utah visit

we left seattle on the 13th, and flew directly to salt lake city as steve's brother jared was getting married. like washington, our family had not been to the area for 2 years (except for steve staying a few days in logan back in december) so we were long overdue for a visit. we had a fabulous time seeing family, and a few friends (sorry to those i was not able to meet up with. it was a crazy busy week!) and didn't want to leave when the time came to go.

it was great meeting lisa FINALLY and for her edition to the family. she is an amazing person who makes jared sooooo stinkin' happy so we were all happy to see them get married.

it was great for steve and i to visit our old ward back in benson as well. we could not believe how fast everyone has grown up and to hear all the awesome changes that have gone on since we moved 3 1/2 years ago. i felt so OLD seeing all my little beehive girls, when i served in young women's, now going into their senior years in highschool and dating! so crazy...

i also had a blast returning to my favorite stores; tj maxx, ross, and downeast home. it was rather depressing going to downeast home as they had so many rad things from pottery barn that seriously is exactly what i'm looking for our home. but, there is no way i could get couches, ottomans, and decor here to alaska so i left the store angry! everything here in alaska is sooo expensive and i've had absolutely no luck searching craig's list and garage sales for things. oh well.

here are some of the highlights from our visit.

brynn and her cousins got into grandma peterson's costume stash and had a little parade around the house for us. brynn was in heaven playing with her older girl cousins.

cousins anders, josh, brynn, anson, reagan, maddie and soren playing life. (missing tre, erik, claire and megan)

peterson family+spouses posin' with jared and lisa outside of the logan temple. such a perfect day. (sorry dj and kristen about the lack of light!)

kristen and soren. the rest of the children (including brynn) were at grandma and grandpa's with a babysitter.

risk family. maddie, tre, dj, heidi, josh and reagan.

sweet picture of jared and lisa below the logan temple. seriously, the weather was amazing! they were so giddy and it made me sad to think i'm no longer a newlywed! ahhh, the days of being so in love!

stephenson family at the reception. jeff, erik, claire, janae and megan.

jared, claire, brynn and lisa. brynn was soooo excited to get her picture with lisa as she's been obsessed with marriage and pretty dresses lately. grrrr, she is getting into the whole princess obsession now and i'm not ready for it!

posin with cute cousin claire. claire was so cute with her the whole week and i really appreciated it as i didn't have to entertain her!

our little family at the reception. such a crazy long day with the marriage in the morning, a luncheon in the afternoon and a reception that night! but, it was great and we had a fabulous time seeing extended family and catching up with people.

again, i'm sorry i wasn't able to see all our friends in the logan/idaho area's. we plan to make it out to logan again in the near future, so we will definately see you all then!