Last Week's Adventures

So last week was pretty crazy. We got back from Vegas, took a trip up to Ogden to celebrate Father's Day (and to see Ashlee in Footloose). Then we spent two days at home and drove up to Ogden again for my cousin's wedding.

Aaron is actually my Dad's cousin, but he's exactly my age... so it really feels like we're actually cousins (well we are... but I mean first cousins) ANYWAY... the day before we went to Ali's bridal shower which was really nice, and on the way Kimi and I saw this awesome tree:

Kimi thought it looked like the tree was giving us the bird... and it does.

So the wedding was at the Bountiful temple. It was beautiful! My cousin Nate has a relatively new baby and the kid is a tank! He is HUGE! It's awesome. At any rate... here are a few pics...

 

Aaron and Ali coming out of the temple.

 

AWWW. :)

 

We went and saw Toy Story 3 on Friday evening... and it was awesome! We got to spend a bit of quality time with the fam. Saturday morning Ian and I got up at 4am (that's right, 4am) to watch the lunar eclipse. It was almost a complete eclipse... and it was beautiful... and we were eaten alive by mosquitoes. Rock on.

This week has been pretty low-key thus far, which we've enjoyed. It's been nice to have some down time. But this weekend is the holiday and it's chock full of family and fun, so you'll be getting a full report soon...

Oquirrh Mountain Open House

Hey peeps. So today the fam and I went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house in South Jordan. It was incredibly beautiful! I appreciated the fact that, not only did the film that they showed at the beginning of the tour talk about the purpose of temples, but it clarified why in the world the Oquirrh Mountain Range is called the Oquirrh Mountain Range! A fact which has been a mystery to me since the fourth grade when we learned about the Oquirrh Mountains in Utah History. And luckily, the knowledge has now come with little to no effort on my part. I kind of like it when that happens occasionally!

So, just a suggestion, if you live in Utah, or you're coming here before August 1, go to the open house! Take a couple of hours and go. There is beautiful artwork and architecture! Do it.