropriate laughs, tons of awkward moments, several uncomfortable situations, a million laughs, a billion smiles, some tears, a few fears, months apart, lunch dates, dinner dates, more memories than we can count and even pictures we promised never to reveal but through it all we've loved each other not matter what.

So here we are .. Nat got married first (kind of) I guess since I'm going for round two she can win that one. Ken found someone who adores her and loves every piece of her so now it's my turn. The best part about getting married last .. Advice from good sources and their families get to be apart of our day.
Natalie Jo is pregnant with her first baby and we can't wait meet little Riley in February, Kendra will be close behind .. I'm sure of it. And me well ... Don't put any money on any little kiddos in the next 4 or so years for us. I think we'll just enjoy the spoiled grand babies that my siblings are blessing us with for a while.
I love these two girls and I laugh every single time I think about the memories we've made, I hope that even as we continue to grow up and go our separate ways we'll always stay close and be able to be apart of big days in each others lives.

Natalie, Kendra, Me .. I LOVE this picture!

I look up to these girls so much. I'm so thankful for their examples of love and trust and I'm excited to have the kind of marriages that they do. Have I already mentioned that I love these girls??

Kendra & Matthew

Natalie and Case

Make-Over.

Last Thursday we had a baby shower for my aunt Jenny and I totally slacked with the picture taking but ... you already knew that! I don't know why I have such a nice camera sometimes, I don't use it nearly enough. Jen and Lucy got lots of great stuff and she'll be well dressed for quite a while.
Everyone was starting to head out when my cousin Marley asked if she could give me a make-over. I could have been offended but instead I took her up on the offer and hoped for the best. She had me wear a good portion of my jewelery and threw in my black studded belt but informed me I didn't need any high heels, Thanks Mar.
After she let everyone see her hard work it was her turn, as we headed back to my jewelery box she told me she had made me into a 'Pop Star'. Nice!
I let her wear all my stuff and she picked out an incredibly random pair of heels and begged me to let her take them home. She made me promise to keep them until she was a teenager which is apparently the age you have to be to wear them. 14 years is kind of a long time Mar but I'll sure try.

Me and Marley

Oh goodness!

Isn't she the cutest thing? And she's absolutely hilarious!

in case you didn't know ..

Every single day the thought of moving to California crosses my mind, and it's all because of this

and this ...
and this ...Oh how I miss these cute faces!

lucky me!

Life is great these days. Every day I'm amazed at how much Colby loves me! We always have so much fun and we're constantly laughing. It's hard to imagine life without him in it, luckily I don't have to do that! It's been really nice to slowly plan the wedding and enjoy being engaged.
Yesterday My mom and I were talking about where my life was a year ago and how things had changed. I asked her what she thought what life would be like if I had married Colby 2 years ago. She reminded me that without my past I wouldn't appreciate that present, especially Colby. TRUE. I'm so thankful for him and for the smile he puts on my face every single day. I can't wait to spend the rest of forever for with him! Oh how I love him!

I love this cute face!

oH sNaP!

Logan and I went to the new Rue 21 in Clinton today .. Logan found a comfy jacket and I found this awesome shirt! I might just have to wear it every day for the rest of the month! Oh how I love halloween! I still can't decide what to be though .. I guess I better hurry and make up my mind .. I'm runnin out of time!

DeLiCiOuS-nEsS

Colby and I found the stuff to make candy suckers from scratch at Winegars and we couldn't resist. Our first attempt was pretty bad but we didn't give up, our second attempt turned out much better. We're excited to find more molds and different flavors.
Have a fun recipe or idea? Please share .. We're loving this new hobby!

Colby adds ness on to a lot of words lately just to make me laugh. That would explain the random title of this post.

still alive ...

Here is where my mom and Logan were for the last week ... Cancun Mexico!

Here is how I survived .. My favorite cereal has been on sale a ton the last little bit and it's a good thing. Everyone knows that I'm no cook but I could survive on cereal for a very long time. Colby's Mom had me for dinner every single night and when I had to work late they saved me a plate. So sweet of them. Every other meal .. I enjoyed my waffle crisp.
Mom and Logan had a good time and they are really glad to be back to normal food, I think I'm more excited to have them back though.

First stop for food in America ...

A different kind of money ..

An older gentleman walked into my pharmacy a few months ago, he set down a pack of Rolaids, emptied his pockets and asked if he had enough to pay for them, I told him that if he included the golf tees -with out the pocket lint - then he just might have the right amount. He grinned and asked me to count what he had. I discovered he was 2 pennies short and he pulled out a twenty dollar bill to cover the rest. Normally I'd let the patient break their big bills but this guy made me smile so I told him that I refused to take his $20 and told him a golf tee would be sufficient, he offered all three but in the end I took just one and he promised to play his best with the other two. I think about this incident every day. I'll probably never see this patient again but his smile and the way he paid for his medicine made my day.

I was really excited to tell Colby about this incident and I knew I'd get a chuckle out of him. I keep the golf tee in my change container in the car, every time I reach for change I just laugh.

Conference Sunday

My Grandma Arnold has everyone over for a lunch on Conference Sunday, it's one of my favorite things and it's a good chance for everyone to get together and talk about life and the memories we've shared. This year was no different, Grandma pulled out pictures she had of us and we got laughing pretty hard and there were a few pictures of our family that I had never seen before. It's always fun to get together and Grandma loves having us.
Did I mention Grandma always makes my favorite .. Funeral Potatoes! I could eat those potatoes all day everyday, so yummy. Grandma always sends me home with the extras and I always end up eating them before end of the day. I can't wait for next conference.

Cousin Jason, Abby, Cousin Nate, and Me.
This picture was taken outside my grandma's house many MANY years ago.